Sammy Pontello is an actor, voice and dialect coach, and teaching artist based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Currently pursuing their MFA in Acting at the University of Tennessee, they’ve worked regionally with Florida Studio Theatre, Orlando Shakes, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, and the Clarence Brown Theatre. Favorite previous roles include: Col. Brandon, Sense and Sensibility; Chris, The Play That Goes Wrong; Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Man #1, U/S James Agee, Knoxville (CBT); Beadle Bamford, Sweeney Todd (TSF); Launce, Two Gentlemen of Verona (GRSF). IG: @sjpactor | sammypontello.com