​About John Rustan
707-536-6276                                                         
​rustan50@hotmail.com​
189 Webster St Petaluma CA  94952
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John Rustan, DialectsCoach.com
EDUCATION
  • PhD (Theatre Arts) University of Oregon
  • BA (Speech/Drama) and MA (Theatre Arts) Occidental College
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • SAG-AFTRA
  • VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Assoc.), 
  • The Dramatists Guild, 
  • Theatre Bay Area

TEACHING AFFILIATIONS
  • University of Oregon
  • Gonzaga University
  • Santa Rosa Junior College
  • Napa Valley College
  • Cinnabar Theatre
  • Casa Grande High School​​

 WORKSHOPS 
  • Northwest Drama Festival
  • Santa Rosa Junior College
  • Cinnabar Theatre

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John Rustan is featured in the article below:  
John Rustan has been a dialect coach for hundreds of actors (and non-actors) and for more that 60 productions during the past 30 years. He works with clients in-studio, in other states, even in other countries. 
 
Besides dialect coaching and accent reduction coaching, he has acted on the stage and worked professionally in film, TV, and voice-acting. He is a teacher of acting, and has directed over 30 productions.   He is a produced and published playwright.  He therefore understands the requirements of dialect coaching and dialect productions from many points of view.
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John Rustan is the co-author, with Frank Semerano of the following plays:
The Attempted Murder of Peggy Sweetwater
The Tangled Snarl
Murder Me Once
Thataway Jack
Available at Samuel French, Inc. ​

John Rustan is the sole author of the following recent works:
BIG TESTING - A satire on the high pressure standardized testing driving education in the U.S.
TRUTH BE TOLD:  The Master, the Maid, the Wife, and the Gardner in an whirlwind of love (relationship) triangles.
DAMAGED GOODS: In the near future, we find mating with G-borgs to be as fraught as mating with humans.
SPEEDMATING:  In the near future, entire relationships happen in ten minutes.
Clockwise beginning with Top Left:  Murder Me Once, The Attempted Murder of Peggy Sweetwater, The Tangled snarl, Murder Me Once.