Samara Siskind

A haunted holiday play.
(10 Min) Figgy, a disgruntled Elf on the Shelf, has had just about enough.

*Soon to be published/licensed by Next Stage Press

(Full-Length) Forget war, in yesterday's day and age, dating was hell. An old school exploration of love, friendship and other landmines of dating before we all started swiping right.

Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS OF 2023 (Smith & Kraus)
2022 Winner- Lakeshore Players Theatre's 18th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival
2023 Semi-Finalist - Little Fish Theatre's Pick of the Vine
2022 Honorable Mention - Stage It! 10 Minute Play Festival

(10 Min) In the age of swiping left or right, three millennials defy the odds by looking for love the good old fashioned way . . . on Craigslist.

*Soon to be published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS OF 2024 &
THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2024 (Smith & Kraus)

Published in Stageit!7 - Thirty Ten Minute Plays
2023 Winner - Lakeshore Players Theatre's 19th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival
2023 Winner - Stageit! 10 Minute Play Festival - Center for the Arts Bonita Springs
Selection - Valley Players 2023 Summer Staged Reading Series

(10 Min) Prom night. Two silver singles. One overprotective grandkid. Seniors rule.

(10 Min) Two strangers off a train.
Charlie approaches Chris on a subway platform. Is he a friend or foe?

Selected - Cherry Picking 2024 Déjà vu, New York, NY

*Soon to be published in the upcoming FROZEN WOMEN, FLOWING THOUGHTS anthology from Venus Theatre Company
Selected - Forward Theatre Company's Out in This World 2023 Monologue Festival
Selected - B3 Theater's First Festival of Feminist Theater

(Monologue) On a road trip, Gwen introduces her kids to the 107th Wonder of the World.

2024 Selected - M1A- Miami One-Acts Winter Session
2023 Selected - Whiskey Theatre Factory's Still on Zoom: A Night of Plays Set in the Virtual World

(10 Min) Beth wants to book a photo shoot but has an unusual request.

*Zoom friendly version available upon request

(10 Min) It’s Christmas Eve and Julia is about to meet the parents, Miami style.
Will they be able to eat, drink and be merry?

Selected - 2023 M1A-Miami One-Acts Winter Session

(10 Min) Jane is up for a new experience, Brett is just along for the Uber ride.

Boy meets girl on boat. Will their meet cute go viral, or will it all go overboard?

*Selected - 2024 20th Anniversary Edition of Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival

Published by LAAFTRRRRR - An Anthology of One Minute Comic Plays

(One Min) BFFs and SAHMs Stephanie and Jane really need a time-out.

Published in Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays: Volume 2

Monologue - A young woman visits her mother at the cemetery and another special someone she never had the chance to meet.

*Soon to be published in THE BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2024 (Smith & Kraus)

2023 Selected- Ivoryton's 6th Annual Women Playwrights Festival
2023 Selected - Morgan-Wixson Theatre's New Works Festival
2023 Finalist - LaBute New Theatre Festival
2023 Semi-Finalist, The Gary Garrison Playwriting Award for 10-Minute Plays

(One-Act) A young black man strikes up a conversation with a young white woman while dining in the food court of a suburban shopping mall. What she initially believes to be just a random pick up attempt becomes much more complicated. It turns out they’re not complete strangers after all.

*Official Short Play Selection for the 2024 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival

(10 Min) Kevin and Jules are stuck in a closet together. A lot can happen in seven minutes.

(10min) Two estranged sisters reconnect during Thanksgiving break.

Selected - 2025 Playwrights' Round Table Launch 25
Selected - 2024 M1A-Miami One-Acts Summer Sessions
Selected - 2024 12th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival

Published in Shorter, Faster, Funnier: Comic Plays and Monologues (Vintage)
Published in Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 (Playscripts)

(10 Min) Thirteen-year-old Samuel Rosenbaum is finally a man. It's the day of his Bar Mitzvah and he's survived reading the Torah, ballroom dancing, and crazy relatives...but will he be able to get the girl?

Published in Great Short Comedies: Volume 2 (Playscripts)

(10 Min) Love is blind...or is it? Marcia is looking for love; Ted taps in. Will it be a match made in heaven, or a case of the blind leading the blind?

Published by Playscripts

(Full-length) One crime. Four high school students. And one angry principal.

Published by Brooklyn Publishers

(10 Min) Boys goes to park. Boy meets Girl on swings. An exploration of finding connections where you least expect them.

Runner Up: International Centre for Women/Playscripts' Are Women Funny? Contest
Published by Playscripts

(One-Act) A seasoned Thespian, a timekeeper, a rule enforcer, and three judges are all in search of the next great high school theatrical star. Together they pick apart the ins and outs and the do's and don'ts of the Educational Theatre Association's annual nationwide competition. Everything you wanted to know about Districts but were too afraid to ask.