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Draft:Sammi Cannold

  • Comment: Need to also address COI concern. S0091 (talk) 15:44, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Hi.
    I'm sorry, but none of the sourcing here helps the subject meet our general notability guidelines. We cannot use a lot of the content here to establish notability. We cannot use alumni magazines, content Sammi Cannold wrote themselves, Medium content, the Theatre Workshop website, WSJ (Sammi Cannold isn’t even mentioned), paid contributor articles in Forbes, listicles like the 30 under 30, Exhale Lifestyle (is this a blog?), and I’m sorry to hear the trauma her partner went through, but, that article does not establish her notability about her career in theater.
    The Playbill content is OK, but we need more publication than just Playbill.
    We need *significant* coverage in notable media outlets or by notable publishers. Examples: magazine and newspaper interviews and features about Sammi Cannold; books written ABOUT Sammi Cannold; television and radio features ABOUT Sammi Cannold. It can’t be passing mentions of works by them, or interviews in non-notable publications or those by paid contributors to publications.
    If those are available, please improve this submission. If not, then it appears to be WP:TOOSOON for Sammi Cannold to have their own Wikipedia article.
    I hope you will consider improving existing Wikipedia content about other subjects of interest!
    If you have any questions please ask them at WP:TEAHOUSE.
    Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Missvain (talk) 23:16, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
  • Comment: I am attempting to grandfather in the work of a previous editor into this draft space, please lmk if there are any hold-over issues I missed. I am not the original creator, just attempting to rescue a draft. In writing this draft, I've found that the subject is "on the line" when it comes to notability requirements, but meets them if we consider the AfC guidelines strictly as written. The person is already mentioned in other articles, so I can de-orphan the page relatively quickly. Ultimately, I'll defer the final decision to the reviewer, hence why I chose to draftspace this and not outright create the page. Etriusus 20:05, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Comment: The only two sources that show direct, significant coverage of the subject is the Stanford magazine and Forbes. The 30 under 30 award is one of the subset categories. There's literally hundreds of those awarded each year. At least in the link provided she is just mentioned in a very short quip as part of a slideshow. The Stanford magazine isn't much to show notability as the magazine would inherently give undue weight to alums. Sulfurboy (talk) 07:36, 21 March 2020 (UTC)


Sammi Cannold[1] is an American theater director.[2] Cannold is the youngest female director in the American Repertory Theater's history.

Career edit

Cannold has a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a Master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[3][4] Cannold made her broadway debut on 10 December 2023 at the Belasco Theater with the original show How to Dance in Ohio.[5][6] Cannold was trained under Diane Paulus, and Rachel Chavkin, serving as the associate director on the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and was working at the American Repertory Theater during this time.[7] In 2019, Cannold directed the world premier of Celine Song's Endlings, making her the youngest female director in the American Repertory Theater's history, prior to directing its off-Broadway premier at New York Theater Workshop in 2020.[8] Sammi Cannold also directed the site-specific Ragtime on Ellis Island [9], Violet on a moving bus [10], Evita at New York City Center.[11][12][13], and Carmen at Rose Hall, Lincoln Center.[14] Sammi Cannold is currently directing an original musical How To Dance in Ohio based on a documentary of the same name.[15] Sammi Cannold also directed the first Live Curtain Up Broadway since the pandemic.[16] In 2023, she will direct Sunset Boulevard at The Kennedy Center.[17][2]

Cannold's Evita at the American Repertory Theater and Shakespeare Theater company were phenomenal critic successes.[18][19][20]

In 2019, she was named a member of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood and Entertainment.[21]

In 2022, Sammi Cannold and Dori Berinstein announced The Show Must Go On, a documentary covering theater production during the Covid Pandemic. The documentary premiered at Broadway's Majestic Theatre on August 9th, 2021 and was released on Apple TV.[22]

Sammi Cannold also volunteers her time with the Humanitarian organization Human First Coalition as the Chief of Staff.[23]

Personal Life edit

Sammi Cannold is in a relationship with Afghan-American humanitarian worker Safi Rauf.[24]

External Links edit

References edit

  1. ^ Floyd, Thomas (2023-09-11). "With 'Evita,' a young director follows in a Broadway icon's footsteps". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  2. ^ a b Paulson, Michael (2023-09-27). "Andrew Lloyd Webber, Darling of the Avant-Garde?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  3. ^ Gioia, Micahel (August 4, 2016). "Violet on a Moving Bus, Which Began at a College, Will Resurface at A.R.T." Playbill.
  4. ^ "‎Breaking Broadway with Kerry Butler: A Fresh Take, with Director Sammi Cannold on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. ^ Paulson, Michael (July 20, 2023). "'How to Dance in Ohio,' a Musical, Plans a Fall Broadway Opening". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Journal News". www.lohud.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  7. ^ Mink, Casey (February 24, 2020). "Meet the 25-Year-Old Director Changing New York Theater From the Inside Out". Backstage. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Green, Jesse (March 9, 2020). "Review: In 'Endlings,' the Pain of Swimming Between Worlds". New York Times.
  9. ^ "Ragtime on Ellis Island". Fox 5 News. August 8, 2016.
  10. ^ Gioia, Michael (August 4, 2016). "Violet on a Moving Bus, Which Began at a College, Will Resurface at A.R.T." Playbill.
  11. ^ Rudig, Stephanie (2023-10-04). "A Feminist Focus on Evita Makes Eva Perón Rightfully Complicated - WCP". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  12. ^ Soloski, Alexis (November 7, 2019). "13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ^ Green, Jesse (November 15, 2019). "An 'Evita' Newly Tailored for Our Time". New York Times.
  14. ^ "Carmen | Theater in New York". Time Out New York. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  15. ^ Paulson, Michael (2023-07-20). "'How to Dance in Ohio,' a Musical, Plans a Fall Broadway Opening". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  16. ^ Hornik, Caitlin (2022-10-02). "Broadway shines at live Curtain Up concert". Broadway News. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  17. ^ Logan, Culwell-Block (November 1, 2022). "Derek Klena, Auli'i Cravalho, and Nathan Gunn Join Kennedy Center's Upcoming Sunset Boulevard". Playbill.
  18. ^ Marks, Peter (2023-09-18). "Review | Stand back, Washington. 'Evita' has never been more thrilling". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  19. ^ Marks, Peter (2023-10-03). "Perspective | At the center of the latest 'Evita' revival, young talent blossoms". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  20. ^ Wallenberg, Christopher (May 11, 2023). "In the revival of 'Evita' at the ART, a tango between the two sides of Eva Perón - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  21. ^ "Sammi Cannold, 24". Forbes.
  22. ^ Lang, Brent; Lang, Brent (2021-03-11). "'The Show Must Go On' Documentary Chronicles Andrew Lloyd Webber's Fight for Theater During Lockdown". Variety. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  23. ^ Kight, Stef W. (2022-08-17). "Afghans' long wait". Axios. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  24. ^ Basu, Zachary (2022-04-08). "American released by Taliban recounts months-long nightmare in detention". Axios. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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