SAMANTHA NOBLE is a Boston-based playwright and educator. Her plays have been produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Smith College, Perseverance Theatre, and as part of the Boston Theater Marathon. She has acted as a fellow in Louise W. and Edmund J. Kahn Liberal Arts Institute and through New Repertory Theatre’s Next Voices fellowship. In summer of 2016 she developed her graduate thesis, Franklin, through the Kennedy Center and National New Play Network’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop. Franklin later received a workshop production as part of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s 2016-2017 season, and its world premiere as part Perseverance Theatre’s 2018-2019 season. She has worked as a dramaturge developing new works through Boston University and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, and has taught creative writing at Boston University, at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and as part of the Massachusetts Young Playwrights’ Project.