Acting

I’m a Victoria-based actor with particular interests in contemporary realism, Shakespeare, and physical and devised theatre. My stage work includes Marjory in The Moors at Theatre Inconnu, Octavia in Rare Earth at CounterPULSE, and Margaret of Guilder, a solo performance I created around Margaret of Anjou’s journey through four of Shakespeare’s history plays.

My undergraduate theatre training was followed by studies in Shakespeare pedagogy at the Globe Education Academy and an MFA in Acting at UC Davis, where the program focused on devised performance.

More recently, I completed the year-long Evening Conservatory at Atlantic Acting School, studying Practical Aesthetics. My further training includes Fitzmaurice Voicework, physical theatre with Frantic Assembly, and acting and directing classes with Karen Kohlhaas.

I'm currently non-union.

Christine Samson in a hooded sweatshirt, holding an orange at a table
Beyond Belief · UC Davis

Selected Theatre

The Moors
MarjoryTheatre InconnuDirectors: Angela Henry and Jason Vikse
The Annihilation of Je$$ie: An Anthology
SarahAtlantic Acting SchoolDirector: Ryan Dobrin · Writer: Hart Fargo
Rare Earth
OctaviaCounterPULSEDirector: Randy Symank · Creator: Matthew Sergei
Margaret of Guilder
MargaretUC DavisDirector and creator: Christine Samson
Beyond Belief
EnsembleUC DavisDirector and creator: John Jasperse
Streetcar Named Desire
StellaTheatre El DoradoDirector: Blake Flores

Film

Lily
LeadCrimson PicturesDirector: Bryon Darling
Listless
SupportingTorn Sprocket FilmsDirector: Bryon Darling