Samantha Martinson

Samantha Martinson is a Midwest-based director and theater practitioner. Upcoming credits include: Dinner with the Duchess (Next Act) and Gloria (University of MN, BFA). Select directing credits include: She Kills Monsters (First Stage); fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life (Carthage College); The Wolves (Marquette University); ‘Neath the Hills of Bastogne (Sunstone Studios); The Tempest (Mad Rouges); Twelfth Night (Milwaukee Youth Theater). Select assistant directing credits include: Ring Round the Moon (American Players Theatre), A Year with Frog and Toad (Children’s Theater Company), and Lauren Gunderson’s world premiere of Artemisia (Forward Theater). Select staged readings include: Casey and Diana (American Players Theatre), and ESCAPEGOAT (Jungle Theater). Samantha is the Festival Producer for World Premiere Wisconsin. She has held administrative and artistic roles at several regional theaters including American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Door Shakespeare, First Stage, Milwaukee Ballet, and The Playwrights’ Center. 2024 Kennedy Center Directing Intensive alum. samanthamartinson.com