mVm Faculty
Scott Miller -
Founder, CEO & Faculty
Having spent forty years as a coach, trainer and teacher, Scott blends a lifetime of exceptional experience into his work with others. His diverse life paths include two sports at the professional level, a law degree from George Washington University, clerking at DC’s Public Defender Service, time as a producer, actor, director, a trainer of lead teachers, husband, father of three and training in counseling and holistic practices. He has been, for the last fifteen years, a Professor at NYU, Tisch’s Graduate Acting Program, considered one of the elite training programs in the world. These differing experiences and the approaches they provide have tempered a professional approach that is both accessible and specific.
Scott is the founder of the mVm Miller Voice Method® and through decades of field and scientific research has developed a transformational and repeatable way to embody presence and empathy for peak performances that sustain both the audience’s and speaker’s attention.
Scott has trained a wide range of professionals from Boardroom Executives and Managers at Fortune 500 companies to Oscar/Tony/Emmy Award winners/nominees to Olympic athletes to news anchors to the unheralded individuals simply seeking improvement and fulfillment. Scott has been received in corporations, theaters, law firms, sets, recording studios and workshops around the world training groups, teams and individuals from over fifty countries. His work is geared toward those who seek to discover, embody and/or sustain peak performance in their chosen lives.
Kristi Dana -
Director of mVm Teacher Certification & Faculty
Kristi Dana is an assistant professor of voice and speech at Southern Methodist University. She was a visiting assistant professor of voice and speech at SMU (AY 2018-2019), Penn State University (AY 2017-2018) and served as interim head of MFA Acting, Brooklyn College, CUNY (AY 2016 – 2017). Vocal coaching includes Liz Lerman’s Healing Wars and Marie Antoinette at Soho Rep. She is also an Equity actor and works regularly in small professional theatre in Dallas. Kristi was mentored by Scott Miller and Liam Joynt, hosted in part at the Graduate Acting Program at NYU | Tisch School of the Arts. She is certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and holds a Certificate of Completion from the Michael Chekhov Association. Her point of research, “Vocal Transparency,” investigates the efficacy of the integration of the Miller Voice Method and the Michael Chekhov Technique for actors. MFA, acting, Brooklyn College, CUNY; MA, theatre education, Emerson College; BA, theatre arts, Penn State University. Board Member, Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) (2018-2021).
Kyle Cameron
Kyle Cameron is an internationally recognized actor with an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting program, where his journey with mVm began. He is proud to be a certified member of the mVm teaching family, and looks forward to helping clients develop their charisma, authenticity and vocal stamina through this engaging and effective method.
Tania Chelnov
Tania is a language, voice and text nerd who loves working with students to explore and reveal their unique presence and brilliance. She has been exploring and teaching Miller Voice Method for the past 13 years.
Tania currently teaches in the mVm Teacher Certification Program, as a private coach and at Purchase College beginning Fall 2023. Additional teaching credits include: Southern Methodist University (BFA and MFA), the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio New York, UNC Chapel Hill and The Drama League.
MFA: UNC Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Rep; BA: Smith College.
Additional Training: the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the Moscow Art Theatre School, and the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York.
For Private Coaching: tania@millervoicemethod.com
Website: www.taniachelnov.com
Gretchen Hall
Gretchen Hall is currently a faculty member at Seton Hall University, where she teaches vocal techniques and acting. Theatre Credits: Broadway: Stickfly. Off Broadway: Saturn Returns, The Seventh Monarch (Miriam). Regionally: A.C.T, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Theater Calgary, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, New Jersey Shakespeare Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, Dorset Theater Festival, Shakespeare on the Sound, Center Stage and with the Continuum Company. Television Credits: FBI, The Blacklist, The Path, Elementary, Person of Interest, Gossip Girl, Law & Order and Lipstick Jungle. Film Credits: The Weekend and Almost in Love. Gretchen earned her BA from Fordham University and her MFA from NYU Graduate Acting. She lives in South Orange, New Jersey with her husband and three amazing daughters. Contact her directly at gretchen.s.hall@gmail.com.
Liam Joynt
Liam Joynt is the Associate Chair of the BFA Acting Program at the Conservatory of Theater Arts at Purchase College. He is a longstanding faculty member at the Graduate Acting Program of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he teaches voice and vocal coaches. He also teaches accents at Pace University’s Musical Theater BFA program. He is a Certified Teacher of the Knight-Thompson Speech and Accent Work. Previous faculties include Marymount Manhattan College, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Maggie Flanigan Studio. He taught in the BA program at Rutgers University, where he also received his MFA in acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts.
As an actor he’s worked in mega-budget and no-budget films, daytime and primetime TV, Off-Broadway and Regional Theater. He’s produced world premiere productions for many playwrights, including Lee Blessing, Samuel Brett Williams, and Lia Romeo; in addition to various film projects.
Katie Honaker
Katie has been teaching speech for Tisch NYU first year students at Atlantic Acting School for 17 years. She is an actor, voice over artist and coaches privately. Learn more at www.Katiehonaker.com and contact her directly at kthonaker@gmail.com.
Becca L. McLarty
Becca is a teacher, actor, improviser, and mom. A graduate of MFA Acting at Brooklyn College, Becca has been teaching voice and speech for 10 years and has been trained and mentored in the MVM work for almost as long. Currently, Becca is an adjunct professor of Voice and Speech at Montclair State University. She has also taught at Brooklyn College, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, PACE University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Improvolution. Breath, collaboration, curiosity, and a sense of humor are central to Becca’s practice as both a teacher and a storyteller. She currently lives in NJ with her husband, two kids, and scruffy rescue dog. www.beccalmclarty.com
John Patrick
John is Co-Founder of mVm Studio and JP Communication Consultants. He served as an associate professor, Head of Voice & Speech for the MFA Professional Actor Training Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Resident Vocal Coach for PlayMakers Repertory Company (2011 – 2018). JP has coached for the Guthrie Theater, Trinity Shakespeare Festival and is currently the Company Vocal Coach for Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Florida (2012 – Ongoing). John taught for NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, NYU Steinhardt School; Southern Methodist University; the National Theater School of Finland at Helsinki; Queen’s College and the Lyric Theater in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Rutgers University, & New York Film Academy.
John was mentored as a teacher by Scott Miller hosted in part at the Graduate Acting Program at NYU | Tisch School of the Arts. As an actor he trained under William Esper, Deborah Hedwall, and Lloyd Richards at Rutgers University where he received his MFA. He received his BFA in Acting from TCU and also trained in the methodologies of Knight Thompson Speech (Erik Singer), Patricia Fletcher (Ms. Fletcher), Skinner & Linklater (Margaret Loft), and Fitzmaurice (Beth Maguire).
JP lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife, Erin, his teacher of unconditional love and correct usages of past-tense. Together they host two Resident Teachers of Patience, Hazel & Sebastian.
Abbey Toot
Abbey Toot is an Assistant Professor at Brevard College in North Carolina, where she teaches acting, directing, voice and movement. Abbey found MVM when shadowing John Patrick at UNC Chapel Hill and has found it to be an integral part of developing self-awareness, cultivating curiosity and communicating human behavior. She previously taught at Elon University, USCB, UNC Chapel Hill and UC Irvine, as well as private voice coaching for actors and singers. Abbey received her MFA in Acting from the University of California, Irvine and her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville; she has been an actor, director and teacher in Chicago and North Carolina for over ten years.