Mobile Unit's The Tempest, The Public Theater
"...She (Tony Nominee, Myra Lucretia Taylor) also displays maternal affection not just for her daughter, Miranda (Sam Morales, wide-eyed and wonderful), but also for her minion..." Raven Snook, TIME OUT NEW YORK
Magdalene
CATF (World Premiere)
“The actors are superb. Morales’s Mary is fiercely intelligent, with a base of knowledge and insight well beyond her time...Although intense, the conversation also offers moments of humor, and the actors’ remarkable comic timing makes the laughter equally memorable.” Jeanette Mulherin, MD Theatre Guide
Magdalene
CATF (World Premiere)
“Sam Morales’ turn as Mary is a welcome corrective; often portrayed as a whore, the sources describe her as one of Jesus’ closest followers. Morales gives us dignity and spiritual conviction that is as firm as it is little known. It is only recently that Mary Magdalene’s reputation as a disciple has been restored, and we get to see a woman whose fury at slander is leavened by a profound understanding of her mentor’s message. The play also gives St. Germain an opportunity to revisit the scandal caused by Dan Brown’s notorious fictional novel “The Da Vinci Code;” his solution to Brown’s conspiracy theory creates an opportunity for Morales to offer yet another version of her rich, complex story.” Andrew White, BroadwayWorld
Magdalene
CATF (World Premiere)
“The casting works beautifully...Sam Morales’ Mary is valiant in finally having her say in a culture that denies and shuns her humanity...despite being unseen and unheard, she and women across the world through millennia of ancient and modern times have and will always be a force to be reckoned with.” Debbie Minter Jackson, DC Metro Theater Arts
Sam Morales is a NYC-based actor, director & educator. As an actor, she made her professional debut at Theatre for a New Audience in Sir Trevor Nunn’s PERICLES. Since then, she has worked at The Public Theater, BAM, TFANA (many times!), Red Bull Theater & select regional theatres such as Hartford Stage & CATF (twice!). In February of 2020, she starred opposite Rose Byrne & Bobby Cannavale in MEDEA at BAM for one night only as she was lucky enough to go on for the role of Clara, a part she was understudying. She played Rosanna Diaz on seasons 13 & 14 of Blue Bloods. You can also catch her on Law & Order: SVU, FBI & Dead Ringers (starring Rachel Weisz). If movies are more your jam, check out KILLINGTON on Amazon Prime - Sam stars in the film alongside Sophie Sumner.
In recent years and thanks to the tutelage of Michael Barakiva, current Artistic Director at Cleveland Playhouse, Sam has expanded into directing. Sam will soon be making her Off Broadway debut in this arena at the Mint Theater Company. She will be serving as the Assistant Director to Jonathan Bank on the Mint's upcoming production of Crooked Cross. In November, she'll return to Cleveland Playhouse to serve as the Associate Director for A Christmas Story alongside Director Jackson Gay. This will be Sam's second time working alongside Jackson on A Christmas Story and she is thrilled to be returning to CPH. Recently she participated in a directing workshop led by Bartlett Sher called "Reasons to Go Places". One of her favorite directing credits to date was a production of The Winter's Tale that she directed at the Scranton Shakespeare Festival.
Sam is a faculty member, as well as the Academic Department Director, for On Camera Acting & Auditioning at AMDA. Sam is also a certified Intimacy Captain. She is also a faculty member at NYU Tisch; Lee Strasberg Studio.
She shares a son and dog (her firstborn) with her husband. They are her world.
Mobile Unit's The Tempest
The Public Theater
"..On the enchanted island where Prospero has raised her lovely daughter Miranda (performed with innocence and genuine sweetness by Sam Morales) after the exile..." Cindy Sibilsky, StageBiz
The House on the Hill
CATF (World Premiere)
"Witting isn’t content to have two mature women air out their dirty laundry... Instead, to show what was lost, and to reinforce the ways in which memory can deepen the trauma and resentments of a lifetime, she weaves the adult Alexandra with her younger self, Alex (the charming Sam Morales) ..." Andrew Walker White, DC Metro Theater Arts
Mobile Unit's The Tempest
The Public Theater
"Not that Miranda herself (Sam Morales) isn’t a formidable woman. Far from being the flouncy ingenue that she’s often portrayed as, Miranda is the obvious product of her mother’s fierce love and careful upbringing. You get the sense that she has inherited her mother’s innate power." Austin Fimmano, Plays To See
Mobile Unit's The Tempest
The Public Theater
"The production also has a charming pair of young lovers in the Miranda and Ferdinand...Morales convinces one that Miranda has never before seen other humans (aside from Prospero) and is thrilled at the opportunity..." David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America