Tough Love: Being Yourself While Being Someone Else

Welcome to storytime with Amanda Lee, actor in OSP’s one woman and five musician show,Penelope, showing from February 20th to March 2nd. The link for tickets is below! This is the first musical in OSP’s 41-year history, so, of course, we are talking about musicals. Buckle up and get ready to hear about some wild adventures in life, acting, and directing. We’ll talk about how Penelope is actually a compounded tale of heartbreak: stories of the past and present. How does an actor use their experiences without getting lost in them? What does it mean to be a lazy actor and why might it not be the worst thing to be? This episode is a wealth of knowledge wrapped in stories. Actors, wait until the end; there is some advice you won’t want to miss. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!www.theshakespeareanshrew.com https://www.youtube.com/@ShakespeareanShrew Please follow us on Instagram: @theshakespeareanshrewTikTok: @theshakespeareanshrewThe new season of shows for OSP is availablehere! Please donate to OSP:https://www.okshakes.org/donateThank you for listening!Host/Shakespearean Shrew: Dr. Karen FeinerCo-Creator/Brew Shrew: Michelle CoffmanCover Art Creator/Artistic Shrew: Katie Kimberling ⁠⁠www.halfmaverick.com⁠⁠Thank you to our guest: Amanda LeeAmanda Lee worked as a performer all over the country and the world for 10 years before settling down in 2014 in Norman, OK near her hometown of Noble. She can now be seen onstage with Whodunit Dinner Theater and occasionally at Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park where she also directs and music directs for various productions. Amanda has a degree in music from the University of Central Oklahoma which has somehow also garnered her entry into the corporate world of experiential marketing where she currently holds the position of Field Marketing Producer for the New York City-based firm JetFuel. Amanda also runs a Facebook page called The Central Oklahoma Theatre Calendar where she updates her followers on which shows are playing on which stages all over the central Oklahoma region. She is passionate about supporting theater and the arts and is a proud member of Actors Equity.