Kirby Wahl, an associate professor of performing arts, recently finished a job as the dialect coach for the currently running production of Conor McPherson's play, The Seafarer, at The Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh, N.C.
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Wahl coached the cast members (including union performers from Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York City) on the Dublin Irish accents required by the play.