Sam Affoumado (playwright/director) has produced and directed many of his plays in and around NYC: Doctor Truth, for the All-Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival (2024), The Finalist, for the Emerging Artists Theater - New Work Series, The Flogsta Scream, for the International Human Rights Arts Festival at The Wild Project and Peanut Butter Patty, (semi-finalist) in the 37th Annual Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival. His play, Sunset Living was produced by Stage it! International Ten-Minute Play Festival (2022) at the Bonita Springs Arts Center, Florida. One-Way Ticket, was presented at the William Inge Theatre Festival Playwrights’ Lab. His plays and monologues have been presented in New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, and Washington, DC. Upcoming: (2024) In Pursuit of Prudence, winner of Short PlayCompetition, Phillips’ Mill Community Association, New Hope, Pa.

Published works: The Bully’s Eye, More 10-Minute Plays for Teens published by ApplauseTheatre and Cinema Books (2015); The Panic Defense Monologues in We/Us: Monologues for The Gender Minority, Smith & Kraus publishers (2022); Sunset Living, 2022 International Stage It! 6 Anthology

Sam is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Theatre Resources Unlimited(TRU Producer Development Program), NPX, The Playwrights’ Center, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and he was an active writer-member of Playground-NY where his plays, Good Grief, (Peoples’ Choice Award), and In Pursuit of Prudence were virtually presented and simulcast on ZOOM live. http://www.samaffoumado.com/