Natsuko Ohama
voice and text coach

Second season: Voice and text coach. Master voice teacher Natsuko Ohama trained under the legendary Kristin Linklater at the Working Theatre in New York. A founding member and permanent faculty of Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, and senior artist at Pan Asian Rep in New York, she has taught at numerous institutions including Cal Arts, Columbia University, the Sundance Institute, New Actors Workshop and NYU and was the Director of Training at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Presently she heads the voice progression in the masters program at the University of Southern California. A Drama Desk-nominated actress, she has portrayed roles ranging from Juliet to Lady Macbeth, from Hamlet to Prospero (Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company), from action film Speed to the cult series Forever Knight and American Playhouse on PBS. She has been seen on screen recently in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Nip/Tuck, and on stage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Dogeaters as Imelda Marcos.