Samara Naier

Samara Naier is a singer/songwriter, voice-over artist, and theatre actress based out of Detroit who performed the role of Lutiebelle in the Off-Broadway adaptation of Purlie. She was a lead performer in the Off-Broadway musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe, and she worked with the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, playing Wanda Young of The Marvelettes in Now That I Can Dance: Motown 1962, a story based on The Marvelettes and Motown’s early days written by Mosaic's founder, Rick Sperling. Samara studied with the founder/artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project and award-winning director and playwright Moises Kaufman in New York City, focusing on Moment Work, and has been acting for over 30 years. She is thrilled to be back on stage after taking a break to focus on her singing and an acting career in film/TV.