 Originally calling themselves Voiceworks!, Voice Theatre was founded in Paris in 1988 by actress and director Shauna Kanter, who had been a voice teacher and professional actress in New York for 14 years.Voiceworks' inaugural production of "Family Cycle" took place in Paris and was directed by Kanter and included 30 actors.Later in 1989, Voice Theatre mounted an all-female music theatre production of "Pushing Through" at La MaMa in New York City and again in 1991 at Columbia Festival of the Arts.