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Rhonda remembers her teachers and talks about things she learned that contribute to her life, art, and work in the classroom. Shout outs and gratitude to all the teachers, librarians, mentors, and coaches out there - thank you for all of it.

Thank you for listening to Past The Blue Mailbox Season 2. Make sure you follow us where you get your podcasts, so you'll be notified when The Twelve Days of Podcasts becomes available this December.

Talk soon!

Rhonda out.

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Elise & Rhonda talk about The Maritimes (a quick shout-out), Vocal Training (we are a couple of vocal training nerds - so get ready!), Somatic Experiencing, Neuro-somatic Intelligence, Cellular Boundaries, Aesthetic Distance, The Electric Blue, Chip & Pepper Shirts, and much, much more. If you're a student of vocal performance, a teacher of vocal technique, or a professional vocalist - singing or speaking - this episode is for you.

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Elise Besler is a singer, songwriter, voice coach, artist mentor, and self-proclaimed "nervous system nerd". With over three decades of experience as a performer and two decades as a coach and mentor, Elise helps singers and creatives liberate their voices by addressing what most traditional training misses: safety at the nervous system level.

After years of pushing through her own performance anxiety and vocal shutdowns herself, Elise discovered that real vocal freedom doesn’t come from just technique - it comes from nervous system regulation, emotional safety, and deep self-trust. This is the work she wishes she always had as a developing performer - now, she teaches others how to access that same freedom through her Somatic Voice Liberation methodology.

Listen to her music on APPLE MUSIC or SPOTIFY.

Click here for her podcast VOICE NOTES WITH ELISE BESLER, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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Lisa & Rhonda talk about both David and Shawn Cassidy, obviously, how happy we are to see each other, scrappy Seattle theater, changes, venues, why one might choose Seattle over LA or NYC, the unmistakable value of dental insurance, sustainable choices, ALL the jobs, keeping curiosity alive, the power of purring cats, and, if you can believe it, much, much more.

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Mini Bio from Lisa - I have been acting in Seattle since 1994. I am in love with learning languages and just started summer school for my fourth language last night. I am a world traveler and have been to 9 countries outside the US. I studied on scholarship in Perugia, Italy at the same school as Amanda Knox 😬.

My super power is that people (a lot of strangers) feel so comfortable in my presence/assured by my vibe that they tell me ALL KINDS OF STUFF. I sometimes jokingly (but maybe not) consider being some kind of spy who does recon cuz I can get info out of almost anyone! I am scared of heights and birds.

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Lamar & Rhonda talk about empathy, meditation, self-awareness, directing, practicing grace, and so many inspirations from National Geographic to Jurassic Park to Jo March, The Muppets, TV Variety Shows, and lots, lots more - what are you waiting for?! Press play! Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

Lamar Legend is a non-binary actor/writer/director and began their career at The High School for the Performing Arts (aka The "Fame" School/LAG Arts) in New York City as an actor. They then trained as a dancer at The Alvin Ailey Dance School. And later in Chicago they combined their love of classical works with physical theatre beginning their career as a director. Since then Lamar has worked at The Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Seattle Opera, Seattle Repertory Theater, The Intiman, Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan and many others. As a playwright they’ve written and adapted original and classical works for companies in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and LA, as well as abroad in Italy, Prague, and Mexico. And as a screenwriter Lamar's pilot scripts have won up to fifteen finalist awards in competitive competitions, featured on The Black List's Top Recommended Scripts and ranked in the Top 1% on Coverfly's Red List. They’ve been honored with The Rising Star Award by The Broadway League in New York and a Seattle Gregory Award.

Upcoming theater projects for Lamar you heard about while listening include Directing both Fellow Passengers for Strawberry Theatre Workshop and It's a Wonderful Life for Theater Anonymous in the fall.

Lamar is also in the process of editing and self-publishing their YA fantasy novel, THE MIDNIGHT HEIR. Link to the GoFundMe page, which supports literacy and representation for trans youth.

For more information about the artist and to keep up with their work, link to Lamar Legend's artistic website HERE.

