Donna Germain (Voice + Speech)

Donna Germain has taught voice and speech at NYU for eighteen years. She has taught at both the Classical Studio and the Meisner Studio. She also has coached over twenty five Shakespeare productions at the Classical Studio and many Shakspeare productions for the Judith Shakespeare Company. She is the creator of Word Orgy: a poetry project based on a theme which includes songs and prose. Some of many shows she created are Paradise Mis-Laid and Love and It's Discontents. She continues to create a poetry show with the Meisner II students called Capturing Animals. Donna attended the University of California at Berkeley and Hunter College. She studied acting with Michael Howard and Paul E Richards. She studied voice and speech with Shane Anne Younts at the Robert Neff Williams Studio and then studied an additional year with Mr. Williams. She has taken numerous workshops with Andrew Wade and John Barton. She appeared in several productions with Richard Forman, including Vertical Mobility. In 1973 she traveled to Poland and to part in a four month program at Jerezy Grotowski's theater in Wrozlaw. Besides teaching at NYU, she has taught voice and speech privately for many years.