Sam (he/him) is an actor, director, and producer based in New York City. As a theatre artist, Sam has worked on stage and off at companies across the country including Trinity Repertory Company, MCC Theater, Chickenshed NYC, Infinity Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company Dramatist Guild Foundation, Missoula Children's Theatre, Ithaca Shakespeare Company, HERE, IRT, MITU580, The Flea, Theatre Row, Strongbox Theater, and Audible to name a few. He has taught classes and facilitated workshops at CUNY Queens College, Marymount Manhattan College, NYU: Tisch Drama, Ohio State University, and the National Alliance of Acting Teachers. He is the recipient of the 2021 BroadwayWorld Best Director of a Regional Production Award for his direction of "The 39 Steps" at Strongbox Theater. He is a published playwright whose works have been called "heartbreaking ....complex...and thought-provoking" (Theatre is Easy), have been presented in NYC at HERE, The Nuyorican Poéts Cafe, and IRT Theatre, toured to Providence and Toronto and produced as a radio play by the Cleveland Radio Players. Recent TV and Print credits include "Search Party," "Law & Order," and Santander Bank. Sam is proudly a Co-Artistic Director of WWTNS? BFA NYU: Tisch School of the Arts, Experimental Theatre Wing. He is a member of SAG/AFTRA and is represented by Darlene Sweeney at WSM Talent www.samhoodadrain.com.