In this episode, Samantha Rund and Judith Shahn discuss the importance of freeing your natural voice, and how voice training can help you speak from a place of power. We discuss impulse, socialization, and how to remove obstacles blocking your way. Judith shares how she became a Linklater practicioner; and some of her many experiences teaching voice at the University of Washington's School of Drama, School of Law, and abroad.
Samantha Rund is a professional actor, comic, and creator of Beyond Technique Coaching. Recently, she can be seen on 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim. She's passionate about using performance principles to help enrich and empower people's lives.
www.samantharund.com
www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com
Judith Shahn is a voice teacher, actor, public speaking consultant and dialect coach for professional theatre. She is a Designated Linklater Voice teacher and taught for 26 years at the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program and retired in 2016. She also has her own business Vibrant Speaking, where she works with people in all professions on Public Speaking, Presentation Training and Communicating through a present self. For 30 years she has coached professional theatres, mostly in Seattle (Seattle Rep, ACT theatre, Intiman, Seattle Children’s Theatre as well as Shakespeare Festivals). She has been an actor on and off since she was a teenager. Most recently she appeared in My Antonia at Book-It Repertory and Coriolanus: Fight Like a Bitch at 12th Ave. Arts. Until Covid, she was teaching internationally in Brazil, Scotland (the Kristin Linklater Voice Centre) and Mexico. Judith’s other passion is leading groups in becoming an instant chorus for pure joy!
www.vibrantspeaking.com