The Whole Artist with Courtney Rioux: Conversations with artists about acting, purpose, and the journey to finding wholeness. You are so much more than the last job you booked.
Today Courtney sits down with performer and positive psychology practitioner, Erica Elam, to discuss how principles from improv and positive psychology can change an actor’s (or anyone’s) sense of well-being.
Erica Elamis an actor, improviser, director, and positive psychology practitioner based in Chicago. She has performed at The Goodman (in the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss), Steppenwolf, Northlight, Court, Remy Bumppo, Peninsula Players, Chicago Shakespeare, and with The Second City at The KennedyCenter in Washington, D.C. She is an ensemble member with the critically acclaimed improv troupes BabyWants Candy and The Improvised Shakespeare Company (with whom she was the first woman ever to perform). Erica earned her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology at The University of Pennsylvania, and graduated from The University of Georgia, The Second City Conservatory, and The School at Steppenwolf.
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Zoom Fatigue: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sunday-review/zoom-video-conference.html
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Special thanks to:
Tommy Martin for editing and mixing this episode.
Mandy Work Wetzel for all of your hard work.
Photography by Joe Mazza, Brave Lux. For more information, go tohttp://bravelux.com/
Music by Blythe Martin Productions. For more info, please contact Jamie and Erik at erik@SoundAnswer.com
Co-Edited by Courtney Rioux
