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Samar El-Zein
Performer, Director, Actress, TV Personality, Educator, Reporter
Founder, Artistic Director, Performer, Manager
Kinetic Theater, Princeton NJ
January 2000 – Present
Kinetic Theater offers residencies of mime, movements, and improvisation
at schools and libraries and colleges.
Performer
Tangerine Dance Company, Hybrid Theater NYC
Hybrid Theater NYC
February 2011 – March 2011
Tangerine Dance Collective - Artists respond to citizenship: Love in
the time of green cards - a forum presented by Hybrid Theater Works.
Dancers: Abdiel Jacobsen and Henri Velandia. Actors: Samar El- Zein Hamati and Pablo Davilo
Performer
"I'll Have What She's Having", Rider University Theater
2005 – 2008
A dance project, a show case of Dynamic New Jersey women honoring
female dancers and choreographers. With Christine Colosimo, Marie
Alonzo, Linda Mannheim, and Fara Lindsay
Performer and Director of Play
"I Am a Dot", Frist Theater, Princeton, NYC
2000 – 2005
Inspired by the book My Grandmothers Secret
Long monologue about women in the Middle East and their spiritual relation
to the Oriental dance
Elementary Theatre Instructor
Idea Center, Princeton Regional School District
Princeton Regional
Schools
January 2000 – January 2003
Ran workshops in Masks and Mimes and Dance
Project Coordinator
Everybody Wins, Princeton Regional School District
Princeton Elementary school Community Park
1999 – 2003
Coordinator for an educational reading program, "Everybody Wins," in the
Princeton Regional School District
Co-Director
Connection Dance Theatre
Frist Theater at Princeton Universtity, Grounds
for sculpture, Pittsburgh
April 2000 – 2002
Co-directed plays such as "Behind the Walls.
A play addresses the walls that have been built in our history from "Hadrian wall "to the "German wall" to
the" Palestinian Wall "
With Connection Dance Theater "Liliana Attar".
Workshop Instructor
Masque Neutre Workshop, Mercer County Community College
January 1999 – March 1999
Taught how to work with different kinds of masks
based on the method by Jacques Le Coq.
Drama and Movement Instructor
YWCA
1997 – 1999
Ran varieties of workshops of improvisation and physical theater
Private Mime Performer
Freelance
All Around the USA
1990 – 1994
Worked With" Pastiche"
Performer
Symphony Space Theater
New York City Symphony Space Theater
1993
Performed Mary Bloom Monologue by Ulysses
Radio Hostess
Monte Carlo Radio
Paris, France
1988 – 1990
Leading Movie Role
"Kyrie Eleyson"
Beirut
1987
Played the main role in the movie "Kyrie Eleyson," which won a best short movie at Boston,Australia and New York Film Festival Award. Directed by Assad Fouladkar.
Member of Lebanese Delegation
Morrocco International Music Festival
1987
Leading Role
"The Bullet" (RASSASA Taisha)
Beirut, Lebanon
1987
Played the leading role in this modern play, "The Bullet," that was about
the absurdity of war. Directed by Raif Karam.
Leading Role
"The Martyr" (AL Shahid ibn al Balad)
Beirut, Lebanon
1985 – 1986
Played leading role in "The Martyr," a satiric drama. With Ahmad El -Zein.
Leading Role
"The Dance of Ginnies" (Rakas Al Jinn)
Beirut, Lebanon
1985 – 1986
Played leading role in "The Dance of Ginnies," an experimental play about nightlife. Directed by Raif Karam.
Member of Lebanese Delegation
Damascus Asian-African Theatre Festival
1985 – 1986
Assistant Film Director
"The Survival" (AL Bakaa)
1985 – 1986
Assistant Director of documentary film, "The Survival." Directed by Georges Nassr.
Assistant Film Director
"Message of War" (Rissalla min Al harab)
1985 – 1986
Assistant Film Director of documentary film, "Message of War." Directed by Bourhan Alaouia.
Television Series Host
"Children's Playgrounds" (Malaab AL sighar)
1982 – 1984
Was the host of a television series, "Children's Playgrounds," an
educational program and joint British/Lebanese Production that has been
marketed throughout the Arabic speaking world. With Hikmat Wehbe and Co-Host Director Nicholas Abou Samah.
Writer and Television Host
"Teenagers" (Maa la Shabab)
1981
Was the writer and host of the television program, "Teenagers," a program
that addressed controversial youth issues.
Co-Writer and Co-Host
"My Magazine" (Majalati)
1980
Co-wrote-and-hosted a television program that hunted for talented youth
and addressed common issues of parent/children relations.
Reporter
Al Hasnaa Weekly Magazine
1978 – 1980
Reporter
Al Safir Newspaper
1977