Learn About Melanie Espeland & Espeland Enterprises

Deanna Ott is an Executive Voice and Speech Coach, Arts Educator, and Actor. Her greatest joy is to help others discover and strengthen their unique voices through a practice of presence, breath work, physical ease, and storytelling.

​A Professional Actor for more than a decade, Deanna began her studies with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at CSU Fullerton. It was there that her passion for the physiological connection of the breath, voice, and body began. Post graduation, she hit the ground running, performing and teaching with the Tony-award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, which ultimately led her to New York City. Deanna has been seen onstage in a Broadway National Tour, on television with CBS, and with top theatre companies nationwide. With a desire to continue to strengthen her own technique and to teach others, Deanna earned her MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University.

​As an educator, Deanna has taught voice and speech, movement, acting, dance, and improvisation to students across the country since 2006. Her clients have ranged from elementary students, to university actors, to tenured professors; and she has taught with leading regional theatres, universities, and to individuals. She is a practitioner of Linklater Voice technique, Knight-Thompsen speech work, and Miller Voice Method as well as a certified Yoga Teacher through YogaWorks. Incorporating her years of study, she is dedicated to crafting unique vocal training tailored to the goals of her clients.

​With a deep understanding for the demands on the voice and body in performance, and years of technical study in many vocal techniques, Deanna brings a full-bodied approach to voice training and presentation. She is passionate about building lasting change for clients and creating active skillsets for optimum effectiveness in communication.