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Starring in play is Samantha’s introduction to ‘Anne’
Samantha Reynolds takes on the lead role in Anne this season
after a memorable debut in two Blyth Festival hits last season.
familiar to me.
Aside from the leading role in
Anne, Reynolds will play Sheena
Walker, Albert Walker's daughter, in
Stolen Lives - The Albert Walker
Story.
“Because it is a true story and the
people are still alive I’ve read many
articles off the internet. As well. I’ve
read two books that were written
about the court case.”
An hour and a half before every
show' Reynolds can be found doing
vocal and physical warm-ups.
“I want to make sure my body is
all warmed up and my voice is all
warmed up so I won't have any
problems on the stage.”
Although Reynolds cannot
remember the lines from the two
plays she appeared in last summer.
That Summer and Every Dream, she
remembers each scene clearly.
Growing up in Vancouver,
Reynolds was a sports enthusiast.
She played everything from hockey
to tennis. In her high school days,
Reynolds spent a year with her
badminton partner as Canada's best
doubles team.
Reynolds moved to New York,
studied theatre, worked on the David
Letterman show and wrote and
performed stand-up comedy among
other New York jobs.
Reynolds moved to Toronto two
years ago and only started focusing
on acting seriously a year and a half
ago.
In the winter months, Reynolds
appeared in George F. Walker’s
Heaven at Canadian Stage in
Toronto where she played a drug
addicted street kid. For the role
Reynolds learned to juggle and ride
a unicycle.
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Actress Samantha Reynolds, who
plays Canada’s favourite redhead in
Anne, recalls with fondness catching
trout while fishing in Blyth last
summer.
“I fished at the place where you
pay to fish so of course you’re going
to catch something. But still I just
love the whole sport of it.”
Reynolds said she looked
forward to returning to Blyth after
last summer.
“I looked forward to coming up
here ... I like not ha ong the noise
and the traffic.”
Anne is Reynolds’ first leading
role in Ontario.
“I hope to make her as real as
possible so people can identify with
her. To bring the sense of humour
and the kind of spunk that she has.”
Reynolds had never seen the
Anne of Green Gable movies and
finished reading the book a few
weeks ago.
Reynolds said some of the
language in the play is challenging
for her.
“The language she uses is not
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