Samantha Cooper
Writer & Editor | Creative Consultant | Personalized support & guidance for you, your creative projects, and your creativity
- Role
- Channel Director, Theatre at Tiny Scripted
- Location
- Queens, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samantha Cooper
Hi, I\'m Samantha. I\'m a creative consultant, awards-adjacent writer, and holder of an impressive creative resume.With experience as a produced playwright, published poet, copywriter, and editor with organizations such as Concord Theatricals, Columbia University, Netflix and New Light Theatre Project, I have been a “writer with a day job” for years. For decades in fact. A long time. I\'m old and have a lot of skills, is what I\'m saying. My background as a working writer and theatre artist has developed me into a champion of creativity as a means of individual growth and community connection. I\'ve spent years in classrooms absorbing all the wisdom I could, in dark rehearsal rooms generating work and offering kind feedback and encouragement on the work of others, in front of a bright computer screen developing my own voice and helping other creatives develop theirs, and as a wayfinder for colleagues and friends for creativity resources.My goal is to use my years of experience, wealth of creative knowledge, expert listening skills, and supportive nature to connect (or reconnect) people with their inherent creativity and joy.I hold a BA in Theatre Arts and English from Western Washington University (WWU) and an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University. I am based in New York City where I am probably reading a book, watching a sitcom, making a baked good, or walking through a cemetery right now. Looking for a bit more information about the above? Visit me at
Experience
Channel Director, Theatre
Apr 2024 — Present
Facilitating the play acquisitions process by communicating directly with playwrights and/or agents, managing submissions and contracts, and formatting plays for website publication while also establishing relationships with theatrical producers, colleges/universities, and K12 schools through friendly, personalized correspondence focused on connection and partnership.
Education
Western Washington University
Bachelor’s Degree, Theatre Arts/English
2005 — 2010
Cheney High School
High School Diploma, Advanced Placement
2001 — 2005
Columbia University
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Playwriting
2013 — 2016
Skills
- Acting
- Editing
- Playwriting
- Proofreading
- Improvisation
- Program Management
- Poetry
- Creative Fiction
- Theatre
- Event Planning
- Creative Writing
- Newsletters
- Student Affairs
- Community Outreach
- Admissions
- Time Management
- Student Development
- Teaching
- Social Media
- Directing
- Social Networking
- Public Speaking
- Festivals
- Performing Arts
- Musical Theatre
- Shakespeare
- Drama
- Theatrical Production
- Fundraising
- Dramaturgy
- Plays
- Stage
- Comedy
- Film
- Stage Management
- Voice Acting
- Stage Combat
- Dance
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