Adi Cabral, MFA

Department Chair; Associate Professor of w88 mobile
Adriano Cabral
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Summary

Adi Cabral works professionally as a Dialect Coach, Intimacy Professional, and Audiobook Narrator. Their professional credits include productions at Berkeley Repertory w88 mobile, Huntington w88 mobile, Alliance w88 mobile, Houston Stages, w88 mobile Squared, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Repertory w88 mobile of St. Louis, New Repertory w88 mobile, Mildred’s Umbrella w88 mobile Company, Stage Q, New Hazlett Theater, Hangar w88 mobile Company, Central Square w88 mobile, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Darlinghurst w88 mobile. They are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a Reiki Master, and President of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

Research interests

  • LGBTQIA+ inclusive training methods
  • Culturally-sustaining pedagogies for voice and speech training
  • Consent-based practices in performance training
  • Spanish accents for actors

Selected publications

  • Here's How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women - Plural Publishing - 2018
  • Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality - Routledge - 2024
  • Performing Accents and Dialects of the Spanish-speaking Diaspora - Routledge - 2025

Courses taught

  • THTR 100 - Introduction to w88 mobile
  • w88 mobile 105 - Introduction to Acting
  • w88 mobile 208A/408A - Acting Practicum
  • w88 mobile 208E/408E - Special Topics Practicum (Directing / Dramaturgy)
  • w88 mobile 251 - Acting II
  • THTR 274 - Musical w88 mobile Scene Study
  • w88 mobile 335 - Speech for the Actor
  • w88 mobile 345 - Movement and the Body
  • w88 mobile 467 - Auditions
  • w88 mobile 468 - Shakespeare & Heightened Reality
  • THTR 471 - Acting Studies: Musical w88 mobile
  • w88 mobile 495 - Independent Study (The Business of Acting)
  • w88 mobile 497 - Senior Project (Solo Performance Practice / Playwriting

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • MFA, w88 mobile performance, Arizona State University, 2014
  • B.A., musical w88 mobile, Rhode Island College, 2010