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A little couch time with the baby #mirri #shesgettingsobig
Social Media is Wild Yesterday I learned that Winding Road Theater in Tucson, AZ is going to be producing my ten minute play, What You Did Say, in their Eight 10s in Tucson festival in May! I was tagged in a post by a friend but I otherwise might no
It’s Secrets of Strixhaven Spoiler Season and you know what that means (or maybe you don’t!)??? Cats! Including a mythic Cat with Swords to Plowshares stapled to it!! I am unwell and happy about it!!! #mtg #cats #spoiler #strixhaven
Everything’s Coming Up Lee (and Shawn)! Not two months from being named a Semifinalist of the 2025 Del Shores Foundation Writers Search, The Lover and the Fighter has been selected for inclusion in Lakewood Theatre Company’s 2026 Playwri
Second Book Syndrome, Fox Crossing Productions Creators Collective Reading: Success! This past Friday evening, I gathered with friends, peers, and strangers for a reading of my full length urban fantasy dramedy, Second Book Syndrome. Facilitated by
Because (Instagram) Stories Don’t Last Forever Come write a play with me in April — and get it read on Zoom in May! I’m teaching a virtual generative playwriting workshop for The Porch Writers Collective, aimed at helping folks fi
I’m teaching a 6 Week Virtual Playwriting Class for The Porch this Spring titled Make Your Way to “End of Play” — and it’s live in porchtn.org! We’ll be using the month and change to work on significant drafting an
I started off my March 2026 playlist with an absolute banger — but dare I say the song is TOO powerful for the opening track of a playlist like this? You mean to say I’m going to start every morning of March crying my eyes out?? #epicthem
To kick off the March 2026 Playwright Marketing Binge, I've launched my first stab at a professional website, heysamhey.com - If you've ever wanted to read my work without subscribing to New Play Exchange, to request my freelance services, or just kn
Er(ne)stwhile I managed to write my Playwright’s Delight play, Erstwhile, before the end of February — and it already has a handful of glowing recommendations to its name! I wanted to find a way to explore memory and the past without wri

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Sam Heyman is a Nashville, TN-based writer, editor, and educator with a knack for telling stories that are frequently personal, often queer, and always original.

Sam studied creative writing and queer studies at Denison University, specializing in fiction and playwriting, before being released into the world as an aspiring educator.


Over the past decade and change, Sam has made a name for himself as an educator, a new play development professional, and a professional writer, earning numerous publications, productions, and invitations to retreats and conferences such as the Sewanee Writers Conference, the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the Valdez Theatre Conference, the Desert Playwrights Retreat, and the Midwest Dramatists Conference, among others.

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