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 two 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. 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's short piece, The Flogsta Scream, was presented at the opening night of the International Human Rights Arts Festival (2021) at the Wild Project, NYC. He directed his play, The Finalist, for the (Spring 2022) Emerging Artists - New Work Series at the TADA Theater in NYC. Released: (December 1, 2022) two monologues from The Panic Defense published by Smith & Kraus in the anthology, WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters, edited by Debbie Lamedman.
Sam is an active member of PlayGround-NY writers' collective where his plays, Sunset Living, (subsequently produced and published in the STAGE IT 6 ! anthology) Good Grief, (People's Choice Award) and In Pursuit of Prudence were virtually presented and simulcast on Zoom Live. Sam 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 two 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. 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's short piece, The Flogsta Scream, was presented at the opening night of the International Human Rights Arts Festival (2021) at the Wild Project, NYC. He directed his play, The Finalist, for the (Spring 2022) Emerging Artists - New Work Series at the TADA Theater in NYC. Released: (December 1, 2022) two monologues from The Panic Defense published by Smith & Kraus in the anthology, WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters, edited by Debbie Lamedman.
Sam is an active member of PlayGround-NY writers' collective where his plays, Sunset Living, (subsequently produced and published in the STAGE IT 6 ! anthology) Good Grief, (People's Choice Award) and In Pursuit of Prudence were virtually presented and simulcast on Zoom Live. Sam is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatre Resources Unlimited, The New Play Exchange, and The Playwright’s Center.