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.

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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?

On being a Warrior Goddess...

I've been into stage combat for years- working on classic and contemporary theatre pieces, but within the past couple of years I've transitioned into cinema where I've been able to bring my stage combat into play in a slightly different way.

I started working with Cross the Line Entertainment, a company that produces live-action comic book movies, where I was provided with stunt fight training for film (hand-to-hand combat and weaponry). Fighting for camera can be tricky because you have to be very aware of your placement in correlation to the cameras. Ex. If the camera is in front of you to you're left, a left jab would have to go straight behind the left side of your opponent's head in order to sell to camera, and same goes for the other side. A knee to head would have to go behind the head of your opponent (the head being in between your knee and the camera) so the lack of impact would be hidden. You have to be aware of where the camera is at all times throughout the scene for the DP to fully get the shots he/she needs. Everything of course depends on whoever is "getting hit" to sell the "impact". Big reactions will make or break a fight scene. I personally love getting beat up- it's super fun!

The best part of having stunt fight training is the opportunity it brings in the acting world. Since I can do my own stunts I make it a lot easier on casting and production because they don't have to hire a stunt woman. If you're not able to get training circumstantially like I did, I'd suggest taking classes (GROUPON!) to broaden your chances in this industry. It's a great skill to have under your belt!

An article about Samantha Bogach

With stars in her eyes since she was a little girl, one local graduate is proving she has what it takes to make it in the acting industry.

Fans of the popular daytime soap opera “Days of our Lives” may have recently noticed the familiar face of Samantha Bogach, a 2008 Beech High School graduate.

Bogach, 24, who is now a Los Angeles transplant, was cast in a recurring role of Lucy - a character related to the show’s longtime character, Kayla.

Read the entire article here

Samantha's "branded" monologue

Here I am performing some layers of the Action/ReAction technique in a monologue written for me by writer/director Stephen Mitchell.