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Elizabeth Sampson

Acting professor

Education

  • M.F.A., acting, American Conservatory Theater
  • B.A., liberal studies, Antioch University

Credentials

  • Professor of performing arts, 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Acting instructor, 2015–present, UCLA School of Film and TV, Los Angeles, CA
  • Adjunct professor, 2010–17, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
  • Guest teacher, 2017, California State University, Northridge, CA
  • Acting instructor, 1996–2000, The Covenant House, Los Angeles, California

Organizations

  • The Road Theater Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1995–present
  • Actor's Equity Association (AEA), 1990–present
  • Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 1991–present

Publications and presentations

Acting (television)

  • The Passage, FOX
  • Law & Order: The Menendez Bros. Multiple Episodes Aquarius, NBC
  • Rizzoli & Isles, TNT
  • Law & Order: LA, NBC
  • Private Practice, ABC
  • Cold Case, CBS
  • Grey's Anatomy, ep. "I Am a Tree," ABC
  • Without A Trace, ep. "Rage," CBS
  • The Unit, ep. "Unannounced," CBS
  • ER, ep. "Man With No Name," NBC
  • Boston Legal, ep. "A Greater Good," ABC
  • Seventh Heaven, ep. "Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do," WB
  • Strong Medicine, ep. "Goodbye/Rest in Peace," Lifetime
  • Medical Mystery, pilot episode, NBC
  • The Division, ep. "Skips And Scones," Lifetime
  • The Brotherhood of Poland, CBS
  • The Pretender, ep. "Crash," NBC

Acting (film)

  • Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison, Vanguard Productions
  • Leaving Barstow, Leaving Barstow Inc.
  • Disfigured, Dialogue Heavy, Inc.
  • Easy As Pie, Independent
  • Battle Of the Sexes, (Sundance '98), Quality Pictures
  • Modern Vampires, (with Rod Steiger), Revenant Productions

Acting (theater)

  • The Lighthouse, writer/performers, The Road Theatre/Scott Smith
  • Melissa Arctic, Cindy, The Road Theatre/Scott Smith
  • That Good Night, Alice, The Road Theatre/Scott Smith
  • As White as O, Grace, The Road Theatre/Sam Anderson
  • Dearest of Friends, Bonnie, Smothers Theater/Cathy Thomas
  • Bringing Home The Girl, writer/Emma, HERE Space/Cathy Thomas
  • Detachments, Zoe/Betsy, Tiffany Theater/Beth Henley
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Helena, Ashbury Actor's Group/Scott Smith
  • Measure for Measure, Francesca/L.A. Women's Shakespeare Co./Tina Packer
  • The Water Engine, Rita, Ashbury Actor's Group/Cathy Thomas
  • The Memorandum, Lear/Hannah, Ashbury Actor's Group/Carlos Bernard
  • The Way of the World, Mincing, A Noise Within/Sabin Epstein
  • Killing Real Estate Women, Nancy Markus, Source Theatre Co./Gary Bonasarte
  • The Marriage of Figaro, Luba, A.C.T/Richard E.T. White
  • 1918, Elizabeth Vaughn, A.C.T/SABIN EPSTEIN
  • A Christmas Carol, Belle, A.C.T/Laird Williamson
  • Twelfth Night, Puppets, A.C.T/John C. Fletcher
  • Three Sisters, Masha, A.C.T/Harold Surrat

Written/spoken word

  • Tell It!
  • Pause Podcast
  • Spark Off Rose, seven times
  • Melt In Your Mouth
  • The Tree People

Writing credits

  • The Skeleton Flower, The Road Theatre Company, 2020
  • The Lighthouse, The Road Theatre Company, 2018
  • Hell Is Empty, The Road Theatre Company, 2017
  • The Lighthouse, The Road Theatre Company, 2016
  • It Was the Lark, with Michael O'Neil, The Road Theatre Company, 2015
  • Rocky Shoals, The Road Theatre Company, 2014
  • Irish Coffee, with Kathy Baker, Perry King, The Road Theatre Company, 2013
  • The Petoskey Stones, Annapolis Group Theatre, 2012
  • The Petoskey Stones, The Road Theatre Company, 2010
  • Bringin' Home the Girl, Stages Theatre, LA, 2003
  • Bringin' Home the Girl, HERE Space, NYC, 2001

Directing

  • Dearest of Friends, Horton Foote, Pepperdine Lab Series, 2004
  • Midsummer Night's Dream, The Dell, MI, 2000
  • King of the Moon, Scott A. Smith/Adam Paul, The Groundlings, 1999
  • King of the Moon, Scott A. Smith/Adam Paul, The Court Theater, 1999