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Episode Highlights:
Elena’s journey
Planting the Role in Your Voice as a Garden
Proving vs Sharing
The Gift of Perspective Shifts
“It’s Not Fair That You Can’t Do It All”
The Gifts of Motherhood
Audition Friendships
The Difference between Ambition & Lack
In this episode, Analisa interviews Elena Shaddow, Broadway actor, voice teacher, wife & mother. This intimate conversation between friends with mirrored life paths covers so many juicy topics. Both Analisa and Elena have been the standby for Kelli O’Hara, and have led shows in their own right. This interview covers the origin of their unlikely friendship: meeting at an audition where neither booked the role. What does it mean to be known as someone’s understudy? How do you deal with the ego aspect of it? How does motherhood affect a leading lady’s career? Analisa and Elena also riff on the importance of coming to the work fed: differentiating yourself from the roles you play by leading a full life outside of the industry. These two brilliant teachers lead by example, sharing vulnerably, with great humor, and plenty of juicy Broadway stories. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to again - and send to your favorite actress-mama or wunderstudy!
Topic Shift Time Stamps
0:00 Analisa’s Intro
5:17 Interview Begins
8:18 “I got into a Broadway show!” “Yay!” “I’m the understudy!” “Oh.”
10:38 The Days of Wine & Roses story: Stepping in to Standby
13:51 Learning a Role = Planting a Garden
16:23 “I Honor Me”
21:07 Turning Down Broadway
24:20 What Must it Be Like, As A Standby On Opening Night?
27:30 The Full Ego 180
30:11 Where did husband and babies come into the journey?
36:55 Balance: Is it season by season?
42:53 It’s Just Unfair That You Can’t Do It All
45:35 There’s More To Be Gained From Saying Yes
49:25 The Need to Be Different: Going On as the Understudy
57:11 You Probably Never Doubt Yourself - No!
63:39 The Fear of Taking a Break
66:43 Understudying Is Not a Dirty Word!
Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:
Elena Shaddow: https://www.elenashaddow.net/
Will Buck Coach/Composer: willbuckmusic@aol.com
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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach for creatives. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.
Season 4 Episode 49: Managing post-audition doubt + uncertainty
Season 4 Episode 48: Kara Lindsay: A Conversation about Motherhood
Season 4 Episode 47: Redefining success in auditions + as a working actor
Season 4 Episode 46: J.J. Caruncho: Beliefs, Broadway + Batman
Season 4 Episode 45: Analisa lets her freak flag fly
Season 4 Episode 44: Jessie Hooker-Bailey + the inner work that led to Broadway
Season 4 Episode 43: I'm only truly fulfilled when onstage
Season 4 Episode 42: Jillian Paige: Meisner in Music + Life
Season 4 Episode 41: You never know where that audition will lead you
Season 4 Episode 40:Elizabeth Porter: Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Entertainment Industry Life Coach
Season 4 Episode 39: Analisa Leaming - one foot in the Biz + the other foot in Soul
Season 4 Episode 38: Sex Ed for You w/ Lauren Elise Rogers
Season 4 Episode 37: Saying "No, Thank You" to a Broadway show + leaving NYC
Season 3 Episode 36: Thomas Jones
Season 3 Episode 35: Sierra Boggess
Season 3 Episode 34: Kemper Florin
Season 3 Episode 33: Analisa Leaming
Season 3 Episode 32: Jessie Mueller
Season 3 Episode 31: Kaitlin Shaw
Season 3 Episode 30: Thomas Jones
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