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Elizabeth Swain

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In the final episode of Season Five, I spoke with a talented and passionate actress and producer Debra Ann Byrd. In our conversation, she mentioned one of the professors, Elizabeth Swain, who had a significant impact on her own training and understanding theater. She spoke so highly of this mentor that I looked her up and decided to ask her to come on his podcast as well.What I came to learn is that Elizabeth Swain is so much more than just a professor of theater- she is a Broadway actress with national tours, television credits, and quite the prolific director as well, with a specialty in classics like Shakespeare and the Greek tragedies. Elizabeth is also a member of the prestigious Antaeus theater company in Los Angeles. As you’ll hear today, Elizabeth is the perfect guest for Women’s History Month as she provides such a unique and wide perspective through her decades of work both on stage and off.In today’s episode you’ll be hearing three stories from her life: Story #1- Her first theater tour before she had actually decided to be an actress Story #2- Balanced her growing Broadway career with motherhood Story #3- How and why she was ousted from Barnard College This Week's Spotlight: Antaeus Theater CompanyAntaeus began in 1991 as a project of the prestigious Center Theatre Group. Founding Artistic Directors Dakin Matthews and Lillian Groag believed there could be a world-class classical ensemble in a city driven by the TV and film industry. They brought together a remarkable group of 30 members in Los Angeles to embark on this ambitious project, and committed to meeting every Monday night to read, study and rehearse great classical plays.The Final Five QuestionsThough studying economics first, Elizabeth Swain eventually found a place in theater and has gone onto to acting, directing, and teaching. She has guided so many students through the Classics, and continually inspires a new generation of artists. You can find her Final Five on the WINMI Blog.SUBSCRIBE TO WINMIGet access to Audition Stories, the Final Five questions, and other bonus content by becoming a monthly or yearly subscriber to Why I’ll Never Make It. Producing this podcast is rewarding in its own way, but I’m essentially a one-man operation. So it is both costly and time-intensive to put together each episode. By subscribing you’ll be supporting these podcasting efforts, and have access to extended conversations and other bonus content. Your financial support of this podcast is greatly appreciated!  Subscribe to get access to bonus episodes and extra content     Make a one-time Donation to support transcripts and podcast production  If you’d like to support WINMI but have limited funds to do so, then contact me directly for reduced-price or even free access to the bonus content. Follow WINMI: Website | Instagram | YouTube———-Why I’ll Never Make It is an award-winning, Top Theater Podcast hosted by actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones and is a production of WINMI Media. Background music is by John Bartmann and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final episode of Season Five, I spoke with a talented and passionate actress and producer <a href="https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/why-ill-never-make-it/debra-ann-byrd-part-1-classically-trained-actress-shares-her-bumpy-road-to-theater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debra Ann Byrd</a>. In our conversation, she mentioned one of the professors, <a href="https://www.elizabethswain.net/%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Swain</a>, who had a significant impact on her own training and understanding theater. She spoke so highly of this mentor that I looked her up and decided to ask her to come on his podcast as well.What I came to learn is that Elizabeth Swain is so much more than just a professor of theater- she is a Broadway actress with national tours, television credits, and quite the prolific director as well, with a specialty in classics like Shakespeare and the Greek tragedies. Elizabeth is also a member of the prestigious Antaeus theater company in Los Angeles. As you’ll hear today, Elizabeth is the perfect guest for Women’s History Month as she provides such a unique and wide perspective through her decades of work both on stage and off.In today’s episode you’ll be hearing three stories from her life:<ul> <li>Story #1- Her first theater tour before she had actually decided to be an actress</li> <li>Story #2- Balanced her growing Broadway career with motherhood</li> <li>Story #3- How and why she was ousted from Barnard College</li> </ul> This Week's Spotlight: <a href="https://antaeus.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antaeus Theater Company</a>Antaeus began in 1991 as a project of the prestigious Center Theatre Group. Founding Artistic Directors Dakin Matthews and Lillian Groag believed there could be a world-class classical ensemble in a city driven by the TV and film industry. They brought together a remarkable group of 30 members in Los Angeles to embark on this ambitious project, and committed to meeting every Monday night to read, study and rehearse great classical plays.The Final Five QuestionsThough studying economics first, Elizabeth Swain eventually found a place in theater and has gone onto to acting, directing, and teaching. She has guided so many students through the Classics, and continually inspires a new generation of artists. You can find her Final Five on the <a href="https://medium.com/winmipodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WINMI Blog</a>.<h3><a href="https://winmi.supercast.com/subscriptions/new?subscription%5Bconfig%5D=&amp;subscription%5Bplan_id%5D=1204&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Bemail%5D=&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Bfirst_name%5D=&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Blast_name%5D=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE TO WINMI</a></h3>Get access to Audition Stories, the Final Five questions, and other bonus content by becoming a monthly or yearly subscriber to Why I’ll Never Make It. Producing this podcast is rewarding in its own way, but I’m essentially a one-man operation. So it is both costly and time-intensive to put together each episode. By subscribing you’ll be supporting these podcasting efforts, and have access to extended conversations and other bonus content. Your financial support of this podcast is greatly appreciated! <ul> <li> <a href="https://winmi.supercast.com/subscriptions/new?subscription%5Bconfig%5D=&amp;subscription%5Bplan_id%5D=1204&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Bemail%5D=&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Bfirst_name%5D=&amp;subscription%5Buser%5D%5Blast_name%5D=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to get access to bonus episodes and extra content   </li> <li> Make a one-time<a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USA7YKP3YN3ZL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USA7YKP3YN3ZL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donation</a> to support transcripts and podcast production </li> <li>If you’d like to support WINMI but have limited funds to do so, then contact me directly for reduced-price or even free access to the bonus content.</li> </ul> Follow WINMI: <a href="http://whyillnevermakeit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/winmipodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UCm5FzQ8d9ECLmFiBoLbzS2Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>———-Why I’ll Never Make It is an award-winning, <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/theatre_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top Theater Podcast</a> hosted by actor and singer <a href="https://pojones.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick Oliver Jones</a> and is a production of WINMI Media. 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Elizabeth Swain Leads a New Generation of Theater Artists

