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Adi Cabral, MFA

Department Chair; Associate Professor of Theatre
Adriano Cabral
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Summary

Adi Cabral works professionally as a Dialect Coach, Intimacy Professional, and Audiobook Narrator. Their professional credits include productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Houston Stages, Theatre Squared, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, New Repertory Theatre, Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company, Stage Q, New Hazlett Theater, Hangar Theatre Company, Central Square Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Darlinghurst Theatre. They are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a Reiki Master, and President of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

Research interests

  • LGBTQIA+ inclusive training methods
  • Culturally-sustaining pedagogies for voice and speech training
  • Consent-based practices in performance training
  • Spanish accents for actors

Selected publications

  • Here's How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women - Plural Publishing - 2018
  • Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality - Routledge - 2024
  • Performing Accents and Dialects of the Spanish-speaking Diaspora - Routledge - 2025

Courses taught

  • THTR 100 - Introduction to Theatre
  • THTR 105 - Introduction to Acting
  • THTR 208A/408A - Acting Practicum
  • THTR 208E/408E - Special Topics Practicum (Directing / Dramaturgy)
  • THTR 251 - Acting II
  • THTR 274 - Musical Theatre Scene Study
  • THTR 335 - Speech for the Actor
  • THTR 345 - Movement and the Body
  • THTR 467 - Auditions
  • THTR 468 - Shakespeare & Heightened Reality
  • THTR 471 - Acting Studies: Musical Theatre
  • THTR 495 - Independent Study (The Business of Acting)
  • THTR 497 - Senior Project (Solo Performance Practice / Playwriting

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • MFA, theatre performance, Arizona State University, 2014
  • B.A., musical theatre, Rhode Island College, 2010