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Sam Jeffery

@samwithbellson

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📍unceded Vancouver, BC
🔥 Intimacy / Fight / Actor
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What a treasure to play the Northern Star that is Caesar.
Our team: all fire and every one doth shine.
This (production of) Caesar was ambitious indeed... full of blood, battle, and song.

Julius Caesar (@farfromthetreeproductions )
June 2026

Directed by Shel Wyminga (Actor Director) and Garvin Chan (Assistant Director)
Featuring Andres Collantes, David Robert Leslie, Eve Middleton-Meyer, Garrett Quirk, Joelle Wyminga, Kenneth Seto Tynan, Michael Briganti, Nazanin Shoja, Regielyn Padua, Sam Jeffery, Shel Wyminga, and Vanessa Lazare

Sound Design by Cindy Kao
Lighting Design by Christian Ching
Stage Management by Diyalla Malijian
Fight Direction by David Robert Leslie

Photos by @sotresjr_photography taken in The Nest on Granville Island by @samwithbellson

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4 months ago

BRUTUS
Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil,
That makest my blood cold and my hair to stare?
Speak to me what thou art.
GHOST
Thy evil spirit, Brutus.
BRUTUS
Why comest thou?
GHOST
To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi.

Julius Caesar
@farfromthetreeproductions

June 10-14, 2026 at The Nest on Granville Island

In photo from L to R: Joelle Wyminga, Sam Jeffery, Regielyn Padua
📷 @sotresjr_photography taken in The Nest on Granville Island by @samwithbellson

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4 months ago

our little family has doubled in size

Artemis / Tiny / Underfoot
Freya / Mama / Forklift
aka our sweetie babies by @samwithbellson

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5 months ago

So honoured to share that I was the recipient of this year's Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Choreography, Fight, & Intimacy Direction for the Fight & Intimacy Direction of Brick Shithouse!

Brick Shithouse was an incredibly special show brought to life by a powerhouse team. The fight and intimacy choreo was the result of the magic that ALL these artists brought to the show. To quote my speech: above all, thank you to the cast for being the best fight club a gal could dream up, for your sensitivity and care for each other, for taking every idea I threw at you and sprinting madly away with it and turning it into something so beautiful and fucked up I never could have imagined it.

This scrappy blood/sweat/tears-filled indie show was recognized with wins in a slough of other categories:
Outstanding Lighting Design - Even Gilcrest
Outstanding Director - Sarah J Culkin
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Play or Musical
- The Cast of Brick Shithouse (Mohamed Ahmed, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Alexandra Dawkins, Sophie May Healey, Jasmine Hopfe, Moses Kouyaté, Gabriel Richardson)
Outstanding New Play (Award to Playwright)- Ashleigh Hicks
Outstanding Independent Production of a Play - Brick Shithouse (Fenceless Theatre & Common Ground Arts)

Brick Shitty, I love you. 🔥💪

BRICK SHITHOUSE
Written and produced by Ashleigh Hicks
Directed by Sarah J Culkin
Fight direction and intimacy direction by Sam Jeffery
Dramaturgy by Evan Medd
Set, Lighting, Props design by Even Gilchrist
Sound design by Kena León
Stage managed by Frances Bundy
Assistant Stage Manager Galen Hite
Costume Designer Andraya Diogo
Technical Director Liv Bunge

📸 1: @ryanparkerpictures
📸 2-6: @matsimpsonphoto by @samwithbellson

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a year ago

My Mother, The Zombie
@crazy8sfilms

So proud of this film & this team! We KILLED it 🧟‍♀️🩸

Director @sam_giorgi
Writer @me_lorettaseto
Producers @lila.ferradans @davidvolpov @me_lorettaseto

Cast @sophiethom3 @samhbraun @jennkhoe

1st AD @wolfdevlin
2nd AD Rachel Skelly
3rd AD @quaria
Creative consultant and 2nd unit director @davygiorgi
DOP @mykytakutepov
Cam op @steadi_kane
1st AC @avrilenyellow
2nd AC Ivan Bello
DIT Jarrod Regan
Key Grip @nick_trembley
Best @cdigitydog
Grip Enrique Rodriguez
Gaffer @zeeshan_dhanani
Best @uuutkin
Lamp op @hallemoger
Lamp op @dreacornq
PD @cecilia.vadala
Set Dec @kestyna_v.d.g @ellier0
Props @box_of_visions_studios
Costumes @ericasterry
Makeup @artistically_icky @thaliartistry
Sound Mixer Eugene Hribanov
Boom Op @renderhamster
Scrip supervisor @josefina.llanos.ficcionologia
Location Manager @owenbrown604
SPFX Kyle Newelle
Intimacy coordinator @samwithbellson
Stunt coordinator @chelseamoejackson
Production Manager @lila.ferradans
Editor @jonathanmathew2
Ass editor @sebasvc7
Sound mixer @cottonnarisound
Dialogue Mixer @andresv.mp3
Composer @swanson.music
Stills @jenya_kadnikova

#IntimacyCoordinator #BCFilm #CanadianContent by @samwithbellson

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2 years ago

On-set smiles for days 💖

Catch "My Mother, The Zombie" at the @crazy8sfilms gala and beyond I'm sure! This team was a dream, and the bits I've seen so far have been breathtaking 😍

BTS photos: @jenya_kadnikova
(cat photo all me though <3 )

#IntimacyCoordinator #MMTZ #Crazy8s #BTS #BCFilm #SetCat by @samwithbellson

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2 years ago

fight us i dare u taken in Toronto, Ontario by @samwithbellson

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2 years ago

nature nurtured summer

Hiking in the Rockies with the fam
Lake O'Hara
Bow Hut
Emerald Lake

Backpacking with a pal
Sunshine Coast Trail

💖 by @samwithbellson

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2 years ago

LOW PAY? DON'T PAY! opened last night!

