The Actor’s Mind is a new podcast hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner that explores acting from a psychological perspective. We describe and discuss popular acting tools that are commonly used in actor training, rehearsals, and performances. Then we identify the parallel psychological processes that are likely in play when actors use these techniques. We discuss the success of these techniques from our own experience, as well as why they work given the evidence from psychology and neurosc ...
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Anne has the enormous pleasure of interviewing her dear friend and podcast co-host Kateri McRae about her research, her passion for working with college students.Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 5 Episode 3: Creative Habit + Habit Formation
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Anne and Kateri bust the myth of the muse and of spontaneous creative inspiration by exploring various tools to strengthen your creative habit. Kateri explains the neuroscience of habit formation; then both offer ways to increase your awareness and control over your productive creative habits and their obstacles. Guest: Barret O’Brien, actor, write…
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Season 5 Episode 2: Public Solitude + Self-Consciousness
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Anne and Kateri explore the old-school Stanislavski tool called Public Solitude, and then deep dive into an investigation of the psychological concept of Self-Consciousness. Guest: Bella Merlin, actor, writer, professor http://www.bellamerlin.comPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 5 Episode 1: Actor Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
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Anne discusses various fears and internal obstacles actors encounter; Kateri then defines anxiety and stress and explains the difference between the two. Then both Kateri and Anne offer ways of coping and combatting these common fears, anxieties, and stressors. Guest: Dr. Michelle Rozenman, Assistant Professor in the clinical child psychology Ph.D.…
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Anne and Kateri discuss their reactions to the conversation with Dr. Danny McIntosh about different kinds of empathy, the space between actor and character, characters and other characters, and interdisciplinarity.Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Anne and Kateri talk about all sorts of things—mimicry, resonance, empathy, the power of theater, religious experiences, and more—with psychologist Dr. Danny McIntosh, who also has been Dean of DU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for the past seven years. Guest: Dr. Danny McIntoshPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 4 Episode 2: Actor Agency, Empathy, and Embodiment
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Kateri and Anne’s response to Episode 1.Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Anne and Kateri interview three psychologists who have worked with actors in order to investigate how various psychological studies make sense of the acting process. Guests: Dr. Thalia Goldstein, Dr. Denis Dumas, Dr. Peter Sokol-HessnerPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Anne’s May 2020 interview with world-renowned voice teacher, Kristin Linklater, who passed away on June 5. Guest: Kristin Linklater (https://www.linklatervoice.com/)Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 3 Episode 4: Actor’s Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
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Kateri and Anne discuss actor mental health and emotional intelligence. Then they interview Ashley Hamilton, Executive Director of the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative. Guest: Ashley HamiltonPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 3 Episode 3: Creativity
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Kateri and Anne discuss creativity, describe it as a three-step process, and explain the neuroscience behind it. Then Anne interviews Anne Bogart.Guest: Anne Bogart (http://siti.org/blogs/anne-bogart)Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 3 Episode 2: Emotion
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Kateri and Anne take a deep dive into one of their favorite topics: emotions. Then Kateri interviews Dr. Ajay Satpute, an affective neuroscientist.Guest: Dr. Ajay SatputePor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 3 Episode 1: The Pandemic Episode
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Anne and Kateri discuss teaching theater online, and then Anne talks with guests about the pandemic’s impact on the Colorado theater community.Guests: Lynne Collins, Anthony Powell, and Allison WatrousPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 2 Episode 5: Comedy and Psychological Theories of Humor
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Anne and Kateri discuss comedy and psychological theories of humor.Guest: Jessica RobbleePor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 2 Episode 4: Inner Monologue + Modes of Cognition
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Kateri and Anne discuss the acting tools of inner monologue and objects of attention as well as the psychological concepts of “top down” and “bottom up” modes of cognition.Guests: Mare Trevathan and Rodney LizcanoPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 2 Episode 3: Perspective, Feedback, and Psychological Distance
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Anne and Kateri discuss the roles of actor, director, dramaturg, audience, and critic when discussing perspective on the process of rehearsing and performing a play, including giving and receiving feedback.Guest: John Moore (http://mydenvercenter.org)Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 2 Episode 2: Casting + Personality Traits
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Casting + Personality TraitsAnne and Kateri discuss casting and personality traits.Guest: Talleri McRaePor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Season 2 Episode 1: Auditioning + Impression Formation
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Auditioning + Impression FormationAnne and Kateri discuss Auditioning and Impression Formation.Guest: Sylvia Gregory (http://sylviagregorycasting.com/)Por Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Episode 5: Language + Psycholinguistics
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Language + PsycholinguisticsKateri and Anne discuss the power of language for an actor and the corresponding study of psycholinguistics.Guest: Sabin EpsteinPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Episode 4: Presence + Mindfulness
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Presence + MindfulnessKateri and Anne share their discussion of actor presence/stage presence and the psychological concept of mindfulness with guest Thalia Goldstein.Guests: Thalia Goldstein, Jessica Austgen, and Lauren BahlmanPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Episode 3: Actor/Character Physicality + Embodied Cognition
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Actor/Character Physicality + Embodied CognitionKateri and Anne discuss actor/character physicality and embodied cognition.Guest: Regan LintonPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Episode 2: Substitution + Episodic Memory
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Substitution + Episodic MemoryKateri and Anne discuss substitution and episodic memory.Guest: Gareth SaxePor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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Episode 1: Objective + Appraisal Theory of Emotion
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Objective + Appraisal Theory of EmotionKateri and Anne discuss one of the most important acting tools, objective, and a parallel psychological concept, appraisal theory of emotion.Guests: Larry Hecht, Ashlee Temple, and Allison WatrousPor Hosted by Kateri McRae and Anne Penner
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