Watching: Sam Pauly: A Documentary

Overview

The film, created and directed by acclaimed celebrity photographer and artist Jasper Soloff, traces the highs and lows of Sam Pauly’s career as she sits down in her Broadway dressing room recalling the sudden cancellation of a planned world tour which forced her to confront the possibility of walking away from the profession she had fought so hard to build a place in. With work disappearing overnight and the future of theater uncertain, Pauly wrestled with burnout, financial pressure, and painful questions faced by many performers.