Tanera Marshall

SENIOR EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Contributions to IDEA:
Alberta 1 | Alberta 2 | Alaska 1 | Alaska 2 | Alaska 3 | Alaska 4 | Arizona 6 | Bulgaria 3 | California 7 | California 8 | California 9 | England 68 | Illinois 23 | Illinois 24 | Illinois 25 | Illinois 26 | Illinois 28 | Illinois 29 | Illinois 30 | Illinois 31 | Jamaica 2 | Louisiana 10 | Louisiana 11 | Louisiana 12 | Michigan 14 | New Mexico 2 | New Mexico 3 | New Mexico 4 | Trinidad 1 | Trinidad 2 | Trinidad 3 | Virginia 7 | Virginia 8 | Virginia 9 |

Bio: Tanera Marshall is Associate Professor (Voice and Speech) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A certified Fitzmaurice Voicework® Teacher, Tanera trained at Depaul’s Theatre School (MFA) and Oberlin College (BA).

She is a voice and dialect specialist for theatre, TV, and film. Current creative projects include Fargo (FX), Station Eleven (HBO), and Chicago Fire (NBC). Recent projects: Army of the Dead for Netflix, as well as the independent films Burnt Orange Heresy, The Secrets We Keep, and Haven (with Elizabeth Debicki, Noomi Rapace, and Nora Arnezeder, respectively). Others: Widows, the Divergent series, Queen & Slim (Daniel Kaluuya), American Honey (Sasha Lane), Public Enemies and The Immigrant (both with Marion Cotillard), Black Hat (Chris Hemsworth), Chicago Med (seasons 3 and 4), Queen of the South (season 4), Zoo (CBS), and The Exorcist (Fox).

Past stage credits include Broadway tours of Hamilton, Billy Elliot, and Dirty Dancing, as well as productions at Steppenwolf, Court, and Timeline theatres in Chicago.

She has archived voices and accents from the Caribbean, Alaska, and First Nations/Native American tribes and communities for IDEA, her most recent contributions coming from Louisiana, Chicago, and Arizona.

She was a teaching artist in Chicago Public Schools for 10 years.

Contact: tanera@uic.edu; http://theatreandmusic.aa.uic.edu