Samantha Oty

Samantha Oty

Samantha is a graduate of Radford University (B.S. English; Technical Editing and Writing) and The George Washington University (M.P.S. Publishing; Editorial/Marketing and Promotion). Her first play, "Demolition Lovers," was written during her sophomore year of high school and won the 2010 New Voices playwriting contest. She has been writing ever since. Her plays have been produced at MadLab Theatre,...
Samantha is a graduate of Radford University (B.S. English; Technical Editing and Writing) and The George Washington University (M.P.S. Publishing; Editorial/Marketing and Promotion). Her first play, "Demolition Lovers," was written during her sophomore year of high school and won the 2010 New Voices playwriting contest. She has been writing ever since. Her plays have been produced at MadLab Theatre, Northern Kentucky University, and The Pharmacy Theatre. Her play "New Year's Eve at the Stop-n-Go" was adapted into the indie film "Turbo Cola". When not working on new plays, Sam is half the team behind the Real Horrorshow Podcast and one of the founding members of Postcard Press. She lives in Virginia with her husband and cat, and she may or may not actually be two ten-year-olds in a trenchcoat.

Plays

  • This is Fine; Or, How Chekov's Baby Saved the Party by Samantha Oty
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: female friendship, pregnancy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: female friendship, pregnancy, motherhood, features strong roles for women, contains LGBTQ characters
    Full-Length - 90min

    FINALIST - Waterworks 2024 Play Festival

    Third Place Selection - The Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence, 2022

    Anya has spent the last month ensuring every detail of this baby shower is perfect for Emelyn, and she’s not about to let a blackout stop it.
  • New Year’s Eve at the Stop-n-Go by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    9–11
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Y2K, coming of age + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, holiday, period
    Keyword: Y2K, coming of age, clerks, college, rural America, new year's eve, community theatre, winter holidays, Christmas holiday
    Full-Length - 90min

    A coming of age story about a group of friends who confront change, and each other, on December 31, 1999

    Physical Copies of this play will be available for purchase on April 1, 2022.
  • Let's Hope You Feel Better by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: complex female lead, mother daughter relationship + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: complex female lead, mother daughter relationship, internet culture, assisted suicide, dark comedy, complex love story
    Full-Length - 90min

    **Finalist, 2019 Pharmacy Theatre Play Contest

    “We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” ― ​André Berthiaume

    Therese Blanc has worked her entire life to achieve the image of perfection. Now with a beautiful Boston apartment, her trust fund, and a new engagement to a handsome young...
    Full-Length - 90min

    **Finalist, 2019 Pharmacy Theatre Play Contest

    “We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” ― ​André Berthiaume

    Therese Blanc has worked her entire life to achieve the image of perfection. Now with a beautiful Boston apartment, her trust fund, and a new engagement to a handsome young surgeon, it seems like all the pieces are coming together. All that remains is finding the perfect gown and completing her graduate thesis on “The Psychology of the Modern Cannibal.” However, there’s something dark lurking underneath the surface, and she has one sinister fantasy to satisfy before walking down the aisle.

    That’s where Isaac Abrams comes in the man who openly accepts her for who she really is, warts and all. As their online relationship intensifies, they agree to finally meet in person. But when curiosity kills the cat, Therese struggles to hide the cracks in her facade.

    TRIGGER WARNING: This play includes discussions of cannibalism, suicide, infidelity, and the eroticification of death. There are also scenes of gore.
  • Two Sleeping Babes by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: dark comedy, inspired by real life + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: dark comedy, inspired by real life, 1960s America
    Ten Minutes

    In Development: Feedback Welcome

    Sometime in the 1960s, a mother accused of killing her children confronts a journalist running a smear campaign against her.
  • Long Abandoned by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: ghosts, twist + 1 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: ghosts, twist, halloween
    Ten Minutes

    A boy meets a girl in a small, abandoned church.
  • The Fall of Anne Boleyn; Presented as a Modern Day FaceTime Call by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: Six the Musical, Anne Boleyn + 5 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, period, political, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: Six the Musical, Anne Boleyn, Tudor History, a short Zoom play, historical drama, Tudor, a Zoom play
    Ten Minutes

    A very condensed telling of the fall of Anne Boleyn. Adapted for a zoom production.
  • Best Friends Forever by Samantha Oty
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: mystery, dark thriller + 1 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: mystery, dark thriller, toxic relationships
    Ten Minutes

    Two friends meet in a playground after years of not speaking to dig up an old time capsule.
  • That Bitch Jane Boleyn; A Semi-True One-Act about the Infamous Lady Rochford by Samantha Oty
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: Tudor, Tudor History + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: Tudor, Tudor History, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Henry VIII, Six, Mostly female cast by female playwright, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project
    Jane Boleyn recalls her life the night before her execution.

    *In Development - Feedback welcome!