Monica

Monica Sampson is an award-winning, Actor, Director, Intimacy Coordinator, and the Founder and Artistic Director of, “All Queer Shakespeare.” Sampson holds a double degree in Broadcast Journalism and Theater, from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU. Her experience spans internationally to the West End, to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London, where she trained in a production of Hamlet.

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Sampson’s credits include Off-Broadway work, films, and commercials. Sampson directs and acts locally in Arizona; and has been featured on NPR, PBS, NBC, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Childsplay, Arizona Theater Company, and more. As an Intimacy Coordinator, Sampson has credits on TV, Films, and on local stages; and a certified Intimacy Coordinator through the Principal Intimacy Program, with the Screen Actors Guild. Sampson is a passionate educator and is the proud owner of her own acting and singing studio serving clients from ages eight to eighty-eight, on Broadway, and right here in Arizona!

 

Sampson, a plus-size, Jewish, queer woman, centers diverse storytelling as the foundation for all her work.

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Interested in connecting? You can find Sampson on all social media platforms!

Outside of her professional life, Monica enjoys musicals, singing along to Barbra Streisand, and playing with her pet Chinchilla, Millie!