On Dr. Samways
Acting - Promotional/Commercial Stuff
Promotional for Zombie Squad, St. Louis. Shown as part of the Zombie Squad lecture series given at Archon Sci-Fi convention, 2006. Role: The last soldier.
Click Here and Perfect World viral commercials for Infuz web design, St. Louis, 2006. Directed by Shawn Donoho. Role: Working man.
Acting - Independent Film
‘Game of the Year’, 88mm Productions, 2009. Midrash Award winner, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2009. Story and direction by Chris Grega. Role: Richard Matheson.
‘The (Curse of the) Golden Scarab’, 88mm Productions, 2007. Written by Jason Lauderdale, Scott Dorough and Chris Grega. Directed by Chris Grega. Role: Von Strasser. (Incomplete due to armed robbery of the Sound Man. Nevertheless, Best Art Direction winner, 2007 48Hr Film Festival.)
‘Rhineland’, 88mm Productions 2007. Written and directed by Chris Grega. Role: Cpl. Dwyer.
‘Duality’, 88mm Productions, 2006. Directed by Chris Grega. Entered in the 48 Hour Red Cross Film Invitational, St. Louis. Role: Nemesis.
‘Vous M’Aimez’, 88mm Productions, 2006. Entered in the 48 Hour Film Project, St. Louis. Role: Pilot. Directed by Chris Grega. Won Audience Choice and Best Costume. Selected among the best 6 entries worldwide for the 48 Hour Red Cross 48hr Film Invitational.
‘Murder if Real’, Kalinga Productions. Written and directed by Srikant Chellapa, 2004.
Role: Man (support cast)
‘The Bristol Pact’, Frontfootfilms 2000. Directed by Leo Lawson, written by Ian Wilson. Role: David Tremore (principal cast).
‘A Sometime Weekend’, Bluebottle films 1999. Written & Directed by Neil Emery. Role: Jay (lead).
‘Sound of Silence’, Bluebottle films 1998. Written & Directed by Neil Emery. Role: Gunman (principal cast).
Acting - Theatre
‘Artemis Burn’, stage version, created by Robert Strasser, directed by Derek Simmons, written by Damien Samways, 2009. Role: Reggie.
‘Zombozo’, by Jason Lauderdale. The Tin Ceiling, St. Louis. Directed by Robert Strasser, 2006. Role: Hedley Schmedley, the evil magician. KDHX review; Riverfront Times review.
‘All Trains West Have Past’, by Robert Strasser. The Tin Ceiling, St. Louis. Directed by John Strasser, 2005. Role: The Absinthe Drinker. KDHX Review.
‘The Telephone Project’, by various writers. The Tin Ceiling, St. Louis. Directed by Robin Garrels, 2005. Role: Frank. Review
‘Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’, by Tom Stoppard. The Tin Ceiling, St. Louis. Directed by Andy Byrd, 2004. Role: Hamlet. Review
Acting - Student Film
‘Pieces’, Webster University. Written and directed by Brianne Klugiewicz, 2004. Principal cast.
‘Boy Writes Girl’, Webster University. Written and directed by Dave Struger, 2004. Principal cast.
‘Stranger in a Strange Land’, Webster University. Written and directed by William Jenning, and based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein (2003). Role: Smith (principal cast)
Acting - Radio plays
Artemis Burn, created by Robert Strasser and produced by Scott Dorough. Role: Reggie.
Writer
‘Sound of Nothing’. Independent film (in production), 88mm Productions. Co-writer with Chris Grega and Cesare Venegoni. (in production).
‘Artemis Burn’, stage version, created by Robert Strasser, directed by Derek Simmons, written by Damien Samways, 2009.
‘Blackbird White’. One act (almost). Performed by The Tin Ceiling, St Louis. Directed by Emma Peterson, 2007. KDHX review; Riverfront Times review (took an absolute bollocking in the press for this one :( ).
’Artemis Burn Episode V: Blown Away’ . Radio play, C4 Left Productions. Aired July, 2007.
‘The Merry Garden of a Royal Oak (A Lamentable Farce Concerning Rakes, Hoes, and Seasonal Fruits’ . Full length. Performed by The Tin Ceiling, St Louis. Directed by John Strasser, 2006. KDHX review; Riverfront Times Review. Writer
‘Flowers For Rachel’ (1999). One act. Performed by Southampton University Theatre Group. Directed by Damien Samways, 1999. Writer
