Dialects

A handful of members of our cast have asked about whether or not we're using dialects for the show.  The short answer is not really.  Dialects can be tricky, and making them consistent across the board is near impossible.  If we really went for it, I fear we'd spend hours poring over International Phonetic Alphabet diagrams and sitting in the mirror, trying to make specific vowel sounds and having our family members look weird at us.

But, I definitely encourage you to get the accent in your ear and play around with it.  If we can hint at the cadence of an Oklahoma dialect, it'll be a nice in-between, allowing us to give a sense of where the show takes place through the dialect, without having to spend a lot of time on IPA and hammering out exactly what vowel and consonant sounds we need.

Here is a link to a website with some great sound samples of Oklahoma dialects.  They'll give you an idea of what this sounds like.  Feel free to give a listen.  Again, we don't need to spend a lot of time working up an accent for the show.  This will just serve to get the sound in the ear.

Thanks!