Spoken Realms

I did a thing! Since I’m know as “The Maven of a Million Voices” (thank you Stephen J. Cohen) and my background is in Shakespeare (54 productions of 23 of the Bard’s plays), I have created a podcast ONE WOMAN SHAKESPEARE where I bring to life entire plays all by myself, starting with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, the play I’ve performed in the most - 10x! I am dropping one act each week on Mondays and the plays will be available for free for English teachers and students to have an an audio resource. Available on all podcast platforms.

Happy release day to two very fun projects…

A QUIET REBIRTH is the first in the Beyond the Threshold series by Jolyne Mattox (co-narrated with Johnathan McClain) about a 35 year old gamer guy who picks the wrong night to go to the convenience store and ends up reincarnated as an elf girl. Imagine an elven baby with the inner monologue of Patton Oswalt and you’ve got the idea! This installment follows the newly reincarnated Luna, through her formative years, exploring her new world of Enora and learning about magic, all while retaining her memories of her former life on earth. Thank you to Stephen Graybill for imagining me for this magical world.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: LET YOUR DREAMS AND PREMONITIONS GUIDE YOU is the third Chicken Soup book I’ve done for Simon & Schuster. You’ll be amazed by these 101 stories of people being staved, warned, and uplifted by their dreams, inner voices, and surprising premonitions. Thanks to Kate Frarey for tapping me for this wonderful series!




Audible
Podium Entertainment

Simon & Schuster

At long last, my video masterclass of THE PENNING METHOD FOR THE PANICKED ACTOR™️ is LIVE! Thanks so much to everyone who has reached out about it - I’m so excited for you all to have lifetime access to me teaching you this award-winning method “in person.”

Lauren Rodriguez was selected to have the honor of going through the course first and an hour later she emailed me excitedly:

“I ate up the modules. I was hooked in. Everything was clear and made sense. Most importantly, it makes sense to my brain! I want to start putting this into action.”

“I liked the interactive part. I am a visual learner, and while I completely understand the point that my markings are my own, seeing yours reinforces the point. ‘Oh, like that!’”

“As it states, this is for the panicked actor. When I am in a 1:1 with a coach or in a group workshop, my first read is run by adrenaline and all I can hear is my blood pumping in my ears. The annotations The Penning Method teaches helps ground me and keeps me on the page.”

Thank you so much, Lauren - I’m thrilled it helped you and can’t wait for it to help others too! 🥰

🔗 to get your access, too: http://bit.ly/4v4woDI

Coming soon in audio!

Audiobooks Marni Penning, Actress/Narrator

It’s been a little while since The Choice Within was released, and what’s stayed with me most isn’t the moment it came out — but what’s come after.

The way different parts of the story seem to stay with different readers. The moments that linger, or resurface later.

Stories don’t really end on the last page. They settle in, shift over time, and take on meaning in ways you don’t always expect.

Grateful for every reader who’s spent time with it.