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  Samantha Kaufman Actor/Combatant Fight Director

Samantha Kaufman 
Intimacy Director

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Samantha is a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and was a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors International.

Samantha has taught Intimacy across the nation at schools such as Florida Atlantic University, Ohio Northern University, Arkansas State University, Jacksonville University, Indiana University, University of Indianapolis, University of Findlay, Ball State University, and Eastfield College. And at organizations such as Prague Shakespeare Company in Prague (Czech Republic), Neutral Chaos in NYC, Riot Act Inc in Wyoming, Bloomington Academy of Film and Theatre, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Play House, Texas Intensive Stage Combat Workshop, and the Flying V Theatre Company in DC.

Regionally Samantha has worked with theatres such as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Cleveland Play House, among others. In Chicago, she has worked with theatres such as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lookingglass Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Steep Theatre, Babes with Blades Theatre Company, and Idle Muse.


She has been a resident artist at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Prague Shakespeare Company. 

She is fiercely passionate about advocacy for artists and spreading consent practices through theatre and circus communities. She couldn’t be prouder of the opportunities to empower artists with this work.  
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​She is Mental Health First Aid certified, as well as other supplementary training such as: implicit bias training; anti-harassment training; anti-sexual harassment training; ethics and diversity training; sensitivity training; and mediation and conflict resolution training.


Training:

Certified Intimacy Director | Intimacy Directors and Coordinators
Certified Intimacy Director | 
Intimacy Directors International (2019-2020)
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*Training Mentors and Teachers Include | Claire Warden  | Alicia Rodis | Tonia Sina 
| Dan Granke

Supplementary Training:


Training in Anti-Racism
               
Racial Equity Institute – Phase 1 Racial Equity Workshop – January 2021
                Racial Equity Institute – Phase 2 Racial Equity Workshop – March 2021
                Anti-Racist Theatre – Foundational Course – March 2021
 
Harassment/Sexual Harassment Training
              TCP Training – Sexual Harassment Course 
              Compliance Training Group –California Sexual Harassment Awareness 

              Hollaback - Bystander Intervention to Stop Stigma around Learning Differences 
              Hollaback - Bystander Intervention Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic                                                              Harrassment
              Hollaback - Bystander Intervention In the Workplace
              Hollaback - Bystander Intervention Stop Anti- LGBTQIA+ Harrassment

 
Ethics/Diversity/Implicit Bias Training
               Kirwan Institute - Implicit Bias Module Series
              Syntrio - Valuing Diversity 
 
Sensitivity Training/Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training
              Compliance Training Group – Conflict Resolution
              Syntrio – Creating a Bullying-Free Workplace, Managers
 
Gender/Sexuality Training
                Disentangling Gender, Sex, and Sexuality – Terra Anderson, Intimacy Professionals 
                                                  Association
                Let’s Talk about Transition– Terra Anderson, Intimacy Professionals Association
                Moving Beyond Heteronormativity – Terra Anderson, Intimacy Professionals Association
                Non Binary Basics - Maybe Burke, Transgender Training Institute
                Getting Comfortable with Pronouns - Maybe Burke, Transgender Training Institute
                Supporting Transgender Actors and Creators - Maybe Burke, Transgender Training Institute
                Transgender Ally/Advocate Training - Maybe Burke, Transgender Training Institute
 
Mental Health First Aid – Certified
 
CPR/First Aid – Certified
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Press:

JHNG Interview: Riot Act's 'Skin a Cat' is a disarming tale of growing up

Broadway World: "The whole "Walking in Space" number transcended this HAIR into another dimension. It's an orgy sequence complete with a sprawling universe; imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Dionysus '69. The cast disrobes; the orgy begins. But this is not just any ordinary orgy. This is like the creation of the universe, with shooting stars in the cosmos resembling spermatozoa streaking towards their destination."
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​Read more about Samantha in this Canvas Rebel article. 

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Testimonials video put together and made by Kathryn Jankowski, for inquiries email her at: kjankows@iu.edu.
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