Samantha Bogach talks about The Campaign

Q: What would you like to tell us about The Campaign?

Samantha: It is a one woman show that was written for me and initially intended to be aired on a PPV channel, but is also destined to be performed in front of live audiences.

Q: What sort of character are you playing in this piece?

Samantha: She is more me than not. She appears to be vibrant and invincible but can become emotionally vulnerable without warning. I find her to be fascinating and unpredictable.

Q: What is The Campaign about?

Samantha: On the face of it, it’s about a young woman trying to gain acceptance with a constituency that either doesn’t know her or has only heard negative things about her. At it’s core it speaks to the need that we all have, in varying degrees, for acceptance and to have others understand who we really are. The character is ahead of the game in that she realizes that it is incumbent upon her to understand her constituency, their wants and needs, if she is to expect them to understand her. You could say it’s a story about reciprocity.

Q: What led you to become involved in this project?

Samantha: I found that what I was reading in my free time was far more interesting than what I was reading in the audition room. This project is intended to eliminate the gap so that the audience will witness something that is as interesting as it is enlightening.

For further information, contact:

615-945-7062

and/or

samanthabogach@gmail.com

Mike Nichols 1931-2014

Today the industry lost an amazing asset to the world of directors, Mike Nichols. Mike has personally been a favorite director of mine having directed some of my favorite films, "The Graduate", "Closer", and of course "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which is shown in the clip above.  This clip alone, in which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton beautifully play to their brands, is a wonderful tribute to Mike as a director. Not only did Mike direct some of Hollywood's most legendary pictures he had a big helping hand in some of our most beloved actor's oscar winning performances, including Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman. Nichols was know for bringing out the best in his actors- “I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.”- Nichols. Rest in Peace Mike, you will be sorely missed.

And each of you...

This is an extended monologue written for me by writer/director Stephen Mitchell. It is on its way to becoming a one-woman show for PPV, but could be performed on stage as well. It's still a work in progress and we are having fun experimenting with it. Here I am playing with tonalities..

An exercise on nonverbal communication

Here's an exercise on nonverbal communication provided for me by director/writer Stephen Mitchell. I hit nine different emotions in this nonverbal "monologue"; Can you tell what I'm feeling?