Samara Bay

AEA - SAG Eligible

Representation

Michael Rodriguez
Commercially: Innovative, Paradigm, The Mine

Hair

Brown/black

Rep Phone

212-725-8459

Eyes

Hazel

Phone

646.831.0404

Height

5' 5"

Voice

Soprano/ Belt

Website

http://www.samarasworld.com


Theater Credits
Rabbit Hole	Becca	Human Race Theatre	Scott Stoney
365 Plays/Days Finale with Suzan-Lori Parks	Smoker	The Public Theatre	Joanna Settle
Iphigenia and Other Daughters	Iphigenia	Luna Stage	Katherine Kovner
Hamlet	Ophelia (u/s)	Trinity Repertory Company	Brian McEleney
A Christmas Carol	Ms. Partlet	Trinity Repertory Company	Amanda Dehnert
Romeo and Juliet	Prince	Trinity Repertory Company	Alex Torra
Big Love	Thyona	Trinity Repertory Company	Birgitta Victorson
The Children of Truffaut	Maria	The Brick/Pretentious Festival	Eric Bland
A Winter's Tale	Perdita	Perishable Theatre, RI	Laura Kepley
Rosie Lulu's Golden Shoes	Rosie Lulu	Brown New Plays Festival	Ken Prestininzi
Gingerbreadhouse	Traci	Brown New Plays Festival	Alex Torra
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania, Hippolyta	Gorilla Rep NYC	Christopher Sanderson
Pericles	Philoten	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	Christopher Grabowski
Sweeney Todd	Mrs. Lovett	Princeton University	Cliff Sofield

Film Credits
The Awkward Stage	Chrysanthemum (LEAD)	Kinsella Project Productions	Michael J. Palmer
The Man Who Loved Lesbians	Jen (featured)	channel102.com	Sara Yorra
Memorial Day	Iraqi captive (featured)	Journeyman & International WOW	Josh Fox

Other Credits
subUrbia	Vocal Coach	Second Stage Company	Jo Bonney
Coram Boy	Asst. Dialect Coach	Broadway	Melly Still
Bad Jazz	Dialect Coach	Play Co. (off-Bway)	Trip Cullman
The Maddening Truth	Dialect Coach	Keen Co. (off-Bway)	Carl Forsman
SPF 2007: Missing Celia Rose	Dialect Coach	Theatre Row	Adam Immerwahr
Julius Caesar	Production Asst.	Theatre for a New Audience	Karin Coonrod
Romeo and Juliet	Directing Observer	McCarter Theatre	Emily Mann
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Asst. Director	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	Tim Ocel
Lysistrata	Asst. Director	Shakespeare Santa Cruz's intern production	Bonnie Mills
Act A Lady	Asst. Director & Dramaturg	Brown/ Trinity Consortium	Michael Goldfried

Education and Training

M.F.A. in Acting, Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium

A.B. in English and Certificate in Theatre, Princeton University, honors

The Public Theatre/ NY Shakespeare Festival's Lab '03
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Acting: Brian McEleney, Ron Van Lieu, Michael Cumpsty
Voice/Speech: Cicely Berry, Thom Jones, Kate Wilson, Ursula Meyer
Singing: Mike Mitchell (NYC), Susie Kuzma
Commedia/Clown: Christopher Bayes, Stephen Buescher
Directing: Emily Mann, Amanda Dehnert, Kevin Moriarty, Athol Fugard, Roger Babb
Classic Text Analysis/ Dramaturgy: Oskar Eustis, John Dias, Michael Cadden, Michael Warren

Special Skills

dialects: various American and British Isles, Nuyorican, Eastern European, Yiddish, Australian, French, Jamaican; proficient in and can teach International Phonetic Alphabet; yoga, basic French language, stage combat/ sword play, gymnastics; singing (soprano/belt)

Awards and Recognition

Director of the Program’s Award for Acting at Princeton ‘01-‘02