Beyond Technique with Samantha Rund

In this episode comedian, actor, and voice over artist Valerie Tosi  joins Samantha Rund to discuss...

•  How to make rejection work for you.
• Why hosting is an important skillset.
• Landing that Dream Role. 

 Valerie shares her experience on Conan, a surprise twist at Comic Con,  and  what it's like to produce Mermaid Comedy Hour the longest running all-female comedy show at The Hollywood Improv.

Samantha Rund is a  professional actor, comedian, and coach. A graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program MFA, and Second City’s Improv and Directing Conservatory; she is passionate about enriching people’s lives through the performing arts. Some of her recent acting work includes 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and various commercials including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.Her company, Beyond Technique Coaching, focuses on using performance principles to empower people to bring more of their whole selves to their lives and work. She works with a wide range of people around the world on performance and personal development. 

www.samantharund.com

www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com

Valerie Tosi is a comedian, actor, writer, and voiceover artist. An alumna of both iO West and Second City Hollywood, she has appeared in a viral promo with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. Valerie has appeared on ‘Stan Against Evil’ on IFC, ‘The Joel McHale Show’ on Netflix and was the guest comic on a recent episode of ‘Conan’ on TBS. She is regularly featured at major comedy festivals including Limestone, Laughing Skull, Out of Bounds, and All Jane. Valerie is a regular feature act for Emmy Award-winning comedian Dana Gould and she is the voice of the Google Home Mini campaign. She is the host and creator of The Mermaid Comedy Hour, the longest running all-female comedy show at The Hollywood Improv. Her comedy is personal stories told in a way that is delightfully relatable.

Website: www.valerietosi.com

IG & Twitter: @valerie_tosi  

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On this episode  martial artist, comedian, and podcast host  Pocholo Cruz  joins Samantha Rund to discuss  how his training as a martial artist impacts his comedy, his podcast, and his time as a former cop. We examine preconceived notions, uncomfortable situations, and balancing ego. 

Samantha Rund is a  professional actor, comedian, and coach. A graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program MFA, and Second City’s Improv and Directing Conservatory; she is passionate about enriching people’s lives through the performing arts. Some of her recent acting work includes 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and various commercials including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.Her company, Beyond Technique Coaching, focuses on using performance principles to empower people to bring more of their whole selves to their lives and work. She works with a wide range of people around the world on performance and personal development. 

www.samantharund.com

www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com

Pocholo Cruz is a martial artist, comedian, and podcast host. 

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On this episode Samantha Rund and comedian Chelsea Tolle discuss mental health, emotional elasticity, and coping mechanisms. Chelsea opens up about going to treatment for an eating disorder, her struggle with addiction, and road to recovery. 

Samantha Rund is a professional actor, comedian, and coach who performs on stage and screen across the country. A graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program MFA, and Second City’s Improv and Directing Conservatory; she is passionate about enriching people’s lives through the performing arts. Some of her recent acting work includes 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and various commercials including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Her company, Beyond Technique Coaching, focuses on using performance principles to empower people to bring more of their whole selves to their lives and work. She works with a wide range of people around the world for performance and personal development. 

www.samantharund.com

www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com

Chelsea Tolle is a comedian currently based in the Pacific Northwest, "cut from the same cloth of fearlessness such as Lenny Bruce, Pryor, Kinison and Ralphie May. She isn't afraid to be honest with any audience and has the determination to make you laugh if you wanted to or not.”  -  Comedian Mark Gonzales

Website and show schedule:

www.theladyclown.com

Instagram : @theladyclown

Facebook: Chelsea Tolle - Comedy

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On this episode comedian Erik Escobar joins Samantha Rund to discuss energy and the creative process as well as 

• Experiencing Quarantine
• How to Make the Most our our Daily Interactions
• Living in the Woods
• His Ted Talk
• Working with Incarcerated Youth
• How getting an MFA impacted his comedy. 

Erik Escobar is a comedian who has performed all over the United States at clubs, colleges, and theatres independently, with the Almost Asian Comedy Tour, and opening for acts such as Rex Navarrete and Jerry Seinfeld. You can catch him on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Buzzfeed, VH1, the upcoming feature film VHYes alongside Tim Robbins and Thomas Lennon, and his own TEDTalk out of Carroll College in 2020. He holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Comedy Theory and Studies from Goddard College and resides in Los Angeles, CA with his shih tzu, Rancor.

www.Erikescobarcomedy.com

Samantha Rund is a  professional actor, comedian, and coach. A graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program MFA, and Second City’s Improv and Directing Conservatory; she is passionate about enriching people’s lives through the performing arts. Some of her recent acting work includes 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and various commercials including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.Her company, Beyond Technique Coaching, focuses on using performance principles to empower people to bring more of their whole selves to their lives and work. She works with a wide range of people around the world on performance and personal development. 

www.samantharund.com

www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com

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On this episode Samantha Rund and Kute Blackson discuss the importance of letting go of control and being guided by our intuition. We investigate transformation, love, and the deeper lessons of 2020. Kute shares practical advice on what it means to live your life’s purpose and the fundamental need to free ourselves from our personas. 