It's a very physical farce about sky-high grocery prices, fake pregnancies, and capitalism - an absurd script that's all too relevant for Vancouver in 2024. And I'll never get tired of saying my direction for the photo shoot was "MORE MANIACAL"!

I have had an absolute blast working on this show - so much sweat, laughter, dancing, and comic stops... gasps, giggles, shrieks, and screams galore! I'm honoured to be surrounded by such funny and generous people who crack me up both onstage and off. Wow has it been a lot of work and wow am I happy to share what our hard work has created!

We run Feb 22 - Mar 3, Thur to Sun evenings at 7pm.
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can: $15 to $30.

Buy tickets here: https://plainstage.com/events/low-pay-dont-pay
Venue: 198 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC (cash only at the door)
Runtime: 110min, no intermission

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@the_fo_collective present Low Pay? Don’t Pay!, Dario Fo’s wacky farce about inflation and the lengths that people go to to survive.

Housewives Antonia and Margarita take matters into their own hands when the cost of groceries gets out of hand. They shoplift at the supermarket, concealing their spoils in fake pregnant bellies. The police catch wind and chaos ensues!

Featuring some of the city's most exciting up-and-coming physical comedians, Low Pay? Don't Pay! promises to be an uproarious jaunt into the affordability crisis.

Cast
Antonia: Sam Jeffery
Margarita: Jennifer Rose Garcia
Giovanni: Benyamin Derayeh
Luigi: Julio Rod Marin
Sergeant/Trooper/Undertaker/Old Man: Akshaya Pattanayak
Understudy: Ryan A. Holdaway

Creative Team
Director/Producer: Chloe Payne
Stage Manager: Ray Schmid
Sound Design: Blue Chu
Fight Direction: Mike Kovac
Associate Producer: Julio Rod Marin
Set Design: Jennifer Rose Garcia
Costume Design: Benyamin Derayeh
Social Media and Marketing: Akshaya Pattanayak

Content advisory: this show contains strong language, comedic violence, & a prop gun

This is a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association production under the Artists’ Collective Policy.
Produced with support from VFS and Single Thread Theatre.
Photos and graphic design by Cesar Erba. taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @samwithbellson

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3 years ago

The Paddy Crean, for those who don't know it, is roughly a week in Banff spent immersed in stage combat, intimacy, stunts, HEMA, and community.

A week of brilliant, kind, and generous fighters from around the world was exactly what I needed, so:

Thank you to every fight partner, teacher, mentor, and dear friend both old and new
Thank you for the bodyslams, the stabs, the bites, the wrecks, the hits, the bruises, the aches, the tips and tricks, the 'oh shit' moments and the 'hell yeah' moments
Thank you for the camaraderie, the stories, the hugs, the support, the glasses raised, and the encouragement that makes me want to be better in every way

The Paddy always seems to show up right when I need it most - @iospaddy thank you from the bottom of my fiesty and full lil heart. Let's fight again real soon ❤️ taken in Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by @samwithbellson

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3 years ago

rainy day hikes are about lakes that look like sheer cliffs in fog & climbing to the summit through clouds

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photo of @thomjeffery at Black Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park A figure walks away into the mist on a rocky mountain side. taken in Cypress Provincial Park by @samwithbellson

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Bard on the Beach 2023 season

The shows are open! What a marathon the past few months have been! Full of wrestling, warfare, knife fights, riots, blood, eyeballs, cannons, singing, dancing, and the list goes on...

Joining Bard for the first time as Assistant Fight Director to FD/choreographer/old pal @jonohp for As You Like It, Julius Caesar, AND Henry V was so much FUN. It's a rare treat in the fight world to get to work as a team - being able to support another (stellar) FD's work was both wildly affirming of my own work, & a fantastic way to keep growing. Add in all the laughs, stabs, & nerding out in between fights, and you got yourself a great start to the summer.

Working with 3 massive shows, including two large companies of actors, what stood out to me over and over was the level of respect, kindness, & collaboration across the board. I came out with so much friendship & connection to this new-to-me community, and so much love for the wonderful artists involved. Congrats to each & every person involved (and wow there are a lot of us), we made some killer shows!

Last & absolutely not least, thank you again to Jono for bringing me into Bard with guns (& knives & wooden swords) ablazing - I couldn't imagine a warmer welcome.

Go catch As You Like It, Julius Caesar, and Henry V @bardonthebeach !

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🌼AS YOU LIKE IT🌼
Directed by Daryl Cloran | Set Designer: Pam Johnson | Costume Designer: Carmen Alatorre | Lighting Designer: Gerald King | Choreographer/Fight Director: Jonathan Hawley-Purvis | Photography by Tim Matheson | The Company in As You Like It, 2023

🩸JULIUS CAESAR🩸
Directed by Cherissa Richards | Set Designer: Pam Johnson | Costume Designer: Jessica Oostergo | Lighting Designer: Gerald King | Choreographer/Fight Director: Jonathan Hawley-Purvis | Photography by Tim Matheson | The Company in Julius Caesar, 2023

⚔️HENRY V⚔️
Directed and adapted by Lois Anderson | Set Designer: Amir Ofek | Costume Designer: Mara Gottler | Lighting Designer: Sophie Tang | Choreographer/Fight Director: Jonathan Hawley-Purvis | Intimacy Director: Lisa Goebel | Stage Manager: Rebecca Mulvihill | Photo by Tim Matheson | The Company in Henry V, 2023 Photo shared by Sam Jeffery on July 07, 2023 tagging @jonohp. Image of a smiling man and woman arm in arm under string lights. taken in Bard on the Beach Theatre Society by @samwithbellson

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