{"id":5042,"date":"2016-06-08T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5042"},"modified":"2022-10-17T09:51:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:51:34","slug":"sam-underwood-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5042","title":{"rendered":"Sam Underwood: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Valorie Curry and Sam Underwood\">listen to his interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"980\" data-id=\"7087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6195-BW1.jpg?resize=695%2C980&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6195-BW1.jpg?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6195-BW1.jpg?resize=50%2C70&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6195-BW1.jpg?resize=726%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 726w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6195-BW1.jpg?resize=768%2C1083&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam Underwood, originally hailing from Woking, England, most recently starred opposite Kevin Bacon in Fox\u2019s hit drama \u201cThe Following\u201d, in which he plays twins Mark and Luke. Other recent television appearances include recurring guest star roles in Showtime\u2019s \u201cDexter\u201d and \u201cHomeland\u201d. Sam is also the founder of Initiative Productions. His debut film in collaboration with 3 Legged Dog and 26 Films, \u201cBus Stop\u201d, premiered at this year\u2019s London Short Film Festival, and he is also producing the upcoming independent feature film, \u201cIn The Rubber Room\u201d. His New York theatre credits include CANDIDA at the Irish Repertory Theatre, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY at The Pershing Square Signature Theatre, and EQUUS at John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, in which he starred opposite Alec Baldwin. Sam is also the founder\/co-artistic director of <a href=\"http:\/\/fundamentaltheaterproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundamental Theater Project<\/a>, a NY based arts organization dedicated to supporting international artists. Last year, he co-produced and starred in the Edinburgh Fringe premiere of Nick Paynes beautiful two hander, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Day When We Were Young.<\/span><\/i><br><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a collaborative partnership, <\/span><b>Initiative \/ 26 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produces theatre, film and television projects, with the aim of both developing new work, and exploring class pieces with a contemporary perspective. Accessibility is key. &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCanon2016\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCanon2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview. Sam Underwood, originally hailing from Woking, England, most recently starred opposite Kevin Bacon in Fox\u2019s hit drama \u201cThe Following\u201d, in which he plays twins Mark and Luke. Other recent television appearances include recurring guest star roles in Showtime\u2019s \u201cDexter\u201d and \u201cHomeland\u201d. Sam is also the founder of Initiative<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5042' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-1jk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8537,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5042\/revisions\/8537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}