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samantha chanse is a comic, writer & performer who moved to SF in 2001 and has been bitching about the weather ever since. as a standup comic, she's performed in and around the bay area at cool venues like 50 mason, the purple onion, kimball's east, punchline comedy club (SF), locus arts, and other lovely comedy sites. In the last few years she's also written and performed plays & theater pieces most regularly at Bindlestiff Studio. Her first play, "what good intentions," was produced in 1999 at Rites and Reason Theater in Providence, RI; more recently, her work has included a 2005 production of her full-length play Sleeper (a chronicle of the return of the remarkable), with Asian American Theater Company and Bindlestiff Studio; co-writing & co-producing Pipe Dreams and Paper Trails at Bindlestiff; and having a staged reading of a one-act, "subtext," at Calaveras Repertory Theatre. She is in her 2nd year of being a member of the Playground writer's pool, was a member playwright of Asian American Theater Company's Incubator program, and had the good fortune to be a student of Jeannie Barroga, Philip Gotanda, and Dijana Milosevic. In 2006, she was awarded an invidual artist commission from the San Francisco Arts Commission to produce a solo theater piece for fall 2007. A native new yorker with a knack for public humiliation, she is also the artistic director of sf-based arts nonprofit Kearny Street Workshop and co-director of also sf-based arts nonprofit Locus Arts, and she makes music with the band formerly known as bantercut strategy.
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SELECTED THEATER PRODUCTIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Lydia’s Funeral Video, 2008. Full-length solo play written and performed by Samantha Chanse, and directed by Wilma Bonet, at The Dark Room (San Francisco, CA) in February 2008; excerpted performance at The Marsh (San Francisco, CA), on a double bill with Marga Gomez in May 2008 and at Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis, MN) as part of the National Asian American Theater Conference 2008, and slated to be performed in full as part of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival (New York, NY). Supported by an individual artist commission from the Cultural Equity Program of the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Havana Heartland, 2006 & 2007. One-act play which received an April 2007 production at American Globe Theatre (New York, NY) as part of the 2007 15 Minute Play Festival and a March 2006 staged reading directed by Barbara Oliver at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA), by San Francisco PlayGround in residence with Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Screeching, 2005-6. One-act play produced February 2006 at Bindlestiff Studio (San Francisco, CA) as part of the Love Edition production.
Sleeper: A Chronicle of the Return of the Remarkable, 2004 - 2005. Full-length play in three acts that was co-produced July 2005 by Asian American Theater Company (San Francisco, CA) and Bindlestiff Studio, at Bindlestiff Studio. San Francisco staged readings presented by Asian American Theater Company at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre in Fort Mason (Spring 2005) and at ZEUM Space (Spring 2004).
Pipe Dreams and Paper Trails, 2004. Full-length play in three acts produced Fall 2004 at Bindlestiff Studio. Directed by Chrystene Ells; co-written with Daniel Weil.
Subtext, 2004. A one-act play written as part of Calaveras Reportory Theatre’s Master Class with Tony Taccone and Phililp Kan Gotanda. Januray 2004 staged reading presented at Calaveras Repertory Theatre (Milpitas, CA).
The Frilly Crucifictions, 2003. A series of short plays written to be performed together as a full-length show. Produced Summer 2003 at Bindlestiff Studio. Directed by the Bindlestiff Pinay Collective.
Summer’s Eve, 2002. A series of short plays written to be performed together as a full-length show. Produced Summer 2002 at Bindlestiff Studio with select performances at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI) and SomArts Cultural Center (San Francisco)
Midnight Mass 2, Midnight Mass 3, The Egg Show, Stories High, and Family Reunion, (2001 – 2004). Sketch comedy shows produced Fall 2001 & 2002, Spring 2003, and Fall 2004, at Bindlestiff Studio.
What Good Intentions, 1999. One-act play produced Spring 1999 at Rites & Reason Theatre (Providence, RI), at Kaleidoscope Festival. Directed by Elmo Terry-Morgan.
AWARDS & HONORS
2008 New York International Fringe Festival (New York, NY), featured playwright and performer (2008).
2nd Annual National Asian American Theater Conference (Minneapolis, MN), featured writer and performer (2008).
San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco, CA), recipient of Individual Artist Commission to develop and produce new solo theater piece (grant received 2006, play premiered 2008).
