Joe Alberti•Communication Coach

Joe Alberti (PhD) attended the Yale School of Drama and wrote his dissertation as well as numerous books and peer-reviewed articles on the acting methodology of Earle R. Gister, former Associate Dean of YSD. He is a Designated Linklater Voice teacher, a certified Colaianni Speech and Dialect teacher, a certified Alexander Technique (AmSAT) teacher, and is currently completing certification in Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing. He is the Editor-in Chief of the AmSAT (Alexander Technique) Journal and has written many articles about the Alexander Technique. He is co-author, with Genoa Davidson, of the interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed article, “The Other Side of Performance: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Listening for Voice and Speech Trainers,” published in the international Routledge Journal, the Voice and Speech Review.

He has worked extensively at Shakespeare & Company, served as text coach at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, and has been voice, speech, dialect, and text coach on many theatre productions and film projects. His coaching work includes training and empowering non-actors and is informed in part by his work with actor Alan Alda, whose Foundation trains and empowers non-actors in communication, presence, and leadership using acting methods and techniques.