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Staying Me While Being YouS2. Ep.5: Big Thinks about WellnessIn this (comically late) episode, Robyn and Bonny ask some big questions about the wellness industry, the intentions of those involved in it and discuss the future of the podcast. 2025-04-2119 minStaying Me While Being YouS2.Ep.4: Unique Wellness ToolsRobyn and Bonny riff once again this season....this time on purpose! They discuss grounding, cryotherapy, TIP, red light therapy, compression therapy, sensory deprivation floating, 5 senses work, stepping in and out of character, intentionality and more. Neither Robyn nor Bonny know how to spell Wim Hof in this episode, but still think he is cool. Literally. Visit Renew & Restore Wellness at https://www.renewandrestorewellnessva.com/2025-02-1829 minStaying Me While Being YouStay You and Stay Merry once againHoliday Greetings from Robyn & Bonny!! See you in 2025!2024-12-2001 minStaying Me While Being YouS2. Ep. 3: The Science of Art and MovementRobyn and Bonny welcome Dr. Julia Basso and Rachel Rugh onto the pod to discuss your brain on art....and art on the brain! More on our guests:
Dr. Julia C. Basso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech, Director of The Embodied Brain Lab, and Co-Director of The Science and Art of Movement Lab. She also holds affiliate faculty positions in the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience and is a Fellow at both the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Center for...2024-11-2745 minStaying Me While Being YouS2. Ep.2: Ingenuitive RiffingSometimes life throws you a curveball....and you have to adapt. In this episode, staring the original duo Robyn and Bonny, your hosts are flying solo due to Mother Nature putting a literal damper on the original plans. Yet, they use the opportunity to discuss how artists are often asked to check and adjust and how we can still do so with wellness top of mind.
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Berg (music)2024-10-2433 minStaying Me While Being YouS2. Ep.1: Partners in PerformanceOn this first episode of the second season, partners in life and in art, Mary Trotter and Ben Gonzales join us to kick things off. Parents to twin girls, Mary & Ben examine the juggling act that is a life in the theatre while raising children.
Mary Trotter (she/her) is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse where she teaches acting and musical theatre, and most recently directed The Wolves! She is an actor, director and intimacy
choreographer. Professional credits span the country including Black Hills Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Je...2024-09-1945 minStaying Me While Being YouSeason 2 TeaserRobyn and Bonny express gratitude for their first season and preview what's to come in Season 2!
2024-09-0101 minStaying Me While Being YouEp. 6: Community, Capitalism, Collaboration with Jon RoyalBonny & Robyn welcome Jon Royal to the podcast for the final episode of Season One!
Jon Royal is a director, teaching artist, and facilitator who is based in Nashville, TN. In 2004 he received a fellowship to study with Ming Cho Lee and Constance Hoffman, forever changing his approach to art, work, and life. Since then, he has directed, or appeared in productions for In Other People’s Shoes, First Stage, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Actor’s Bridge Ensemble, Street Theatre Company, Berry College, Nashville School...2024-04-2454 minStaying Me While Being YouEp. 5: Stage, Screen and Grocery Lists with Eric PetersenAn Emmy Award nominated actor who has also graced the boards of Broadway, Eric Petersen talks about working on stage, screen and beyond and how he stays afloat in a challenging industry.
Eric Petersen most recently can be seen in High Desert for Apple TV opposite Patricia Arquette, and can next be seen in Nathan Fielder’s The Curse on Showtime. He also recently starred in the AMC series Kevin Can F*** Himself, alongside Annie Murphy. A dark comedy that mixes single-cam and multi-cam shooting in front of a studio audience to re-examine the trope of the passive...2024-03-2046 minStaying Me While Being YouEp.4: Transitions with Evelyn O'NealBonny and Robyn start 2024 off by welcoming Evelyn O'Neal to the mic. Actor, Director, Puppeteer and Costume Extraordinaire Evelyn hones in on how to navigate life and career transitions--particularly which tools she found most helpful in moving on to the next exciting chapter.
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Berg (music) 2024-02-1457 minStaying Me While Being YouStay You and Stay MerryHappy holidays listeners! We are taking a month off....but look forward to resuming our acting/wellness adventures with you in 2024. 2023-12-2101 minStaying Me While Being YouEp. 3: Be in the Moment, Before it Turns into a Memory with QueenOn episode 3, Robyn and Bonny have a chat with a passionate and
resolute artist named Queen. At the height of the pandemic, she
transferred from The Eastern Shore Community College to Radford University, where she has been studying Theatre and has plans to graduate this December. Queen is a heartfelt actor who has had the opportunity to embody characters from a variety of genres….. From contemporary roles like Undine in Fabulation, Or The Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage to the classical world of Shakespeare, playing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Most recently, Queen played Miss Rosemary in the Chi...2023-12-1441 minStaying Me While Being YouEp. 2: Be Creative, Be Kind, and Nap with Denis McCourtOn Episode 2, Robyn and Bonny welcome Denis McCourt Stryjewski to the mic. Denis is dedicated to acting, writing, and directing for the stage. Denis began studying theater at the University of South Florida, and, in 2003 he graduated with a BA in Theater, with an emphasis on Performance. Then, in 2008, he received his MFA from the University of Florida, in Gainesville. Thirteen years later, Denis is now a member of the Theater faculty at Idyllwild Arts Acadmey. His professional creative ventures since leaving Florida have included teaching for ten years at the New York Film Academy’s Hollywood campus, directing fo...2023-11-0745 minStaying Me While Being YouEp. 1: Have a Rotated Life with Emily P. Faith
Join Co-Hosts Robyn & Bonny as they welcome Emily P. Faith
onto the podcast for the first episode!
Emily is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist, podcaster and drama therapist currently based in Dallas, TX. Robyn, Bonny and Emily discuss drama therapy, the artist’s challenge of time/money, identity, AI, meditation and breath work, geography, diversity, consuming a variety of art forms, travel, producing your own work, building community, theatre training, balance, and more. Of note, Emily was once a student of Robyn’s at Lipscomb University in Nashville, where Bonny also did freelance work, so all parties have some hi...2023-10-0945 min
Staying Me While Being YouTrailer: Staying Me While Being YouHosts Robyn Berg and Bonny O'Neill introduce themselves and the podcast, a wellness journey for actors.
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