D'Arcy Smith is a Professor of Voice, Speech and Dialects at The University of Cincinnati. He was a resident voice, text and dialect coach at the Guthrie Theater and has worked as a teacher and voice/dialect coach in the United States, U.K., Canada and New Zealand.

He brings over 20 years of experience as a professional actor, coach and teacher of performers, working on well over a 100 productions and worked with Riot Games and Ubisoft. He has trained extensively in a variety of voice techniques to help serve every level and voice type.

He has researched and developed Vocal Combat Technique, which trains actors to go to vocal extremes in the healthiest way possible. He has used his Vocal Combat Technique in numerous professional productions and alongside fight coaches. He has created and tested Vocal Combat Technique specifically for the video game actor.