Samantha Elliott is from Bay City, Michigan, and currently resides in Evergreen Park, IL. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from VanderCook College of Music. Samantha is the choral director, fall musical director, assistant spring competitive theater director and an assistant speech coach at Oak Lawn Community High School in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Samatha has been in several musical and theatrical productions with the Oak Lawn Park District Community Theater, The Beverly Theater Guild, and the Beverly Arts Center. Samantha has also had the opportunity to music direct children’s theater productions with OLPD. While being a performer in the local theater community, Samantha also is a regular cantor at several churches around Chicago. Samantha has a varied musical background having performed in pop bands, jazz bands, in musicals, operas, and other classical style concerts. Last year, Samantha won the Beverly Theater Guild’s award for “Best Performance of the 2021-2022 Season” for her role as Paulette in Legally Blonde, she also won 4th place in season 10 of “The One,” a vocal competition on the south side of Chicago. Samantha loves to perform and teach and is so blessed she can do both everyday.