ABOUT SAMANTHA

Samantha Ozeas is a Brooklyn-based stage / film artist with a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University. They have developed work with Ma-Yi Theater Company, SoHo Playhouse, SheNYC, Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, The Makers' Ensemble, Tin Can Contingency, Southern Plains Productions, Dartboard Productions, Four Plays And, 46 Minutes Collective and more.

Sam has worked as an assistant director at Playwrights Horizons, Audible Theater, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, learning from Chay Yew, Les Waters, David Auburn, Sivan Battat, and Paul Mullins.

For the past three seasons, Sam has worked as a narrative shorts programmer for the Asian American International Film Festival presented by Asian Cinevision. Her film work has been presented regionally at Hollyshorts Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, and New York Shorts International Film Festival. Sam is a member of Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group 6 and a 24 Hour Plays: Nationals Alum.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING

Waiting for Lefty

Classic Stage Company

Assistant to Steven Pasquale

November 2026

Faydra by Sarah Ruhl

Manhattan Theatre Club

Assistant to Les Waters

February 2027

“I use fantasy to ask questions about civic engagement and believe that storytelling's most important power is to lead audiences into reimagine futures. I create character-centric work that shows both the dream and the nightmare. I make excuses to work with the people I love and admire. I am drawn to site-specific work that interacts with its environment, world-building, and leaving questions unanswered. I make work I can cry to.”