Samatha Elizabeth Streit

Sam Streit

 

"Although the Theater Studies community is small at Duke, the few people I have become close with are the most magical people I have met at Duke and I will treasure our friendships forever. I have been in the Mainstage shows every fall and I can track how each character I played deeply impacted me and my relationship to Duke. I am so grateful for how stepping into these characters allowed me to return to my own life with a new perspective. My favorite memories were the hour-long warm ups with the cast of Golem where we would look at each other and ask questions about our characters and our own lives. It is rare to connect in this intimate way in regular life, but theater made it possible. Theater is a unique space that transcends time and allows for audience members and performers to be vulnerable and bring about change within each other. I want to be an actor to understand myself on a deeper level, authentically engage with the world, and live more presently."