Meet Samantha Rios!

Samantha Rios only just finished her undergraduate theater studies at SMU and we're pullin' her up onstage at KDT. See Samantha and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

SAMANTHA

FULL GIVEN NAME

Samantha Alexandra Rios

HOMETOWN

Olympia, WA/Lexington, KY

ZODIAC SIGN

Leo

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

Midsummer!
(By our friends at Shakespeare Dallas)

FAVORITE PLAY

Marisol by Jose Rivera

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Pandora" by The Cocteau Twins and 
"Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol

LAST BOOK YOU READ

Does a play count? If so, Loot by Joe Orton

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"TWIN PEAKS" 4 Life!

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"The Kingdom"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Cillian Murphy

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

ANTM. "We were all rooting for you, Tiffany!"

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Cheese/cheese.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

singer 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

Walked onstage without my animal mask on during a run of Animal Farm.

WORST COSTUME EVER:

Animal Farm...

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Our Town, though it's great

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

Sticks up some rectums. :)

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Angel/Marisol; Lady Anne/Richard III; Skriker/The Skriker; Clytemnestra/Iphigenia; any role in The Maids.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

And Baby Makes Seven (with Miranda Parham as my director!)

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Pet photographer/Wildlife photographer

SUPERSTITIONS

no thanks

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

Vigils

KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker
with Matthew Gray in Vigils in 2010

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

The Devil and Mr. Punch at Barbican Theater

Don't miss Samantha in her KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.