Samantha (she/her) is an intimacy director, fight director, actor, and teaching artist. She is based in the Chicago and works internationally. Samantha is a certified intimacy director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators. A certified teacher and fight director with the Society of American Fight Directors. A Jeff award-nominated fight choreographer. An award-winning actor. A certified Michael Chekhov teacher with the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium. She has had residencies at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Prague Shakespeare Company (Czech Republic). Samantha has worked with theatres such as Steppenwolf Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cleveland Play House, among others. She has her MFA from Florida Atlantic University. SamanthaJKaufman.com