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  Samantha Kaufman Actor/Combatant Fight Director

Samantha Kaufman 
Actor

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Samantha just finished playing Jack Cade in Henry VI part 2  at Prague Shakespeare Company. Some of her favorite roles include Agnes in She Kills Monsters at Ohio Shakespeare Festival and  Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet with Florida Shakespeare Company from which she won Broadway Regional Award for Best Actress in a Play. 

​Samantha has her BFA from the University of Wyoming and her MFA from Florida Atlantic University. She has also completed Module One with the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium. She's acts across the country but is based out of the Midwest. She is a Babes With Blades Theatre Company (Chicago, IL) ensemble member. Some of Samantha’s other roles include Lona Hessel from The Pillar's of Society
,  Maria from Twelfth Night, Alithea from The Country Wife, and Georgeanne from Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. 

Training

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ACADEMIC:
MFA in Theatre | Florida Atlantic University
BFA in Theatre | University of Wyoming


PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT:
Certified Acting Training (Module 1) | Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium
The Ensemble Director: Creating Original Theatre | Movement Theatre Studio, NYC
Character Mask  | Movement Theatre Studio, NYC


STAGE COMBAT: 
Advanced Actor Combatant | Society of American Fight Directors

Intermediate Actor Combatant | Fight Directors Canada

*Weapons Training Include | Broadsword | Rapier and Dagger | Quarterstaff | Knife | Single Sword | Smallsword | Unarmed | Sword and Shield | German Longsword |Theatrical Firearms



INTIMACY:
Certified Intimacy Director | Intimacy Directors and Coordinators
Certified Intimacy Director |
Intimacy Directors International (2019-2020)

*Training Mentors and Teachers Include | Claire Warden  | Alicia Rodis | Tonia Sina | Dan Granke



PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS:
9-Month Intensive Professional Circus Training | Actors Gymnasium


*Advanced Circus Skills Include | Dance/Chrome Pole
*Basic/Intermediate Circus Skills Include | Chinese Pole | Partner Acrobatics | Lyra | Aerial Silk | Rope | Basic Tumbling | Juggling | Double Point Trapeze | Dance Trapeze


 
Misc. Skills:
Bull Whip | Trumpet (Beg/Int) | IPA| Country Swing Dancing 

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