ABOUT SAMANTHA

Samantha Ozeas is a Brooklyn-based stage / film director. 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, Grassroots Artist Collective, Four Plays And, and 46 Minutes Collective.

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

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. They are a member of Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group 6 and a 24 Hour Plays: Nationals Alum. BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING

Lilith by Adina Aaron

The Tank

August 2026

Waiting for Lefty

Classic Stage Company

Directed by Steven Pasquale

October 2026

“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.”

ABOUT SAMANTHA

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