These Conservatory systems are the foundation for the design and philosophy behind The Company Acting Studio and all of its programs. This training led her to her acceptance at the famous School of Performing Arts (The Fame School) and subsequently her studies at The School of Fine Arts at Boston University. It was this relationship that opened the door for Lisina’s first Conservatory training at The Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City where she studied for the first time at the age of 12. Her Grandmother was also a writer and close friends with Stella Adler and the Adler family. She is descended from writers and actors whose careers include her Grandfather, Arnold Manoff, who wrote for television, film and Broadway (who married Oscar Award Winning actress Lee Grant who became Lisina’s mother’s stepmother) and her aunt, Tony Award Winning actress, Dinah Manoff. Lisina was born and raised in New York City, New York. The roots of the studio begin in the early acting education Lisina received throughout her artistic upbringing. In 2021, Dayle is serving as the Associate Editor of the VASTA Voice quarterly newsletter, and will serve as Editor in 2022.The Company Acting Studio was founded in 1996 by Lisina Stoneburner in Atlanta. Proud member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF), and the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA). Alongside teaching and coaching, Dayle is currently completing an MA in Linguistics with a focus on sociolinguistics, standard language ideology, phonetics and phonology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Longterm instruction and mentoring from Alithea Phillips, Head of Voice and Speech at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Dayle has participated in many continuing education workshops, learning from Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater, Andrew Wade, Christina Shewell, Phil Thompson, Andrea Caban, Julie Foh, and others.

Previous teaching with The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Broadway Experience, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and the Brett Goldin Bursary program at the Royal Shakespeare Company. She is a teaching artist based in NYC, originally from Columbus, Ohio. Dayle Towarnicky teaches speech and accent to the BFA 1 and 2 students.

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