Faculty

ERIC ARMSTRONG

BFA (Concordia), MFA (York)
Associate Professor: Voice
Department of Theatre, York University

earmstro@yorku.ca

Eric Armstrong is a voice, speech and dialect coach, and a specialist in Shakespearean text. An alumnus of The Drama Studio, London, he advanced his professional studies through an apprenticeship with Andrew Wade of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A director and board member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, he has published articles in the Voice and Speech Review and has worked as an actor in theatre and film across Canada. Professional dialect coaching highlights include Just Stopped by to See the Man at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Mary Stuart at the Court Theatre, Chicago, as well as coaching Tom Wilkinson for his Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 2003 HBO TV movie Normal.

Professor Armstrong taught at Chicago's Roosevelt University, Brandeis University in Boston, the University of Windsor, and Canada's National Voice Intensive in Vancouver before joining York University's Theatre Department in 2003.