SELECT GALLERY - DIRECTING

At the Gate
by Sandra Dietrick
Forward Theater Company, Madison, WI (May 2023)
World Monologue Festival, Out in this World

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Samantha Martinson
Stage Manager - Jahana Azodi
Producer - Jen Uphoff Gray

CAST
Woman - Julie Swenson

fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life
by Sarah McGubbins
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI (February 2023)

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Samantha Martinson
Set Designer - Maureen Kruger
Costume Designer - Kim Instenes
Illustrator - Mariah Andreasen
Projection Designs - Kurt Meinhardt
Lighting Designer - William Newcomb
Fight Choreographer - Martin McClendon
Sound Designer - Alison Koclanis
Props Designer - Theresa Kalb
Stage Managers - Olivia Bissonette & Paige Downey

CAST
Jo - Lily Lourigan
Mickey - Trevor Milne
Ms. Delaney - Jessica Skonesey
Emma - Chloe Kroeger
Reed - Robert Rauscher

The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (December 2022)

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Samantha Martinson
Assistant Director - Isabelle Andress
Costume Designer - Connie Peterson
Sound Designer - Kynkade McLachlan
Lighting Designer - Joshua Soape
Stage Manager - Will Reames

CAST
#00- Miranda Hunt
#02 - Michelle Cecchin
#07 - Alexandra Merkel
#08 - Lauryn Middleton
#11 - Sophia Albano
#13 - Natalie Murray
#14 - Giorgia Cozzo 
#25 - Erin Fricker
#46 - Kelsie Paige Kasky
Mom - Mia Figueroa

#02/14/46 - Patricia Leon de la Barra
#13/07/08/11 - Eva Hesse
#25/00/Mom - Cassidy O'Neil

‘Neath the Hills of Bastogne
by Zachary T. Woods
Sunstone Studios, Milwaukee, WI (February 2022)

PRODUCTION
Director - Samantha Martinson
Set & Lighting Designer - Colin Gawronski
Music Direction - Kaila Bingen
Props & Costume Designer - Samantha Martinson
Stage Manager - Lauren Instenes

CAST
Harper - Joe Picchetti
Aldrich - Christian Davis Aldridge
Emma - Anya Palmer
The Musician - Kaila Bingen

World Premiere production; play developed through Milwaukee Chamber Theater’s Montgomery Davis Play Development Series

Leona Lionheart Saves the World
by Zachary T. Woods
Kohl’s Wild Theater, Milwaukee, WI (January 2020 & remounted February 2021)

Children’s Conservation Education Musical Touring Production - designed to travel to schools and community centers via 15’ passenger vans and with rotating cast.

PRODUCTION
Director - Samantha Martinson
Puppetry Designer - Brandon Kirkham
Scenic Designer - Tony Lyons
Costume Designer - Liz Shipe
Props Designer - Reva Fox

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Mad Rogues/Bard & Bourbon, Milwaukee, WI (May 2019)

PRODUCTION
Director - Samantha Martinson
Props Designer - Matt Norby
Lighting Designer - Colin Gawronski
Music Direction - Kaila Bingen
Puppetry Designer - Keighley Sadler
Costume Designer - Liz Shipe
Stage Manager - Lauren Instenes

CAST
Prospero - Joel Kopischke 
Ariel - Grace DeWolff 
Caliban and Gonzalo - Ashley Retzlaff 
Miranda - Rayne Kleinofen 
Ferdinand - Rick Bingen 
Alonso - Victoria Hudziak 
Antonio - Maggie Marks 
Sebastian - Gabriella Ashlin 
Stephano - Ro Spice-Kopischke 
Trinculo - Maddie Wakley


SELECT GALLERY - ASSISTANT DIRECTING

Artemisia
by Lauren Gunderson
Forward Theater Company, Madison, WI (April 2023)

Main responsibilities as the AD: Intimacy consultation for post-sexual violation scene and created storyboard and framework for projection images in show.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Jen Uphoff Gray
Assistant Director - Samantha Martinson
Stage Manager - David Hartig
Assistant Stage Manager - Abbi Hess
Technical Director - Kevin Zimmer
Scenic Designer - Chris Dunham
Lighting Designer - Noele Stollmack
Props Designer & Scenic Charge - Pamela Miles
Sound Designer - Joe Cerqua
Costume Designer - Scott Rott

CAST
Artemisia - Madison Uphoff
Artemisia Madre - Clare Arena Haden
Francisco - Daniel Molina
Orazio - James DeVita
Prudenzia Madre - Laura Gordon

The Roommate
by Jen Silverman
Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee, WI (October 2019)

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Suzan Fete
Assistant Director - Samantha Martinson
Stage Manager - Bailey Wegner
Technical Director - Anthony Lyons
Scenic Designer - Madelyn Yee
Lighting Designer - Sarah Hamilton
Co-Props Designer - Melissa Centgraf
Co-Props Designer - Simone Tegge
Sound Designer - Sarah Ramos
Costume Designer - Amy Horst

CAST
Sharon - Isabel Quintero
Robyn - Marti Gobel