Samantha Bitonti
Theatre
Specialities: Comedy Improv, Improvisation, Mask-making, Puppetry, Recycling/upcylcing art projects, Soundscapes, Storytelling
Contact Info
Please note that you must communicate with the artist to confirm details such as dates, levels or grades and workshop themes.
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Resides in
English Montreal
Experience working with
Student In
- Early childhood
- Cycle 1 Elementary
- Cycle 2 Elementary
- Cycle 3 Elementary
- Secondary 1 & 2
- Secondary 3 & 4
- Secondary 5
- CEGEP
- Senior Citizens
Lifelong Learners
- Adult Learners
I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work
- Health and Wellbeing
- Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
- Media Literacy
- Citizenship and Community Life (Identity & Belonging)
Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire
- No
I have experience working with
- Geordie Theatre School; National Theatre School Public Offerings
I can facilitate virtual creative experiences
- Yes
Travel
- I am available for travel within the same day
- I am available for travel overnight
- An extended residency is an option
Sam has a fantastic ability to animate large groups with care, big-hearted play, and specificity.
An actor with a BFA from Concordia, she teaches at NTS and Geordie Theatre School, and performs clown, magic, and balloon art with Montreal Clown.
She blends professional stagecraft with playful spontaneity, fostering curiosity, collaboration, and confidence.
Her specialties include voice, mask, puppetry, music in storytelling, Shakespeare, and stage combat.
An actor with a BFA from Concordia, she teaches at NTS and Geordie Theatre School, and performs clown, magic, and balloon art with Montreal Clown.
She blends professional stagecraft with playful spontaneity, fostering curiosity, collaboration, and confidence.
Her specialties include voice, mask, puppetry, music in storytelling, Shakespeare, and stage combat.
Creative Approach and Experiences Offered
My approach as a guest teaching artist is embodied and playful, as my training is in acting and stagecraft.Examples of workshops I provide are: Creating Character from Adapted Text; Creating Character from Imagination; Performing Shakespeare 101; Scene Study; The Actor and the Monologue; Character through Mask and Puppetry; Bringing your Scene to Life with Music; Stage Combat 101; Balloon Twisting Sculpture Workshop; Adaptation from Text to Stage; Text Analysis as an Actor; Basics of Improvisation; Status Work.
My workshop templates goes as follows: 1. INTRO (who and why; values and container for our time together) 2. TOOLS (the how: warm-up) 3. SKILLS EXPLORATION (game) 4. DISCUSSION (integrated learning) 5. APPLICATION (main activity) 6. CLOSING (debrief and stepping out of the exercise as nervous system regulation).
I look forward to working with you and your wonderful students!