Prerequisite(s): THTR 223, THTR 321 and THTR 326; and THTR 322 and THTR 331 may be taken as prerequisites or corequisites. Restriction(s): BFA in Theatre, Acting concentration majors only. This course is the fifth course in a six-semester progression of acquiring voice and speech skills for the actor applicable to stage and film. Voice and Speech V continues to focus on gaining an intellectual and experiential knowledge of the physical anatomy involved in breathing and vocal production, the identification and elimination of habitual tensions in the body that impede a free use of breath and sound, the use of the breath and the voice as an open channel for expression, resonance, vocal variety, knowledge and application of the International Phonetic Alphabet, the ability to speak with Non-Regional Standard American speech, identification and elimination of habitual tensions that impede the use of Non-Regional Standard American speech, the ability to speak in Standard British dialect, the ability to identify, score and apply text work to heightened language including Shakespeare.