Sammi Cannold
American film director
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Sammi Cannold is an American film and theater director.[1][2] Cannold was the recipient of the 2024 Drama Desk Award.[3]
Career
Cannold received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[4] She made her Broadway debut in 2023, at the Belasco Theater with How to Dance in Ohio,[5][6] which earned her the Drama Desk Award. Cannold was trained under Diane Paulus, and Rachel Chavkin, serving as the associate director on the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, as well as working at the American Repertory Theater.[7]
In 2019, Cannold directed the world premier of Celine Song's Endlings, making her the youngest female director in the American Repertory Theater's history, prior to directing its off-Broadway premier at New York Theatre Workshop in 2020.[8] She also directed Ragtime, Violet on a moving bus,[9] Evita at New York City Center,[10][11] and Carmen at Rose Hall, Lincoln Center.[12] Cannold's Evita was a critical success.[13][14]
In 2022, Cannold and her mother, Dori Berinstein, announced a documentary, The Show Must Go On, which premiered at Majestic Theatre on August 9, 2021 and was released on Apple TV.[15]