Experience

Barrington Stage Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Educator

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Organizing and teaching Improvisation/Commedia dell’arte intensives for their college Musical Theatre Conservatory.Developing instructional materials (e.g. curricular activities, course materials, lesson plans, web-based documents, etc.) for the purpose of meeting the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students. Serves as Lead Teacher for the KidsAct/TeensAct Summer/Spring Devising Theatre Programs (Students 2nd - 8th grade)

• Playwright and Playwright Mentor

  • 2018 - Present

  Commissioned to write and direct the 2019 Youth Theatre Show "Ragtag Theatre's Hansel and Gretel"Playwright Mentorship Project• Develops a script for students ages 13–19 within a specific timeframe• Collaborates with staff and participants to create and perform an original play based on stories andexperiences from the participants own lives• Advises and mentors participants through the artistic process of creating a play

• Director

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Directed the Youth Theatre Company in the World Premiere of Ragtag Theatre’s Hansel and Gretel with music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn (Students in 9th - 12th grade)



Ragtag Theatre Company

• Greater New York City Area

• Artistic Director

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  Winner of the Off Broadway Alliance Award for “Best Family Show” Winner of the Best Performing Arts Company (KidsPass Parent’s Choice Award) Produces, writes, and directs inclusive Award Winning LGBTQ family theatre with the goal to motivate audiences to be their authentic selves. Manages company’s finances. Tours productions around America. Raises money by fundraising through crowding campaigns. Builds relationships with patrons of the theatre. Arranges and negotiates partnerships with LGBTQ organizations. Organizes, schedules, and facilitates rehearsals. Recruits and manages staff and volunteers. "Playwright Sam LaFrage has found an unlikely new audience for drag—kids. A boister- ous new production of his Ragtag Theatre’s Rapunzel at New York City’s SoHo Playhouse offers children a drag-infused, play-within-a-play version of the titular fairy tale, anchored by a redneck queen and a message about self-acceptance. It’s a bizarre blend of traditional children’s theater and scag drag (i.e., rough, intentionally unconvincing) as if a Commedia dell’Arte troupe spent a week studying Bushwig. But it’s a delightful example of how drag can bring its message of pride, confidence, and irreverence beyond the queer community to audiences of all stripes and ages." Miz Cracker SLATE MAGAZINE Show less



Columbia Children's Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jun 2010 - Present

  YouTheatre Productions at Columbia Children's Theatre: Honk! JR. (Summer 2010) Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Summer 2012) Mainstage Productions at Columbia Children's Theatre: The Commedia Cinderella by Sam LaFrage (Summer 2012) The Commedia Rapunzel by Sam LaFrage (Summer 2013) REVIEWS ON "THE COMMEDIA CINDERELLA" "One cannot applaud enough the work of director Sam LaFrage. Don’t just go to this show. Go in droves. Bring your neighbors. Bring your friends. Bring your worst enemies, and let the goofiness settle your long-term differences. (For all that, consider the excellent weekday group rate that Columbia Children’s Theatre offers. See website below for more details.) But most importantly, bring your children. Bring everyone’s children! Then immediately afterward, have them call their grandparents and enjoy the pure thrill of watching them try to explain every strange and wonderful hilarity they have just experienced." JASPER MAGAZINE "What impressed me most was the skill, enthusiasm and professionalism of LaFrage and his young cast, all local performers, and not much more than a decade or so older than their target audience. " AUGUST KRICKEL "While his script is simple, its brilliance lies in its nods to the flexible nature of commedia.There is one genuine moment, however, when Cinderella asks her stepmother why she is so cruel; the answer is simply that life isn't fair, a rather chilling admission. As director, he maintains a non-stop pace on stage; here everything works perfectly." Show less



American Academy of Dramatic Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sound Design

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Sound Designer For the Following AADA Company and Graduation Plays: Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (Directed by Barbara Rubin) Hotel Universe by Philip Barry (Directed by Dennis Reid) Palm Tree in a Rose Garden by Meade Roberts (Directed by George Heslin) The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Directed by Jonathan Bolt) Improbable Fiction by Alan Ayckbourn (Directed by Jonathan Bolt) Show less