Sam Tirrell is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist based in Troy, NY. She joined Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media program as Production Stage Manager in September 2022.

As a stage manager, Sam is specifically interested in immersive/site-specific works, musical theatre, and opera. She has stage-managed productions for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF), Yale Repertory Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, Troy Foundry Theatre, Yale Cabaret, and the Theatre Institute at Sage, among others. She was the 2020 recipient of the Yale School of Drama’s Bert Gruver Memorial Prize for Excellence in Stage Management.

Sam practices a theory-based approach to stage management, and she is interested in innovative and accessible ways to teach core technical skills. She served as Stage Management faculty at the Proctors School of Performing Arts and as a Guest Lecturer for the Stage Management department at the Yale School of Drama.

Sam recently contributed to the Routledge/USITT anthology Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Life, Work, and Career as a copy editor.

BA: Russell Sage College. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.