Brian Elerding

Actor, Director, Arts Administrator

Brian teaches Acting for Parkinson's, is the executive director of the Lineage Performing Arts Center, and the Artistic Director of the Ensemble Shakespeare Theater. He's had guest star or recurring roles on Mad Men, NCIS, Cold Case, Castle, and more, and is the founder of What You Will, a monthly performance of original adaptations of Shakespeare.

Sept. 19, 2022

EP-74 Act like your brain works - A conversation with Brian Elerding from LINEAGE

"He's only a superhero in the movies, sweetie." - Mom But what if I told you that while on stage the actor showed markedly reduced symptoms of Parkinson's? His voice normally reduced to an unintelligible near whisper now was strong and clear for in this moment he was no longer an actor with PD but King Henry 5th, and endowed (courtesy of the Bard) with a great sense of poise, prose and iambic pentameter. This is just one of the fantastic things Judy and Travis discuss with Brian Elerding. Brian ...

Guest: Brian Elerding

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