A warm, energetic teacher, Amanda Quaid works with actors, singers, international corporate professionals, teenage clients, and others on diction, foreign accents, language skills, vocal production, and presentation. Her clients come from all walks of life and from around the world.

Amanda first came to speech work in at age 18, preparing to play Juliet, her first professional stage role. Her instructor, Susan Patrick, noted that she had a special skill not only for isolating and mastering speech sounds, but for articulating how to make them clearly and empathically.

While pursuing her B.A. at Vassar College, Amanda commuted to Manhattan to begin teacher training, studying voice, speech, and pedagogy with teachers from a variety of backgrounds. She soon began her private teaching practice and was invited to join the faculty of HB Studio, the youngest instructor in the studio's history.

Today, she teaches popular group classes in dialects and accent reduction at HB. She is also a faculty member at ACTeen, where she works with teenage performers on voice production and diction. Consistently described by her students as "warm," "engaging," "fresh," "encouraging," and "fun," Amanda enjoys the challenges of working with both adults and teens as they take risks and develop their capacity for expression.

In addition to her group classes, Amanda has a substantial private practice. In a typical week, she might work with an American actor needing a French accent, a French actor who needs to sound American, a Japanese architect preparing to work with a U.S. company, a teenager who mumbles, and a girl preparing to give her first public speech at her Bat Mitzvah. For several years, she was a member of the Sabella-Mills Associates, teaching accents and dialects to singers. She also works with corporate clients from around the world. The goals of her private clients are as diverse as their backgrounds.

Amanda has worked extensively with dialects as an actor. She made her Broadway debut in EQUUS opposite Daniel Radcliffe as part of a mixed company of British and American actors. She has also worked with the Irish Repertory Theatre, needing to blend her Irish accent with those of native speakers. Whether as a Long Island bride on "All My Children" or a Polish nurse in a new play workshop, her frequent professional use of accents allows her to coach actors not only on the accent itself, but also on the practicalities of auditioning, rehearsing, and performing in dialect.