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Jay Michaels

5.0 (8)

About this pro

I've trained professional speakers and speech makers for 25 years. I've worked with James Earl Jones, Jon Stewart, and Hillary Clinton to name a few. I teach speech and theater on the university level and lecture throughout the tristate area.

As a child, I had a THICK Bronx accent. It took me YEARS to change it. I've created methods to help accent alteration and impediment correction in a fraction of the time. Today, I'm a lecturer and professor on the subject. Hearing my students tell me about thgeir successes after working with me (in their new cultured tone) always makes my day!

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Brooklyn, NY 11209

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8 Reviews

5.0

Jane Mangubi

Awesome experience! I'm so glad I got a chance to work on my speech skills with professor Jay Michaels. He is a true professional and a great person. His lessons help you overcome your fears and boost your confidence a loooooot! Our entire class made huge progress.

2018-02-28
Pedro Canales

Gives you amazing advice in order for you to grow as a student as well as an actor.

2018-02-12
George Kokkinos

Jay is one in a million. I'm a teacher now myself and Jay Michaels is one of the biggest reasons as to why that is. He showed such passion with whatever topic he was teaching our class. I now use that same passion when teaching my kids. Thank you Jay!!

2018-02-12
Sara Minisquero

Jay captures audiences of all ages with a passionate commitment to bringing the arts to all. Very personable and deeply invested in his students, often going the extra step to connect them with his peers among indie theatre's elite. I stand as a firm testament to Jay's craft and dedication to using drama as tool for enhanced communication and finding truths about the self.

2018-02-12
Mohammed Saad Ali

Jay Michaels is an OG. Jay Michaels was my professor and first mentor in the performing arts. His over thirty years of experience in the arts, education and marketing has been invaluable to me not only in the artist aspect but also the business and personal. Which turns out are quiet important. Aside from that he is a good and generous man. I have worked with him in a dozen projects and will continue to do so. So if you want to learn about every single aspect of this industry then I suggest you learn from a proper OG like Jay Michaels.

2018-02-12
Michele Thorne

He was a great professor. I took his speech class, and realizing how nervous people get when speaking in front of an audience, he allowed students to have a second try, I thought that was more than fair. He's interesting to listen to and by the time you're half way through your semester, the jitters are gone

2018-02-12
Christina hall

He always made work or lessons fun. He listened to what we had to say about always had something positive to say.

2018-02-10
Jennie Ekinova

Jay works with your strengths and weaknesses. He tailor-makes his procedures to your exact needs. Every minute was made just for you! I had a thick accent that stopped me from moving ahead at work. I was even getting embarrassed of my heritage because of it. Jay worked with me, giving me exercises to help me shape my voice to a more cultured... and understandable tone. My coworkers were amazed. He made me proud of myself for the first time!

2018-02-10