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COACHING HISTORY


Recent Activity

INDIVIDUAL COACHING - STAGE AND FILM DIALECTS
Oakland Street Dialect - Fillipina Actor auditioning for Oakland Street Fillipina in film. 
American South - Hazelhurst, Mississippi - Audition ​Crimes of the Heart
Audition Coaching - In Studio  (Client auditionied for Marin School for the Arts in California, and three programs in London:  Sylvia Young Theatre School, Arts Ed, and Italia Conti.  She was accepted to all four programs and will be starting at Arts Ed this Fall, 2020.  
​Public Speaking - Business Presentations - In Studio
British Southeast - Audition Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

British West Midlands (Nottingham)  Video Conference
Scots Audition for Shrek Jr.  Actor won role of Shrek!
Irish (Southern) Video Conference

Chicago South Side
Ozark Mountains

American South - Alabama
Louisiana French Creole 
Laveau, State and National Award Winner!
British RP
British Middle Class London


RECENT ACCENT REDUCTION COACHING
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(Those seeking to reduce an accent and learn General American English accent)
Vietnamese - Video Conference (Seattle)
Korean- Video Conference (San Francisco)
Chinese - Video Conference (San Francisco)

Thai - In Studio
Turkish - 
Video Conference (San Francisco and Turkey)
Russian - In Studio
Hungarian - Video Conference (San Francisco)
Brazilian Portugese Video Conference (San Francisco)

RECENT PRODUCTION COACHING
British (Yorkshire, RP), The Real Inspector Hound
British (RP, Cockney), Irish, Scots, Murder Me Once, CGHS
British RP 
Miss Bennet, Christmas at Pemberly, Spreckels Theatre
British RP and Cockney A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder, Spreckels Theatre
Puerto Rican  West Side Story, 6th Street Playhouse​​
German Cabaret, Cinnabar Theatre
Dominican Republic How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, SRJC 
Scots, Russian, German, Urban Af Am  Shrek, The Musical, SRJC
British (RP, Middle Class, Lancashire)  German, Black Comedy 



LIST OF DIALECTS COACHED
John Rustan has coached over 60 productions.  
The following is a list of dialects coached for those productions or for individuals:

American Southern
     Alabama
     Georgia
     Tennessee
     Mississippi

     Louisiana French Creole
     Ozark Mountain

Oakland Street Dialect
New York
      Manhattan
      Brooklyn
New Hampshire
Baltimore
Midwest
      Chicago South Side
      Indiana
Canadian
​Elevated Stage Speech (TransAtlantic)
British
      Received Pronunciation (RP)  -- AKA (Standard Upper Class British)
      Yorkshire 
      Lancashire
      Southwest
      Southeast
      London Middle Class
      London Working Class (Cockney)
      Stratford
      Nottingham
Australian
      Queensland
      Sydney
South African
Russian
French
German
Irish
      Southern
      Northern  
Scots
      Edinburgh
      Highland
      Glasgow
Sweedish
Dutch
Hispanic
      Spain
      Mexico
      Puerto Rico     
Brazil (Portugese)
French Malagasy
Urban African American
​Middle Eastern
 




707-536-6276                                                         
​rustan50@hotmail.com​

189 Webster St
​Petaluma CA  94952

Production Photos
Cabaret, Dialect Coach, John Rustan
CABARET at Cinnabar Theatre. Dialect Coach, John M. Rustan Photo by Victoria Von Thal
West Side Story - Dialect Coach, John Rustan
West Side Story - 6th Street Playhouse. Dialect Coach: John M. Rustan
The Importance of Being Earnest - Dialect Coach, John Rustan
The Importance of Being Earnest. Dialect Coach: John M. Rustan
Appointment with Death - Dialect Coach, John Rustan
Appointment with Death, Santa Rosa JC. Dialect Coach, John M. Rustan
The Odd Couple Dialect Coach, John Rustan
The Odd Couple: Dialect Coach, John M. Rustan
Baltimore Waltz Dialect Coach, John Rustan
The Baltimore Waltz, Napa Valley College. Dialect Coach, John M. Rustan
Midsummer Night's Dream - Vocal Coach John Rustan
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dialect/Vocal Coach, John M. Rustan
Twelfth Night, Vocal Coach John Rustan
Twelfth Night, Dialect/Vocal Coach, John M. Rustan
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