Tori Sampson

American dramatist and journalist

Tori Sampson

Born| 20th century

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Education| Ball State University (BS)
Yale School of Drama (MFA)
Occupation| Dramatist

Tori Sampson (born 20th century) is an African-American screenwriter and playwright.[1][2][3]

## Early life and education

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Born in Boston, Sampson moved to North Carolina with her family as a child. Her mother, Wanda Louise Thompson, raised Tori and her two sisters with values she learned through exposure to the Black power movement during her own childhood.[1]

At age 14, one year after the death of her mother, Sampson and her twin sister were sent to a boarding school in Mississippi.[1]

Sampson attended Ball State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She later graduated from the Yale School of Drama, where she studied playwriting.[2]

## Career

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Shortly after graduating from Yale, Sampson was awarded a 2017–2018 Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center and a 2018–2019 McKnight Fellowship.[2]

Sampson's debut play, If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, premiered in 2019 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.[4] That same year, her play Cadillac Crew was performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre.[5]

Between 2020 and 2022, Sampson hosted an interview series for Wealthsimple titled "Friends With Money".[6]

In 2021, she wrote an episode of the 2021 Amazon Prime Video miniseries Solos.[2]

Sampson served as a writer on three series that aired in 2023, the Amazon Prime Video programs Citadel and Hunters as well as the Showtime series Three Women.[2] Her play This Land Was Made debuted at the Vineyard Theater in New York City that year.[1]

## List of works

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### Theatre

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Year  | Title  | Venue  | Ref.

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2019  | If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka | Playwrights Horizons | [4]
Cadillac Crew | Yale Repertory Theatre | [5]
2023  | This Land Was Made | Vineyard Theatre | [1]

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Notes  | Ref.

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2021  | Solos | 1 episode  | [2]
2023  | Citadel | —  | [2]
Hunters | 8 episodes  | [2]
Three Women | 2 episodes  | [2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Kumar, Naveen (2 June 2023). "For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her 'Black Power Household'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "About". Tori Sampson. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
3. ^ Cox, Gordon (17 June 2023). "How One Striking TV Writer Has Kept Busy in Theater". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
4. ^ a b Green, Jesse (10 March 2019). "Review: Beauty, Blackness and Beyoncé, in 'If Pretty Hurts'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
5. ^ a b Green, Jesse (6 May 2019). "Review: In 'Cadillac Crew,' a Road Trip Through Racism and Erasure". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
6. ^ "Articles by Tori Sampson". MuckRack. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

## External links

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* Tori Sampson at IMDb

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX