Bio
Samantha is thrilled to be returning to Opera Colorado for this production! She is a movement director and instructor specializing in dramatic combat and intimacy for the stage. Her greatest passion lies in advocacy and enhancing an artistic process through empowerment and enabling all artists’ agency. In addition to being a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, she was an apprentice with Intimacy Directors International, and a resident artist as an intimacy director at Arena Stage. Her work has been seen on the stages of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Phamaly Theatre Company, Theatreworks, Colorado Springs Fire Arts Center, Arvada Center, Curious Theatre, Aurora Fox, Lone Tree Arts, Denver Children’s Theatre, Athena Project Festival, Lagoon Theme Park, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado Boulder, and numerous other educational institutions in Colorado. She is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the International Order of the Sword and the Pen and producer of the Paddy Crean International Workshop. She is the founder of Humble Warrior Movement Arts.