This year’s recipient of the Ruth Morley Design Award is Amy Stoller, who has been helping performers suit words to actions since 1995. She has provided dialect design, frequently with dramaturgy, for nearly 40 productions at the award-winning Mint Theater Company. 


Since 2007 she has served as dialect coach on many projects with and by Anna Deavere Smith, including Let Me Down Easy and Notes from the Field, both on stage and screen. She works regularly on New York, regional, and touring productions, including the Broadway hit Beautiful (Tony Award, Jessie Mueller as Carole King). Screen credits include Zola (Colman Domingo as X);Selma (Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King); Dietland; Mozart in the Jungle; Nurse Jackie, and Dora the Explorer. Amy is an officer of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and a member of Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas. For more information on Amy Stoller, visit: www.stollersystem.com.

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