15-Minute Play Festival, presented by Turnip Theatre Company in association with American Globe Theatre (New York, NY), featured playwright (2007).
PlayGround (San Francisco, CA), member playwright of writers pool (2005 - 2007).
Rooftopcomedy.com Best New Comic (San Francisco, CA & on-line), by audience vote (2006).
5 Funny Females (San Francisco & Los Angeles, CA, & New York, NY), featured standup comic in national comedy tour (2006 & 2007).
Funniest Females, (Los Angeles, CA), quarterfinalist in national competition (2006).
Asian American Theater Company Incubator (San Francisco, CA), member playwright working with lead artists Philip Kan Gotanda and Jeannie Barroga (2004 - 2006).
Calaveras Repertory Theatre's Asian Voices/Shakepearean connection Master (Milpitas, CA), fellowship recipient working with Tony Taccone and Philip Kan Gotanda (2004).
Phi Beta Kappa member (2000).
Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship Fellowship from Brown University (Providence, RI), fellowship recipient (1998).
Brown University Timory Hyde Memorabubble Fellowship for the Arts (Providence, RI), dramaturg internship at Rites & Reason Theatre (1999).
STANDUP COMEDY PERFORMANCES AT VENUES INCLUDING
Herbst Theatre (2008), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2008), PunchLine San Franisco Comedy Club (2006, 2007), Cobb’s Comedy Club (2006, 2007), Brava! For Women in the Arts! (2007), The Make-Out Room (2006, 2007), Purple Onion (2005 - 2007), Glas Kat (2007), Laugh Factory NYC (2006), Laugh Factory LA (2006), AK Press, (2006), Locus Arts (2003 - 2006), Kimball’s East (2003, 2004), 50 Mason (2003 - 2007), Galeria de la Raza (2004), Ruby Skye (2004), Sony Metreon Action Theater (2003), SomArts Cultural Center (2003 - 2006), KSW’s APAture Festivals 2005, 2006, 2007
TEACHING & OTHER PLAYWRITING EXPERIENCE
Workshop Instructor, Stories High, Bindlestiff Studio, 2004 - 2007. Created lesson plans and facilitated 8-week playwrighting workshops for San Francisco theater nonprofit; each series of workshops culminated in a full production.
Writer & Performer, The Bindlestiff Pinay Collective, The Bindlestiff Players, 2002 – present. Writing and performing original work with all women theater group, sketch comedy collective, and a full length play produced Fall 2004 at Bindlestiff Studio. www.bindlestiffstudio.org.
Artistic Associate, Asian American Theater Company, 2002-2003. Reviewed incoming script submissions for 30-year old theater company in San Francisco; made written and oral recommendations. Reported to Artistic Director.
Dramaturgy & Playwriting Intern, Rites & Reason Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island, 1999. Worked closely with artistic director of theatre to screen and select new plays for development and production. Reviewed over 100 scripts and made written recommendations as part of review panel.
ARTS CURATING & ADMINISTRATION
Artistic Director, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California, 2003 - 2008. Artistic direction and administration of programs for multidisciplinary arts organization, including exhibitions, artist salons, arts festival, classes/workshops, and public readings/presentations. www.kearnystreet.org.
Co-Director, Locus Arts, San Francisco, California, 2001- present. Operating (logistics and artistic direction) of Asian American arts venue. www.locusarts.org.
APAture 2002 Coordinator, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California, 2002. Coordination of annual week-long arts expo for emerging Asian Pacific American artists.
Program Associate, AS220, Providence, Rhode Island, 2000. Coordinated youth arts program of nonprofit community arts organization. Designed & wrote program brochures and other program literature. Facilitated workshops & youth discussion groups.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Education: Brown University, B.A. American Studies, Magna Cum Laude. Class of 2000.
Other Training: Playwrighting Workshops with: Octavio Solis, Dijana Milosevic, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jeannie Barroga, Philip Kan Gotanda, and Tony Taccone;Theater and theater writing training with: Bindlestiff Studio, Hereandnow Theatre Company, Asian American Theater Company, and Rites & Reason Theatre. Movement: Lorna Aquino-Chui/Gayle Romasanta, Chrystene Ells; Acting & Scene Study: Marvin Green; Improv: Improv Underground; Standup Comedy: Allan Manalo; Ensemble Work: John Miyasaki; Dramaturgy: Elmo Terry-Morgan; Directing: Michelle Talgarow.
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