The Voice and Speech Committee exists to promote and improve the appreciation, study, teaching and practice of healthy voice and speech within SETC. It seeks to work in cooperation with other voice and speech organizations such as Voice and Speech Trainers Association and the Voice Foundation, as well as other organizations such as the Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) to promote voice and speech in all aspects of American and international theatre. It provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas about voice and speech among SETC members and with other voice and speech professionals through the development and presentation of programs at the SETC convention, newsletters, cooperation with other national and or regional voice and speech organizations and other projects which may benefit voice and speech. It promotes and encourages scholarship in voice and speech by providing opportunities for the presentation of papers at panels at the SETC convention, and by encouraging publication of voice and speech papers in Southern Theatre, the Voice and Speech Review, and other journals.
In addition, the Voice and Speech Committee works closely with the Stage Movement Committee to arrange for daily voice and movement warm-ups each morning at SETC.

Membership in the Voice and Speech committee consists of all members of SETC who have an interest in voice and speech. Most members are actors, directors and stage movement specialists as well as specialists in voice and speech. Some are vocal health professionals. Many are professional vocal directors or voice, speech, text and dialect coaches. Because of this we invite and encourage members from all divisions to be active in the committee. Many members of the Voice and Speech committee are also members of other professional voice organizations such as VASTA.