When learning the Midatlantic/Transatlantic Accent for this audition, I found that there weren’t too many good resources out there! Here are my key takeaways from what I could find:

-- This is a FAKE, socially-constructed accent, combining the attractive qualities of the dialects from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean: American and British. Therefore, I wouldn’t worry too much about getting it absolutely perfect! Make it your own

-- Drop r’s: the r’s are specifically more like the British “r,” sounding more like “ah” or “eh” (I feel like mine sit somewhere in between). In my two auditions, you will hear that

“Here” becomes “heah”

“Nevermind” becomes “Nevamind"

“Carefully” becomes “cehfully”

-- Hooty “oos”: any double o sound should be very pinched, much like when you imitate an owl’s “hoot.” My lips look like they’re sipping from a straw.

Listen to the words “you” and “look” in my auditions

-- Remove/minimize diphthongs: I think generally, most vowel sounds become one syllable. For instance

American “oh”s are actually pronounced like “oh-oo,” like in “oh my gosh.” In this, I just use a tall “ooh.”

The word “say” is usually pronounced “seh-ee.” In this, I would pronounce it as “seh.” Same with “way” becoming “weh.”

Generally, anything ending with a “y” should become “eh.” “Carefully” might sound more like “cehfulleh.”

I will add more if I think of something else, but those are the main things I focused on for my audition! Overall, it’s mostly about the vowels being as tall as possible, or as wide as possible– no in between.