Online Theatre Voice Pedagogy: A Literature Review

This article is a comprehensive literature review of e-learning research, particularly as it relates to equitable teaching practices and to the field of theatre voice studies. This literature review (1) highlights effective, non-discipline-specific online pedagogical practices, (2) offers considerations toward equity and accessibility in a digitized and online education context, and (3) examines these online pedagogical practices for theatre performance. The Covid-19 Pandemic resulted in an interruption to in-person classes worldwide in 2020, and an unprecedented pivot to teaching online maintained continuity in many North American universities. What was initially accepted as a stop-gap measure may become the educational context for many students for the foreseeable future. Thus, the concepts and theories in this literature review are correlated with the learning modalities in theatre performance education, offering instructors versed in embodied pedagogical practices a framework to support the design and facilitation of online courses. Specifically, the applicable focus is for theatre voice, speech, and text classes for acting students in theatre training programs.