Samantha Rund is a professional actor, comedian, and coach who performs on stage and screen across the country. A graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program MFA, and Second City’s Improv and Directing Conservatory; she is passionate about enriching people’s lives through the performing arts. Some of her recent acting work includes 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and various commercials including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Her company, Beyond Technique Coaching, focuses on using performance principles to empower people to bring more of their whole selves to their lives and work. She works with a wide range of people around the world on performance and personal development. 

www.samantharund.com
www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com

Kute Blackson is author of the national bestselling book You.Are.The.One. and is widely considered the next generation leader in the field of personal development by everyone ranging from Larry King, Jack Canfield, Marianne Williamson and more. He has been featured on Larry King Now, Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew, as well, Inc magazine calls him ‘The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To For Advice’. 

He recently received a Walden Award in the New Thought Wisdom category that Unity honors once a year to recognize socially conscious leaders who are making the world a better place, past winners in the same category have been Oprah Winfrey and Michael Bernard Beckwith.  

A charismatic visionary and transformational teacher, Kute Blackson offers a fresh, bold look at spiritual awareness for a whole new generation. Born in Ghana, West Africa, Kute's multi-cultural upbringing as the child of a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father has spanned four different continents. His unique lineage lay the foundation for his approach to breaking down barriers and unlocking an individual's true gifts and greatness. 

For over 20 years, Kute Blackson has been inspiring audiences around the world. From the first time he spoke in front of 3000 people at age 8, to speaking in over 300 venues by age 18, to helping organizations develop authentic leadership and achieve extraordinary performance over the last decade. His electrifying presentations, not only offer real world practical ideas and soul stirring wisdom, but also ignite the heart and inspire courageous action. 

His mission is simple: To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically and fulfill their true life’s purpose.

Website: www.kuteblackson.com
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In this episode Samantha Rund and Jena Oberg discuss why preparation and the "moment before" needs to stay flexible, what high school students showed us about Shakespeare, and why community theaters are so important. Jena shares some of her experiences working as an artistic director and how her background in the arts helped her navigate her year long adoption process, travel to India, and connect with her daughter.

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

Jena Over is currently the Artistic Director of Little Lake Theatre, since 2016. 

Her favorite directing credits include: Macb, Arcadia, Electra, The Farnsworth Invention, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Peter and the Starcatcher, Letters to Sala, The Crucible, Outside Mullingar

Her favorite acting roles include: Joyce in Top Girls, Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Catherine in Proof, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart

Her next directing project is Amadeus, TBA, which was pushed back from April due to COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. As the theater will not open for in person events this season, Jena is currently launching an online acting zoom-academy and developing virtual content for the rest of 2020. 

She is also a new mom!  Having spent the first three weeks of 2020 in India, adopting her daughter.

www.littlelake.org

In this episode Samantha Rund and Lynn Dilmani discuss how to bring more of yourself into your comedy, when and why it is important to "control the room",  and over coming diversity. Lynn shares how she got into comedy, what it's like to work as an ER nurse,  and why sometimes you just gotta "show your crazy side" .

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

Born in West Virginia and raised by a dysfunctional family traveling between West Virginia & Kentucky Lynn Dilmani picked up a lot of great coping skills that she now incorporates into her comedy and life. She has been performing stand up comedy for 5 years and dabbling I’m acting for the past 3 years.
www.liynndilmani.com

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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

On this episode Samantha Rund and Bernice Ye discuss how to become comfortable with fear and what it means to be brave. Bernice shares her experience moving from China to the US alone at 21. We discuss juggling careers, passion projects, overcoming self consciousness, and the connection between comedy and forgiveness.

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

Bernice Ye is a Seattle-based comedian, writer and dancer. Born and raised in China, she came to the US by herself at the age 21, with $1000 and 2 suitcases in 2004.
Outside her job as a Senior Program Management Lead at Hulu, Bernice has been performing dance (since 2010) and stand up comedy (since 2018). She has studied hip hop, jazz, Argentine tango, and is one of the original choreographers and dancers from Dare to Dance community and their shows. For comedy, Bernice has performed in Northwest Women’s Comedy Festival, Crazy Woke Asians show,San Diego Comedy Festival, Seattle Intersections Festival, Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival (San Francisco), as well as shows all over WA, OR and CA. She is also a writer at The Syndrome Magazine, with the mission to empower women, one laugh at a time.

She's producing a big fundraiser online comedy show for Deaf Children and super excited about it!!! It's on 9/17 7pm PDT. https://givebutter.com/hear-the-laughter

All shows can be found at www.berniceye.com, and her IG page @bernicecomedy.

On this episode Samantha Rund and Diana Dorell explore how performance principles can help you become more present in your relationships and learn to accept your true self.

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

Diana Dorell is women's empowerment leader, healer and modern day medicine woman who helps women own and step into their power to create lives of grace, love and magic. She is the bestselling co-author of The Dating Mirror: Trust Again, Love Again on Amazon. She can be found on Instagram (dianadorell) and on her website TheDancingGoddess.com

Be sure to listen for Diana's free gift.
"Where's My SoulMate Already?" audio training to help you find love, starting with yourself. Link for that is in this episode!