The Actor’s Mind

The Actor’s Mind

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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 neuroscience. Our guests are experts from the theater and science worlds: actors, directors, teachers, and psychological scientists, who add their expertise and experience to the conversation.

Recent Episodes

  • Season 5 Episode 5: Kateri Interviews Anne

    1 year ago
  • Season 5 Episode 4: Anne Interviews Kateri

    1 year ago
  • Season 5 Episode 3: Creative Habit + Habit Formation

    1 year ago
  • Season 5 Episode 2: Public Solitude + Self-Consciousness

    1 year ago
  • Season 5 Episode 1: Actor Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping

    1 year ago
  • Season 4 Episode 4: The Space Between

    3 years ago
  • Season 4 Episode 3: Mimicry and Resonance

    3 years ago
  • Season 4 Episode 2: Actor Agency, Empathy, and Embodiment

    3 years ago
  • Season 4 Episode 1: The Science of Acting

    3 years ago
  • Season 3 Episode 5: An Interview with Kristin Linklater

    4 years ago