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Mikey & Rhonda talk about saving money, surrounding ourselves with people we admire, team sports, choir, favorite plays and movies, and more, more, more. Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

Born Nov 13 1994 and raised in Huntington Beach CA, Mikey’s love for the arts began as a young boy singing in the church choir, then eventually competitive high school choir, which blossomed into his love for acting. Mikey is an alumni of Cornish College of the Arts where he graduated with a BFA in Original Works. Mikey is active in the Seattle Theatre community working in the past on shows with ACT, WET, UW, Theater Schmeater, Shaxberd, and StrawShop. When Mikey isn’t acting he is enjoying DJing, spending time with friends, or hanging out with his lovely partner Sara.

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Scott & Rhonda talk about picking up new instruments, clowning, procrastination, grant writing intimidation, money in the arts, rituals, responsibility, respecting online content creators, trusting yourself, being brave enough to make the crap, and if you can believe it MUCH, much more. Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

Scott Adams is a Seattle based musician and music teacher. He has composed for full orchestra, musical theater and written anthems for an imaginary country. He has performed Javanese gamelan, improvisational big band, on banjo in a polka band, with an overtone singing choir, and performs seasonally with an all accordion band called Hell’s Bellows. He has released four albums of his songs under the moniker birds may bite and currently plays drums for Seattle bands KITSUNE and Contraband Countryband. Scott holds a Music Composition degree from Cornish College of the Arts.

Listen to the most recent birds may bite album YOU on Spotify.

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Alyda & Rhonda talk about starting out in STEM at aviation high school then turning to theater, living contract to contract, getting work as a Stage Manager, rabbits, snakes, what's up next for Pork Filled Productions, and much, much more. Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

P. Alyda Sorm is a Khmer American theatre artist born and raised in King County. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2019 and her current focus is on stage management. She’s worked with many theaters around Seattle and is currently a producer at Pork Filled Productions. Outside of theatre, she enjoys playing with her rabbits, Choco and Latte, and is discovering a new love for anime conventions and the art of cosplay.

To find out more about Stage Management networking events like the one Alyda mentions in the podcast, check out SM Collective Seattle.

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Nicole & Rhonda talk about the unknown, Miss Piggy, neurodivergence, angelic language, passion exploitation, and much, much more. Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

Follow this link for more information about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA).

Nicole Beerman is a theatre artist, choreographer, and teacher from Seattle,
Washington. Nicole is currently teaching Musical Theatre Dance at Cornish
College of the Arts and is a certified Simonson Technique Teacher. Nicole is
married to Josh Beerman and a mother to Max and Huxley Beerman. As a
performer, Nicole has worked at Seattle Rep, 5th Avenue, Village Theatre,
Sam French Festival in NYC, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Ordway Center,
Oregon Cabaret, and Empty Space. Nicole was a nominee for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Musical for her work in Cabaret at Village Theatre
for the 2015 Gregory Awards. As a Choreographer, Nicole’s work includes
the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Village Theater/KIDSTAGE, Cornish
College of the Arts, The Art Institute of Seattle, The Triple Door, Hunter
College High School, and The Lakeside School. Nicole has taught for
Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington, Hunter College High
School, West Lake Dance Center, VAM studios, and more.
Nicole lived in NYC for nearly a decade and performed in and
choreographed multiple shows from Off Broadway to the Fringe for
Clubbed Thumb, Astoria Performing Arts, New Dramatist/HERE Center and
more. Nicole performed with Reggie Watts and ran the dance call for the
World Premier of Head Over Heels at Oregon Shakespeare Festival for
Sonya Tayeh. She was a soloist at New Voices Cabaret Series with music by
Ryan Scott Oliver at the Duplex Cabaret in Greenwich Village. Nicole
holds a BFA in Acting from Cornish College of the Arts, attended the
Cabaret Conference at Yale University, and is a member of Actors’ Equity
Association.

www.nicolebeerman.com

https://www.instagram.com/nbeerman

https://www.tiktok.com/@nbeerman