Presentation and Public Speaking for Corporate Professionals

Do you struggle with your speaking volume?  Do you lose control of your breath when anxious?  Would you like to land your ideas with more impact whether as yourself or as a character? Then this class is for you.

When we free our voices, the rest of our expressive instrument follows. Incorporating movement with vocal exploration, this gently physical class helps you to connect the dots between mindset, gesture, and emotional expression. In addition to learning how to use your voice and physicality in performance, you will come away from the class with a well-worked piece of speech appropriate to your situation (interview preparation, audition monologue, presentational speech). A complimentary mp3 of the core exercises will be provided to support your practice beyond class.

Instructor: Deborah Eubanks is in her 18th year at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and has been teaching directing and creating performance pieces for over three decades. She trained in theatre arts and communications in the UK at the University of East Anglia in Harold Pinter studios and is a San Francisco Diva Fest Playwright. Deb has been a director, writer-in-residence, and instructor at American Conservatory Theater, Sonoma State University, San Jose State University, and UC Berkeley. She is in her 17th year serving faculty at San Francisco Academy of Art University. She created and ran workshops with Stephen Hawking’s company at Covent Garden Arts Center, and teaches voice, acting technique, and the power of story. She leads corporate coaching workshops with clients including Meta, Tinder, The Times India, Great Place to Work, and the Holocaust Education Research Center. She specializes in DEI and vocal transitioning. She was a BBC guest to Ralph Fienne’s dialect coach, and Google Women’s summit guest speaker during the pandemic. Deb is a qualified registered nursing instructor, as well as a certified Myers Briggs and DISC facilitator, and she has taken on many acting roles during her career.

• Mon 7–9:30pm
  9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 (no class 10/12)
  $310