Mary Claire Garcia (she/her) is a native Angeleno, working actress, singer, and phonetician. She is a VASTA member and an MFA graduate of CalArts in Acting, with a focus in Speech Pedagogy under the tutelage of Dwight Bacquie.
For the past decade, she’s been an associate and guest faculty at various acting studios in Los Angeles. Mary Claire coaches in acting, script analysis, audition prep, and accent acquisition. Her clients span across a global range – both privately and on set – from actors, comedians, public speakers, politicians, professional athletes, broadcasters, and ESL speakers to corporate professionals.
After studying Bel Canto technique as a youth, she then explored the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) throughout undergraduate and graduate studies.
Training: extensive Linklater Voice Method (Fran Bennett), completion of all Knight-Thompson Speechwork (Andrea Caban, Julie Foh, Tyler Seiple, and Cynthia DeCure), Denise Woods’ Voice and Dialect Coaching Track, Alexander Technique (Andrea Stark and Babette Markus), Edith Skinner’s Speak With Distinction (Dwight Bacquie, Mary Lou Rosato, Deborah Ross-Sullivan, and Damian D. Lewis), Roy Hart and Barrantes Voice System (Rafael Lopez-Barrantes), and Fitzmaurice Voicework (Chelsea DuVall and Christine Menzies).
TV / Film / Video Games (abridged): 9-1-1: Lone Star, Grownish, Good Trouble, Criminal Minds, Days of Our Lives, While You Were Breeding, Tragiometry (Cannes Nominee); plus several large upcoming NDA projects, including a live-action project for Disney and massive video game IPs.
Theater (abridged): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania/Hippolyta), As You Like It (Audrey), Winter’s Tale (Emilia/Dorcas), Merchant of Venice (The Duke), Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays (Original Cast), Hecuba (Talthybius/Choryphaeus), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella), Oklahoma! (Ado Annie), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Director), and title roles in Electricidad and Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice.
During both fall and spring semesters, Mary Claire teaches core performance curriculum Speech: Accents, Dialects & Phonetics courses to all BFA3 actors.
