News & Press
“Excellent work is put in by Samantha Jeffery … succeeds with giving real heart”
Colin MacLean for Gig City, on After Miss Julie [Lodestar Theatre]
“It’s a disorienting, visceral and immersive stream of consciousness experience, made even more powerful by this quartet of performers. They’ve mastered the script…”
Mel Priestley, on Crave [Stonemarrow Theatre]
“Stand-outs are Sam Jeffery as Macduff... The fighting, though… it’s visceral and wild”
Liz Nicholls for 12th Night, on Macbeth [The Malachites]
Visceral and Vulnerable: A Review of StoneMarrow Theatre's CRAVE
“It’s a disorienting, visceral and immersive stream of consciousness experience, made even more powerful by this quartet of performers. They’ve mastered the script…”
CBC Edmonton AM: Intimacy Director
Since the "Me Too" movement, there's been growing demand for "intimacy directors" in stage and film productions. We talk to one about her work in the local theatre scene…
After the House Lights - How Samantha Jeffery Fringes
A chat with After the House Lights about the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
I Don't Get It Podcast - #YEGTheatreStats
Our Summer Stock series continues: We sit down with Sam Jeffery of #YEGTheatreStats to chat about the gender balance of creative teams in Edmonton theatres, and how a display of hard numbers might make a difference for representation for future seasons.
Wenghtalk Radio - #YEGTheatreStats
Professional theatre artist Samantha Jeffery is here to discuss her pilot project: #YEGTheatreStats - a professional theatre database of jobs in the Edmonton theatre industry based on gender. We go over how Sam collects and presents her data; the nuance of creating categories and sub-categories in order to make her spreadsheet accurate, yet readable; and we also talk about how vital a public database of this sort is for those seeking to recognize their hiring trends within the Edmonton theatre community.
After the House Lights - A Beautiful View at the Edmonton Fringe Festival
An interview with Samantha Jeffery.
After the House Lights - Dirt City: Grime and Punishment at the Edmonton Fringe Festival
An interview with Kory Mathewson about the creation of Dirt City.