plays and monologues have been produced nationally and internationally and published in various anthologies including The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2024, The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2024, The Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2024 (featuring a monologue from Swiped), The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2025 and The Best Men’s Monologues of 2025, to be released by Smith & Kraus next year. Samara’s work has been developed and produced by Forward Theater Company, City Theatre Miami, CherryPicking NYC, Gi60: The International One Minute Play Festival, the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, Murmuration Theatre Company, New City Players, M1A-Miami One-Acts, Whiskey Theatre Factory, Lakeshore Players Theatre, the Morgan-WixsonTheater, tiny_Theatre, and Ivoryton Playhouse, amongst others. Samara is the winner of the 2025 Verna Safran Prize and her full-length play, Fell in Love with a Girl, was just recently published and licensed by Next Stage Press. Samara is the Resident Dramaturg at Athena Project, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. www.samarasiskind.com