Samantha Lazar

Samantha is a theatermaker, performance scholar, and teacher who joined the Hop in 2018. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied English, Theater, Classics, and Fine Art, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism. She has written for both journalistic and scholarly publications, and specializes in experimental theater and devised performance. She works to unite the performing arts and academia as Curator of Academic Programming at the Hop, where she endeavors to engage the public in new ideas and forge connections between artists, scholars, and students.