SAM GREETS BROOKE ASTOR
The Astor Fellowship was awarded to NYC teachers who, most effectively, integrated the arts into their classrooms. There were ten recipients of the travel award to Italy and I was one of the lucky ones
The Astor Fellowship was awarded to NYC teachers who, most effectively, integrated the arts into their classrooms. There were ten recipients of the travel award to Italy and I was one of the lucky ones
Bio
Sam Affoumado is a NYC-based Playwright/Director/Producer. He has written seven full-length plays and over two dozen short plays and monologues. Sam has produced and directed many of his plays in and around NYC: One-Way Ticket, (sending Trump to Mars) was selected for the William Inge Theatre Festival Playwrights’ Lab and he directed it for The Spark Festival, NYC at the Chain Theatre (2025). He directed his play 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, and Peanut Butter Patty, (semi-finalist) in the 37th Annual Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival. In Pursuit of Prudence, was the winner of the Short Play Competition, Phillips’ Mill Community Association, New Hope, Pa. His play, Sunset Living was produced by Stage it! International Ten-Minute Play Festival (2022) at the Bonita Springs Arts Center, Florida. His plays and monologues have been presented in New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, and Washington, DC
Published works: The Bully’s Eye, More 10-Minute Plays for Teens published by Applause Theatre 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.
Sam Affoumado is a NYC-based Playwright/Director/Producer. He has written seven full-length plays and over two dozen short plays and monologues. Sam has produced and directed many of his plays in and around NYC: One-Way Ticket, (sending Trump to Mars) was selected for the William Inge Theatre Festival Playwrights’ Lab and he directed it for The Spark Festival, NYC at the Chain Theatre (2025). He directed his play 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, and Peanut Butter Patty, (semi-finalist) in the 37th Annual Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival. In Pursuit of Prudence, was the winner of the Short Play Competition, Phillips’ Mill Community Association, New Hope, Pa. His play, Sunset Living was produced by Stage it! International Ten-Minute Play Festival (2022) at the Bonita Springs Arts Center, Florida. His plays and monologues have been presented in New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, and Washington, DC
Published works: The Bully’s Eye, More 10-Minute Plays for Teens published by Applause Theatre 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.
Recent Production: ONE-WAY-TICKET, an Equity Showcase Production - SPARK THEATRE FESTIVAL, NYC (2025)
UPCOMING: THE PANIC DEFENSE, an Equity Showcase Production: 2026
UPCOMING: THE PANIC DEFENSE, an Equity Showcase Production: 2026