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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, (Playwright/Director/Actor) is a native New Yorker. He studied Advanced Playwriting at NYU with Professor Laurie Brooks and was a participant in the “Playwriting in the Schools” Program at the Public Theater under the direction of Arthur T. Wilson. He is an Alumnus of the Ten-Minute Lab, Advanced Playwriting and Master Classes at the Barrow Group, (NYC) mentored by Arlene Hutton.
Sam has written seven full-length plays and over a dozen short plays and monologues. Currently, he can be seen performing his monologues, Last Night Bluey Died and The Mask-A-Raider on YouTube. Peanut Butter Patty was a semi-finalist in the 37th Annual Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival in NYC. Home Sweet Home, another short piece, was a finalist in the 2012 Magnolia Arts 10-minute play contest in Greenville, NC. His TYA work, The Bully’s Eye, was published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books in an anthology entitled More 10-Minute Plays for Teens, edited by Lawrence Harbison. Sam’s one-act play, One-Way Ticket, was awarded a play lab slot and presented at the 2018 William Inge Theater Festival and conference in Independence, KS. Most recently, an excerpt from Sam’s full-length docudrama, The Panic Defense, was selected by Playbill and Michael Urie to be virtually presented on Instagram’s 2020 Pride Plays (Pieces).
Sam is a contributing writer and theater reviewer for theaterlife.com and he is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatre Resources Unlimited, The New Play Exchange and The Playwright’s Center.
Sam Affoumado, (Playwright/Director/Actor) is a native New Yorker. He studied Advanced Playwriting at NYU with Professor Laurie Brooks and was a participant in the “Playwriting in the Schools” Program at the Public Theater under the direction of Arthur T. Wilson. He is an Alumnus of the Ten-Minute Lab, Advanced Playwriting and Master Classes at the Barrow Group, (NYC) mentored by Arlene Hutton.
Sam has written seven full-length plays and over a dozen short plays and monologues. Currently, he can be seen performing his monologues, Last Night Bluey Died and The Mask-A-Raider on YouTube. Peanut Butter Patty was a semi-finalist in the 37th Annual Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival in NYC. Home Sweet Home, another short piece, was a finalist in the 2012 Magnolia Arts 10-minute play contest in Greenville, NC. His TYA work, The Bully’s Eye, was published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books in an anthology entitled More 10-Minute Plays for Teens, edited by Lawrence Harbison. Sam’s one-act play, One-Way Ticket, was awarded a play lab slot and presented at the 2018 William Inge Theater Festival and conference in Independence, KS. Most recently, an excerpt from Sam’s full-length docudrama, The Panic Defense, was selected by Playbill and Michael Urie to be virtually presented on Instagram’s 2020 Pride Plays (Pieces).
Sam is a contributing writer and theater reviewer for theaterlife.com and he is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatre Resources Unlimited, The New Play Exchange and The Playwright’s Center.