Jim Johnson

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, TEXAS

Creator, Accent Help
Teaching Artistic Associate, Prague Shakespeare Company
Professor Emeritus, University of Houston

Contributions to IDEA:
Texas 14 | Texas 15 | Texas 16

Special Collections:
Enchanted April | Hapgood | Lend Me a Tenor | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Molly Sweeney | Paradise Hotel  | Polish Joke | Ring Round the Moon | Steel Magnolias

Bio: Jim is the creator of Accent Help, a dialect-learning resource for actors. Jim and his wife continue to teach with the Prague Shakespeare Company’s Summer Shakespeare Intensive, where they serve as Teaching Artistic Associates.

He performs regularly with PSC, including Prospero in The Tempest, King John in King John, Albany in King Lear, among many others, touring with PSC to Italy, Scotland, Romania, and Germany. Jim continues to coach dialects professionally, including Houston Grand Opera and more than 30 productions with the Alley Theatre.

Jim is a professor emeritus at the University of Houston, where he taught voice and accents, along with serving as the director of the School of Theatre & Dance.

Contact: jim@accenthelp.com; AccentHelp.com