Samantha Ipema is a writer, actor, director, and producer. Her play Dear Annie, I Hate You premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to critical acclaim, with The Stage hailing Ipema's work as "Masterly". Following its debut, the play transferred to a sold-out standing ovation at Riverside Studios in London and was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.

The piece is nominated for 7 awards at the BroadwayWorld West End/UK Debut 2025 Awards, including Best Lead Performance and Best New Production, won 3 Stagey Place Awards, Sinner’s Top Pick of the Fringe, and was shortlisted for BBC's Popcorn Award. Ipema has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour and The Theatre Channel, and received grant support from Arts Council England to transfer the play in 2025. It is continuing development in the UK, US, Spain, and beyond.

Sam is an alumna of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MA Classical Acting), during which she founded Wild Geese Productions, her theatrical and multi-media company based in London and New York. Her work blends commercial storytelling with deep inquiry about social, political, personal, and institutional dynamics. She is interested in how systems and experiences shape individual lives — and how powerful storytelling can alter that course for many.

Her current project, The Institution, is exploring how pursuit of excellence in training environments can distort relationships and asking what beliefs continue to sustain these environments — and what it might take to change them.