Past the Blue Mailbox
It's just like those podcasts with actors talking to other actors about how they work, how they live, and whether or not they were allowed to ride their bikes past the blue mailbox at the end of the street when they were kids - the main difference being you don't know me yet unless you're really into live performance in the PNW.
We’ll talk about whatever we talk about — likely with lots of passionate overthinking — plenty of serious and plenty of funny — uncovering what the life of an artist looks like when nobody’s looking.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Elise Besler: Nothing To Fix
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Elise & Rhonda talk about The Maritimes (a quick shout-out), Vocal Training (we are a couple of vocal training nerds - so get ready!), Somatic Ex…
Lisa Viertel: A Safe Place
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Lisa & Rhonda talk about both David and Shawn Cassidy, obviously, how happy we are to see each other, scrappy Seattle theater, changes, venues, w…
Lamar Legend: A Joy to Behold
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Lamar & Rhonda talk about empathy, meditation, self-awareness, directing, practicing grace, and so many inspirations from National Geographic to …
Mikey Flores: In The Works
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Mikey & Rhonda talk about saving money, surrounding ourselves with people we admire, team sports, choir, favorite plays and movies, and more, mor…
Scott Adams: Choices & Time
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Scott & Rhonda talk about picking up new instruments, clowning, procrastination, grant writing intimidation, money in the arts, rituals, responsi…
Alyda Sorm: Happy Tears
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Alyda & Rhonda talk about starting out in STEM at aviation high school then turning to theater, living contract to contract, getting work as a St…
Nicole Beerman: Eleven Eleven
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Nicole & Rhonda talk about the unknown, Miss Piggy, neurodivergence, angelic language, passion exploitation, and much, much more. Please take a …
Past the Blue Mailbox (Season 2)
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Welcome to Season 2 of Past the Blue Mailbox.
Our Summer Seven are Nicole Beerman, Alyda Sorm, Scott Adams, Michael (Mikey)…
Rhonda J Soikowski: Little Gifts
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Rhonda answers questions from students and winds up pondering why astrology starts with Aries, the importance of holiday plays, delicious cookies…
Sarah Harlett: Boundaries & Cookies
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Sarah & Rhonda talk about intimacy direction and coordination, boundaries, holiday work, the power in ritual, holiday traditions, cookies, and so…
Aly Bedford: It's Nature
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Aly & Rhonda talk about balance, the transferable relevance of acting training, tree hugging, outdoor theater, and much, much more. Be sure to f…
Pilar O'Connell: Speaking Up
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Pilar & Rhonda talk about making career choices, soul searching, the benefits of therapy, what artists do for money, speaking up, becoming a stro…
José Amador: Patience
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José & Rhonda talk about developing scripts, the value of collaboration, Buddhist practices, poverty mindset, meeting in The Twilight Zone, and m…
Megan Hill: MTV Baby
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Megan & Rhonda talk about chasing the work instead of the institution, long time collaborators, building characters in new works, New York, Los A…
Amy Wheeler: Paying Attention
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Amy & Rhonda talk about lessons learned in the pandemic, returning to writing, crows in the yard, signs in the cards, getting letters from Beverl…
Shawn Belyea: Keep That Action Alive
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Shawn & Rhonda talk about auditioning, keeping things a little bit out of our control, 14/48, more about 14/48, a little more about it and how fu…
Brenda Arellano: Always Check For Money
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Brenda & Rhonda talk about pressure cookers, Neo Futurists, hospital clowning, grant money, adventuring, comedy, parental support, and so much mo…
Pablo Lopez: World Shaker
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Pablo & Rhonda talk about storytelling, generational wealth, the ironies of needing capital to fight capitalism, pigeonholes, students, and what …
Anna Tzakou: Give Where You Are
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Anna & Rhonda talk about making theater in times of unrest, making space to breathe in such times without hiding or running away, audience as par…
Kate Myre: Walking Well
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Kate & Rhonda talk about taking up pottery, travel styles, self-respect, getting the most out of the moments we find ourselves in, living a life …