Sarah Nichols

SENIOR EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Contributions to IDEA:
AFRICA
Egypt 5 | Egypt 6 | Egypt 7 | Ethiopia 4 | Zimbabwe 3

AUSTRALIA-OCEANIA
Fiji 7

CARIBBEAN
Bahamas 1 | Bahamas 2 | Bahamas 3 |  Dominica 1

EUROPE
Hungary 6 | Hungary 7 | Montenegro 1 | Montenegro 2 | Portugal 2 | Spain 8

MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon 2 | Lebanon 3

NORTH AMERICA
District of Columbia 3 | Florida 13 | Florida 14 | Florida 15 | Florida 16 | Florida 19 | Florida 20 | Florida 21 | Georgia 6 | New Jersey 7 | New York 36 | Virginia 11 | Virginia 12 | Washington 6

SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil 15 | Brazil 16 | Chile 6 | Chile 7 | Chile 8

Bio: Sarah Nichols is a second-generation Cuban American voice, accent, and communication coach with a BFA in musical theatre from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and an MFA in voice studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed on tour with TheatreworksUSA and at sea for Royal Caribbean International, and has taught for institutions in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Egypt.

An active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) since 2018, Sarah was awarded the Rocco Dal Vera Graduate Research Award for her 2022 article “Bridging the Gap between Voice Coaches and Sound Designers in the Theatre” in VASTA’s academic journal, the Voice and Speech Review. She previously served on VASTA’s Junior Board and now chairs BizCore, one of VASTA’s four interest groups.

Based in Washington, D.C., Sarah works with actors and executives in vocal production, accent modification, and public-speaking skills. She is the resident voice and dialect coach for the Acting Company at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Annapolis, Maryland.

Contact: sarahnicholsvoice@gmail.com; SarahNicholsVoice.com