Next Show:

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The Giver

Upcoming Season:

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Wild Fire and the Bird Scouts
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Upcoming Classes & Camps:

Jan
27
Acting 101 – 3rd-5th
4pm – 6pm | Mondays | Jan. 13th - March 3rd | Grades 3rd-5th
Jan
27
Uni the Unicorn: A Theater Adventure
4pm – 6pm | Mondays | Jan. 13th - March 3rd | Grades K-2nd
Jan
27
Improv 101 – Adults
6:30pm – 8:30pm | Mondays | Jan. 27th - March 17th | Adults
Jan
28
Character & Couture
4pm – 6pm | Tuesday | Jan. 14th - March 4th | 6th-8th
Jan
28
Hone that Musical Tone!
4pm - 6pm | Tuesdays | Jan 14th - March 4th | 6th-12th
Jan
28
Improv 201 – Adults
6:30pm – 8:30pm | Tuesdays | Jan. 28th -  March 18th | Adults
Jan
29
Improv 101 – Teens
4pm – 6pm | Wednesdays | Jan. 15th - March 5th | Grades 7th-12th
Jan
29
Unlocking the Script
4pm – 6pm | Wednesdays | Jan. 15th - March 5th | Grades 7th-12th
Jan
30
Defying Gravity: A Musical Theater Journey (3rd-5th)
4pm – 6pm | Thursday | Jan. 16th - March 6th | Grades 3rd-5th
Jan
30
Improv Teens 301
4pm – 6pm | Thursday | Jan. 16th - March 6th | Grades 7th-12th
Jan
30
Improv 301 – Adult
6:30pm - 8:30pm | Thursdays | Jan 30th - March 20th | Adults
Feb
3
Acting 101 – 3rd-5th
4pm – 6pm | Mondays | Jan. 13th - March 3rd | Grades 3rd-5th

Samantha Chandler

Co-Founder

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Samantha is a long time educator and co-founder of Olympia Family Theater. She is an Advanced Language Arts teacher at NOVA Middle School. She was first bitten by the performance bug at 8, and has had it ever since. She studied theater in a variety of places including The Evergreen State College, The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Freehold Theater in Seattle, and with UMO on Vashon Island. She is also a singer, pianist, and plays guitar. She has led a variety of camps and directed numerous shows for OFT, including many with young cast members, such as Charlotte’s Web, James and The Giant Peach (twice), Little Women, and Korczak’s Children. She also directed OFT’s first production of A Year With Frog and Toad, Animal Farm, and The Wrestling Season. Her last turn onstage was in OFT’s Our Only May Amelia.