For today’s episode, we’re bringing you the second half of the Repertory workshop featuring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night In the fist scene: Viola (as Cesario), is on her way to see Olivia, and encounters first the Fool Feste and then Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. Olivia, meeting Cesario, sends the others away and declares her love. Then in our second scene - Malvolio, who (according to the mischievous letter he received) is dressed with yellow stockings and is smiling grotesquely, appears before an astonished Olivia. Thinking him insane, Olivia puts him in the care of Sir Toby, who decides to treat him as a madman by having him bound and put in a dark room. Toby also decides to deliver Sir Andrew’s challenge to Cesario in person in order to force the two of them into a duel. Terrified, they prepare to fight.  Our cast includes... Act 3, Sc 1: FESTE – Garrett Botts VIOLA – Sara Mountjoy-Pepka OLIVIA – Michele Schultz SIR TOBY – Jamal Douglas SIR ANDREW – Janet Greaves Act 3, Sc 4: VIOLA – Michele Schultz OLIVIA – Sara Mountjoy-Pepka MARIA – Erika Rolfsrud MALVOLIO and SIR ANDREW – Janet Greaves SIR TOBY – Jamal Douglas FABIAN – Garrett Botts DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Swain DRAMATURGS: Gideon Rappaport and Philippa Kelly VOICE COACHES: Ursula Meyer and Scott Ferrara. Prefer to watch the session? Find it here on YouTube! Join us for Comedy of Manners in the Rehearsal Room ONLINE with director Brendon Fox - sessions begin February 3rd! Registration for Actors open through Sunday, January 23rd - grab your spot here. Plenty of room for virtual audience too. --- Get your copy of "10 Ways to Stop Worrying and Start Working!" See additional content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

For today’s episode, we’re bringing you the second half of the Repertory workshop featuring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night In the fist scene: Viola (as Cesario), is on her way to see Olivia, and encounters first the Fool Feste and then Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. Olivia, meeting Cesario, sends the others away and declares her love. Then in our second scene - Malvolio, who (according to the mischievous letter he received) is dressed with yellow stockings and is smiling grotesquely, appears before an astonished Olivia. Thinking him insane, Olivia puts him in the care of Sir Toby, who decides to treat him as a madman by having him bound and put in a dark room. Toby also decides to deliver Sir Andrew’s challenge to Cesario in person in order to force the two of them into a duel. Terrified, they prepare to fight. Our cast includes... Act 3, Sc 1: FESTE – Garrett Botts VIOLA – Sara Mountjoy-Pepka OLIVIA – Michele Schultz SIR TOBY – Jamal Douglas SIR ANDREW – Janet Greaves Act 3, Sc 4: VIOLA – Michele Schultz OLIVIA – Sara Mountjoy-Pepka MARIA – Erika Rolfsrud MALVOLIO and SIR ANDREW – Janet Greaves SIR TOBY – Jamal Douglas FABIAN – Garrett Botts DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Swain DRAMATURGS: Gideon Rappaport and Philippa Kelly VOICE COACHES: Ursula Meyer and Scott Ferrara. Prefer to watch the session? <a href="https://youtu.be/5EPWKYfkxms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find it here on YouTube!</a> Join us for Comedy of Manners in the Rehearsal Room ONLINE with director Brendon Fox - sessions begin February 3rd! Registration for Actors open through Sunday, January 23rd - <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/rehearsal-room-brendon-fox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grab your spot here</a>. Plenty of room for virtual audience too. --- <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/signup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get your copy of "10 Ways to Stop Worrying and Start Working!"</a> See additional content on <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/facebook" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/twitter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/instagram" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.