Barbara Samuels (she/her) is a queer producer, organizer and lighting designer residing on unceded Wappinger and Munsee Lenape land. Barbara is invested in creating innovative, intersectional and antiracist design-forward live events – prioritizing generosity, equity, representation, and collaboration. Barbara supports the creation of intimate and explosive environments for new plays, opera and dance, aiming to unearth the human condition and consciousness of our surroundings while destabilizing harmful power structures and valuing a diversity of approaches and ideas. Barbara received Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for her lighting of the immersive sci-fi folk concert, Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future (Ars Nova). She has designed for several OBIE award winning plays including Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons), Great Lakes… (New Georges/WP Theater) and Grimly Handsome (minor theater).Barbara is currently developing projects with Kedian Keohan and Becca Blackwell. Barbara served as the General Manager of OBIE Award-winning 13P from 2008-2012, and as Producing Director of Morgan Gould and Friends from 2014-2018. In 2016, in addition to being a Target Margin Institute Fellow, The Interval named Barbara a Woman to Watch. Barbara holds a B.A. from Fordham University and an M.F.A in Lighting Design from NYU, and is currently pursuing a certificate in Art Business and Administration from the NYU School of Professional Studies. Proud member of USA Local 829. New Georges Affiliated Artist.Barbara served as General Manager of OBIE Award-winning 13P (2009-2013), and producer of Morgan Gould & Friends (2014-2017). Target Margin Institute Alum; New Georges Affiliated Artist. B.A., Fordham; M.F.A, NYU. USA Local 829.