Samantha Mejias Zigmant
Actor. Designer. Musician.
Samantha Mejias Zigmant (Sam) is of Puerto Rican and Polish descent, born in Countryside, Illinois. She began her career at Joliet Junior College in 2020 where she learned to stage manage and perform, but her passion for the arts and theatre has been around ever since she learned to walk!
She then spent a week in Houston July of 2022 as a paid actor, performing in front of over 30,000 people at the Astros' Minute Maid Park in the LCMS Youth Group Gathering.
She is currently enrolled at Monmouth College in Monmouth IL, where she is continuing her education to obtain her B.A. in Theatre, English, and Educational Studies.
“Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art” -Stanislavski
Awards and Recognition
In her last semester of Junior College, Samantha was awarded the Student Leader of the Year award for her outstanding work in the JJC Players theatre club, and leadership in starting an Active Minds Mental Health Chapter at JJC.
In January 2023, Samantha presented her Stage Management work at the KCACTF Region 3 festival, where she received constructive feedback from her work in Romeo and Juliet.
Samantha was also awarded the Theatre Titan of the year Award at the end of her community college career, and was awarded a scholarship to continue studying theatre at a 4-year college!
In 2024, Samantha competed again at the KCACTF festival and was a Semi-Finalist for the Musical Theatre Intensive (MTI). She also worked with Choreographers Correy West and Kaitlyn Smith.
In the Spring of 2023, Samantha was awarded the Dean St. Ledger Award for outstanding work in Technical Theatre at Monmouth College
She was previously President and a part of Delta Psi Omega at JJC. She finished the 2024 academic year as Vice President and is a part of Alpha Psi Omega at Monmouth; both Theatre Honor Societies.
In the Spring of 2024, Samantha was awarded the Linda James Award for outstanding work in the theatre program at Monmouth College.
