​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:  
Dialect and Accent Coaching
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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Audition Coaching
John Rustan has taught or assistant taught special classes in Auditions at the University of Oregon and Gonzaga University, and has included audition techniques in all of his acting classes.  Having coached students for, and been a judge for, Irene Ryan auditions at the Northwest College Drama Festival, and coached actors for University/Resident Theatre Association auditions, he has the experience and knowledge to help actors get to the next level in their audition work. 

Public Speaking
John Rustan spent five years teaching public speaking courses in school and can help you give compelling speeches for the purposes of demonstrating, teaching, persuading, or paying tribute.  
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.

John Rustan recently collaborated with playwright, Lisa Carstens on:
FACEROOM:  A government shut-down of the internet means people must continue their social media activities in person.
Clockwise beginning with Top Left:  Murder Me Once, The Attempted Murder of Peggy Sweetwater, The Tangled snarl, Murder Me Once.