Dialect Coaching
As a dialect coach, I primarily work with private clients* these days (via Zoom) …
*If you are an actor or audiobook narrator who would like to work with me, please be in touch!
I was the full-time accent and dialect specialist at the prestigious BFA Musical Theater program at Boston Conservatory for over a decade. Check out my teaching page for more about that!
While based in Boston, I worked professionally as a dialect coach in the New England regional theater scene. Here are some of my favorite projects:
Dialect Coaching
Cabaret
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
Directed by David Stern
2020
Accent: German
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
2019
Dialects: Belgian French, French, Hungarian, Russian, Scottish, Standard British, Swedish, Turkish; Hungarian and French language
The Secret Garden
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
Directed by David Stern
2019
Dialects: Standard British English, Yorkshire, Hindi language
HMS Pinafore
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
Directed by Annesa Hartman
2019
Dialect: Standard British English
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Noble and Greenough School
Directed by Todd Morton
2019
Dialect: Estuary English
The Frogs
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Directed and Choreographed by Larry Sousa
2019
Blue Stockings
New England Youth Theater
Directed by Hallie Flower
2019
Dialects: RP, Cockney, Irish
Cardboard Piano
New Repertory Theatre Company
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
2019
Dialects: Ugandan (Acholi)
The Little Foxes
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Scott Edmiston
2019
Dialects: Alabama (c. 1900)
Bare Stage
Festival Theater
World Premier, by Michael Walker, directed by A.Nora Long
2019
Dialects: Irish, Standard British
A Chorus Line
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Directed and Choreographed by Michelle Chassé
2018
Dialects: New Jersey, Bronx, El Paso, Kansas City
Dancing at Lughnasa
Gloucester Stage Company
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
2018
Dialects: Northern Irish, Welsh, Ugandan
Men on Boats
Noble and Greenough School
Directed by Todd Morton
2018
Dialects: Standard British, Ute
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by A.Nora Long
2018
Dialects: Standard British, Russian, Romanian, Cockney, Fake French
Hold These Truths
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
2017
Dialects: Japanese, Hopi, NYC, Tucson, Southern, Irish, Standard British
Carousel
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Directed by Neil Donohoe, Choreographed by Michelle Chassé
2017
Dialects: Maine, Irish
Dancing at Lughnasa
University of MA Lowell
Directed by Jennie Israel
2017
Dialects: Northern Irish, Welsh
Side Show
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Directed by Bill Russell, Choreographed by Michelle Chassé
2017
Dialects: Cockney, Estuary English
Murder for Two
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by A.Nora Long
2016
Dialects: American Southern, Boston, New York City, German, French
Mary Poppins
New England Youth Theater
Directed by Hallie Flower
2016
Dialects: RP, Cockney, German
Catch Me If You Can
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Directed and Choreographed by Michelle Chassé
2016
Dialects: French, New Orleans, New York City, Boston
Peter and the Starcatcher
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
2016
Dialects: RP, Cockney, Pirate Variations, Scottish Mermaid, Mullosk Islander, Dodo, Norse Code
“Hearing [Erica] Spyres do a Norwegian accent in one scene is almost worth the price of admission to Starcatcher all by itself.” —Boston Globe
Spring Awakening
The Boston Conservatory
Directed by Austin Regan
2016
Vocal Coaching
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons
2015
Dialects: Memphis, Chattanooga, East Texas, Alabama
IntimateApparel
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Summer L. Williams
2015
Dialects: Bajan, Hungarian/Yiddish, Southern
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
2014
Dialects: RP, Cockney, Devon
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
Directed by Julie Olsson
2012
Dialects: RP, Cockney
My Wonderful Day
Zeitgeist Stage Company, Boston
Directed by David J. Miller
2011
Dialects: Estuary English, French
Cabaret
Palace Theater, Manchester NH
Directed by Carl Rajotte
2011
Dialects: German, RP
Cabaret
Palace Theater, Manchester NH
Directed by Carl Rajotte
2011
Dialects: German, RP
Blithe Spirit
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
2010
Dialects: RP, Cockney
Private Fears in Public Places
Zeitgeist Stage Company, Boston
Directed by David J. Miller
2010
Dialects: Estuary English
Groundswell
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Directed by Daniel Gidron
2010
Dialects: Afrikaans, Black South African, English South African
Translations
Boston College
Directed by Carmel O’Reilly
2010
Dialects: Irish, General British/RP