Tori Sampson
Tori Sampson | |
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| Education | Ball State University (BS) Yale School of Drama (MFA) |
| Occupation | Dramatist |
Tori Sampson is an African American screenwriter and playwright.[1][2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Boston, Sampson moved to North Carolina with her family as a child. Her mother, Wanda Louise Thompson, raised Tori and her two sisters with values she learned through exposure to the Black power movement during her own childhood.[1]
At age 14, one year after the death of her mother, Sampson and her twin sister were sent to a boarding school in Mississippi.[1]
Sampson attended Ball State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She later graduated from the Yale School of Drama, where she studied playwriting.[2]
Career[edit]
Shortly after graduating from Yale, Sampson was awarded a 2017-2018 Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center and a 2018-2019 McKnight Fellowship.[2]
Sampson's debut play, If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must be a Muhfucka premiered in 2019 at Playwrights Horizons.[4] That same year, her play Cadillac Crew was performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre.[5]
Between 2020 and 2022, Sampson hosted an interview series for Wealthsimple titled "Friends With Money".[6] In 2021, she wrote an episode of the 2021 Amazon Prime Video miniseries Solos (TV series).[2]
Sampson served as a writer on three series that aired in 2023, the Amazon Prime Video programs Citadel and Hunters as well as the Showtime series Three Women.[2] Her play This Land Was Made debuted at the Vineyard Theater that year.[1]
List of works[edit]
Theatre[edit]
| Year | Title | Venue | Ref. |
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| 2019 | If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must be a Muhfucka | Playwrights Horizons | [4] |
| Cadillac Crew | Yale Repertory Theatre | [5] | |
| 2023 | This Land Was Made | Vineyard Theatre | [1] |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Solos | 1 episode | [2] |
| 2023 | Citadel (TV series) | — | [2] |
| Hunters | 8 episodes | [2] | |
| Three Women | 2 episodes | [2] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Kumar, Naveen. "For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her 'Black Power Household'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "About". Tori Sampson. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Cox, Gordon. "How One Striking TV Writer Has Kept Busy in Theater". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ a b Green, Jesse. "Review: Beauty, Blackness and Beyoncé, in 'If Pretty Hurts'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ a b Green, Jesse. "Review: In 'Cadillac Crew,' a Road Trip Through Racism and Erasure". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Articles by Tori Sampson". MuckRack. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
External links[edit]
- Tori Sampson at IMDb
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