Samantha Balaj is making her Weathervane debut in Newsies. She recently spent a year performing at the Walt Disney World Resort. In addition, some of her favorite roles include dance captain in The Addams Family; featured dancer in Beauty and the Beast and Kiss Me, Kate; Alma Threedle in While the Lights Were Out; and the Niece in A Christmas Carol. She has received her Bachelors of Exercise Science and recently earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Slippery Rock University. Samantha would like to thank her family and her fiancé for all of their support.