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Samantha Warford

Bellingham,WA

Summary

I love art and being a part of making art happen. Striving for not only a smoothly operating production but also for performers to feel supported so they can focus on their stage performance is the core of how I view my role as a stage manger. I deal well with last minute changes, I enjoy problem solving and I work hard.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Stage Hand

Rose City Circus
Portland, OR
07.2022 - Current
  • Currently only with them for Oregon Country Fair but look forward to schedules aligning to do more with them.
  • Manage props
  • Aerial rigging and pulling
  • Aid in hat pass, collection, and distribution to performers/crew

Stage Manager

Bellingham Circus Guild
10.2021 - Current
  • Coordinated with other techs to ensure that the elements were in place for each performance.
  • Developed detailed tech sheets for each show indicating cues, entrances and exits.
  • Served as a liaison between performers and techs regarding any issues that arose.
  • Called out performance technical cues using wireless headsets.
  • Managed backstage operations during live performances, ensuring timely cues and transitions.
  • Rigged many different types of aerial apparatus's, learned acts and pulled for them.
  • Provided support for performers' needs: costume, makeup, food, or emotional.

Tour Manager

Three for Silver
Bellingham, WA
07.2020 - Current
  • Set up and run sound
  • Sell merchandise and keep records of sales
  • Coordinated with venues about load in times and compensation
  • Kept a tour book of drive times and accommodations

Stage Manager

Music Festivals (Stringband Jamboree, Sh'bang)
Bellingham, WA
08.2019 - Current
  • Facilitated keeping to a tight schedule with multiple stages by providing artists with time calls and coordinating with sound and lighting techs to ensure speedy transitions.
  • Coordinating with artists ahead of time, gathering tech needs and stage plots for sound crew.
  • Assist the sound crew in setting up mics, DIs, and running cables.
  • Solved issues that arose in a calm and collected manor.

Stage Hand

Shoestring Circus
Bellingham, WA
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • You were there :)

Skills

  • Schedule coordination
  • Prop management
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Wardrobe organization
  • Team collaboration

Timeline

Stage Hand

Shoestring Circus
06.2023 - 07.2023

Stage Hand

Rose City Circus
07.2022 - Current

Stage Manager

Bellingham Circus Guild
10.2021 - Current

Tour Manager

Three for Silver
07.2020 - Current

Stage Manager

Music Festivals (Stringband Jamboree, Sh'bang)
08.2019 - Current

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