Samantha Stone

Samantha June Stone​ ​is​ ​a​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City​ ​based​ ​playwright and theatre artist,​ ​originally from​ ​Roosevelt​ ​Island​ ​and currently​ ​residing​ ​in​ ​Harlem.​ ​She​ ​graduated from the​ ​Fordham/Primary​ ​Stages​ MFA in ​Playwriting program​ in ​May​ ​2018.​ ​Her​ ​work​ ​focuses​ ​on​ ​creating​ ​theatre​ ​for​ ​social change,​ ​addressing​ ​topics​ ​including​ ​human​ ​trafficking​ ​and​ ​sexual​ ​slavery,​ ​chronic​ ​illness,​ ​the impact​ ​of​ ​trauma,​ ​dysfunctional​ ​families,​ ​abusive​ ​relationships​ ​and​ ​environmental​ ​observation​ ​and mitigation. ​ While at Fordham, her play, Tommy's Girls, directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe, premiered in April 2018 at the Walkerspace at Soho Rep. The previous year her one-act, Why I Don't Sleep, was presented in the Primary Stages Studios with direction by Sherri Eden Barber, and was also a finalist for the Ivoryton Playhouse's POWER PASSION PROSE Women Playwrights' Initiative for 2018. ​​Her​ ​first​ ​play The​ ​Muscle​ ​in​ ​Question​,​ ​a​ ​story​ ​about​ ​the​ ​human​ ​brain​ ​and​ ​its​ ​effect​ ​on​ ​a​ ​society's​ ​day​ ​to​ ​day well-being,​ ​experience,​ ​and​ ​existence,​ ​made​ ​its​ ​world​ ​premiere​ ​at​ ​the​ ​20th annual New York International Fringe Festival ​in​ ​2016.

She​ ​spent​ ​the​ ​summer​ ​of​ ​2017​ ​in​ ​Ilhabela,​ ​Brazil,​ ​participating​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Casa​ ​Na​ ​Ilha​ ​Art Residency​​, where​​ she​​ developed​​ several​​ projects.​​ She​​ served ​​as​​ the Marketing​ ​Assistant​ ​​for​ ​Dodger​ ​Properties,​ ​LLC,​ ​for​ ​three​ ​years​ ​and​ ​is​ ​currently​ ​a​ ​Part-Time Creative​ ​Writing​ ​Instructor​ ​at​ ​Writopia​ ​Lab.​ ​In​ ​2013,​ ​she​ ​earned​ ​a​ ​B.A.​ ​in​ ​Journalism​ ​and​ ​Mass Communication​ ​with​ ​a​ ​minor​ ​in​ ​Theatre​ ​Arts​ ​from​ ​the​ ​George​ ​Washington​ ​University.

Companies

• Adjunct Professor Fordham University (2018)
• Instructor Writopia Lab (2016 — 2021)
• Marketing Assistant Dodger Properties LLC (2014 — 2017)
• Marketing Intern Magnet Media (2013 — 2013)
• Artistic Associate for Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life New York Musical Theatre Festival (2013 — 2013)
• Intern Intandem Films (2012 — 2012)
• Reporting Intern The McClatchy Company (2012 — 2012)
• Reporting Intern Youth Today Newspaper (2011 — 2011)
• Front of the House Manager New York Classical Theatre (2011 — 2011)