Nick Cianfrogna is a New York-based actor and teacher specializing in speech, accents, and voice production. He is a graduate of NYU Tisch Drama as well as the Kristin Linklater Voice Centre in Scotland where he became designated as a Linklater Teacher in 2017. Nick has taught at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, The New School, Columbia University, CAP21/Molloy College, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Nick has dialect coached for theater, film, and television, working with actors including Emmy winner Ann Dowd (HBO’s The Leftovers, The Undertaker’s Children), Kathryn Hunter (Vicious), Sydney Chandler (Alien), and Louis Partridge (Pistol) among others. Nick is the author of the forthcoming book An American Accent Handbook and works with actors and non-actors alike from all over the world on American accent acquisition.