Quinn Rol – Acting Coach
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About Me
I’ve spent my life in the study and practice of acting. I began working professionally at 17, and have since been lucky enough to work in NYC with theaters such as Roundabout, Classic Stage, and the Signature Theatre; and in Vermont with Burlington City Arts, Vermont Stage, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Full Circle Cooperative, and Middlebury Acting Co. I earned my BFA in acting from the University of New Mexico, trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, and achieved my MFA in acting at Columbia University, where I was lucky enough to be in the last group taught there by Kristin Linklater. I’m in the final months of my years long journey to become the first and only Designated Teacher of the Linklater Voice technique in Vermont.
I believe a performer’s job is to investigate themselves intimately and use what they find to electrify the story they are telling. I use a holistic approach to acting that relies on enlivening the actor’s mind, body, feelings, and imagination to be supple, reactive, & changeable. We all inherently know how to play make-believe and how to be vulnerable, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. My job as a coach is to recognize what’s getting in your way, and give you the tools and confidence to breathe through it. I know that if you bring a grounded, spontaneous, feeling self to Stanislavski’s idea of living truthfully in imaginary circumstances, you will never leave your audience disappointed.
The Linklater Voice Technique
“Freeing the voice means freeing the person.” – Kristin Linklater
WHY?
This work is for anyone who:
** Experiences vocal strain or loss of voice
** Struggles with feeling/expressing big emotions on stage
** Feels their voice is small, withheld, or doesn’t represent them
** Wants to express themselves in a more open, clear, and satisfying way
HOW?
By tuning in to the body – the bones, diaphragm, pelvic floor – we can experience breath as the effortlessly infinite resource it is, and retrain the body and mind to share thoughts and feelings shamelessly – unabashedly!
We build awareness of habitual tension in places like the belly, throat, jaw, and even tongue. We give generous attention to our main resonating chambers, the chest, teeth, mouth, and skull. (Vibrations love attention.)
With anatomically precise exercises, we travel through simple, imaginative experiences that will help encourage greater natural resonance, drain unhelpful tension, and develop the openness necessary to be fully heard.
WHO?
Linklater is practiced and taught in programs around the world, including Yale, NYU, UCSD, Columbia, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art – as well as being practiced by performers like Hugh Jackman, Sam Rockwell, Sir Patrick Stewart, Bernadette Peters, Bill Murray, and Sigourney Weaver.
I began studying the technique when I was 19 and have practiced it for nearly 3,000 hours. The process of becoming a designated teacher involves (among other things): Previous professional experience as a performer, 50 hours of 1-on-1 study with a master teacher, multiple workshops, advanced classes, hours of observation, study groups, as well as two separate 3-week on-site teacher training intensives. I have one 3-week intensive to go before I am Designated in 2025.
“Struggle is the crossroads between growing and giving up. Having a guide gives us the confidence to keep going.”
VOICE 1
An 8-Week Linklater Course for Beginners or Veterans
~Now Enrolling~
Voice 2
Coming Spring 2025
1-On-1 Attention is the Quickest,
Most Effective Way to Get Better
Landing The Role
** Got an audition?
** Let me help you polish that monologue
– or spice up those sides.
Entering the Industry
** Want help picking monologues?
** Professional input on headshots?
** We’ll get you looking and feeling your best.
Grad-School Audition Prep
** Have a school in mind or just want to get in somewhere?
** We’ll sort through monologues, build an audition package,
** and get you feeling confident and excited for this big step!
Full Production
** Want the most out of your actors?
** I’ll keep their feelings free and authentic.
** So that you can focus on the big picture.
Production Tune-Up
** Is your cast struggling to be heard without mics?
** Wondering why moments feel stale?
** Let me warm them up and then watch the sparks fly.
Google Review:
5 stars 7/29/24
“Quinn is an excellent coach! I’m grateful to have had his help with my grad school auditions. He is very knowledgeable, supportive, and genuine. He goes above and beyond to ensure that his clients succeed. Thanks to Quinn, I felt prepared and confident in the audition room and was accepted into my top choice! Five stars. I would absolutely work with Quinn again!”
–Bryan