Bio

Penny Kreitzer is a master voice and communications coach.

She was born in South Africa and studied Theatre, English and Political Science at the University of Cape Town, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and San Francisco State University.  She has an MA in Theatre and a Licentiate Speech Teacher’s Diploma from Trinity College, London. She is a Roy Hart Teacher of the Extended Range of the Human Voice in the Wolfsohn-Hart tradition.

As Founding Director of Corporate Scenes, for over 35 years Penny designed and delivered leadership programs in Fortune 500 companies in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, as well as throughout the USA.

She currently teaches at the UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business and has delivered talks and presentations at the Haas School of Business Alumni Reunion, Yale University Learning Center Conference, and the Eli Lilly International Conference for Women Physicians.

TEACHING:

  • Communications Excellence, Centre for Executive Education, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (2012-present)
  • Women in Executive Leadership (WEXL), Centre for Executive Education, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (2012-present)
  • CEO Certified Program, Centre for Executive Education, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (current)
  • Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, Centre for Executive Education, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • Olin School of Business, Washington University
  • Weatherspoon School of Business, Chase Western University
  • The Athena Women’s Leadership Lab, Barnard College
  • The Berlin School of Creative Leadership
  • University of San Francisco
  • Columbia University
  • Vassar College
  • Suny Purchase, New York
  • The HB Studio Theater Training School, New York
  • American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
  • Lesley University, Cambridge Ma, and Netanya, Israel
  • Roy Hart Voice Centre, France

Theater Background:

As a professional, award-winning actress, Penny has performed at The Berkeley Repertory Theater, American Conservatory Theater, The Aurora Theater, Gloucester Stage Company, Shakespeare & Company, and The HB Studio. Penny is a Founding Member of the Roy Hart Theatre, now the Roy Hart Voice Centre in France.

Penny is a playwright. She wrote and performed sixteen characters in The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon (New York, NY and Shakespeare and Co., Lennox, MA). Her play If A Tree Falls has been performed in Johannesburg, South Africa with staged readings in Chicago, IL, Berkeley, CA, and Jerusalem, Israel.

In the theatre and film industries Penny has coached A-list actors such as Ellen McLaughlin (Angels in America), Anna Deavere Smith (Fires in the Mirror, Berkeley Repertory Theater), and many others. She was Voice and Dialogue Coach on Academy Award nominated films Regret To Inform and Promises.

 

Charlotte in "The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon"

Charlotte, in “The Actors Rehearse the Story of Charlotte Salomon”

“This is wonderful, thought-provoking theater  meticulously crafted and presented by a fearsomely talented and engaging actress. Kreitzer gives ample sampling of her own lovely contralto singing voice. We also listen and watch as she gives voice to a total of sixteen characters on stage – male and female, old and young, from different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.” — Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June 2009

 

Penny Kreitzer - Twelfth Night

Olivia, in ” Twelfth Night”

Teaching children in Tanzania