MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Emily Bystrak
The Importance of Filing
The Importance of Filing
Emily is excited to submit her first one-act play to Green Buffalo Productions! After enjoying the first annual Spooky One-Act Play Festival, and making her debut with GBP as "Helen" in You and Me: The Mostly True Story of the Day Before My Senior Prom, Emily was eager to find more ways to be involved with the company. Emily has enjoyed creative writing as a hobby since her early teens, focusing primarily on flash fiction and songwriting. Several of Emily’s original compositions were performed with The Seasides, an electric-skiffle barn band of which Emily was the lead singer. Emily’s only publication is, “Carcinogen treatment leads to mitotic defects and arrest in cancer and noncancer cells,” in PeerJ Pre-Prints, which depending on how the peer-review process goes, may turn out to be a work of fiction.
Justin Karcher
When the Skeletons in our Closet Choke on Candy Corn
When the Skeletons in our Closet Choke on Candy Corn
Justin Karcher is a Pushcart-nominated poet and playwright born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He is the author of several books, including Tailgating at the Gates of Hell (Ghost City Press, 2015). He is also the editor of Ghost City Review and co-editor of the anthologies My Next Heart: New Buffalo Poetry (BlazeVOX [books], 2017) and MANSION (dancing girl press, 2019).
Twitter: @Justin_Karcher
Instagram: @the.man.about.town
Ghost City Press
Twitter: @Justin_Karcher
Instagram: @the.man.about.town
Ghost City Press
Scott Seifritz
Ghosted
Ghosted
When he can find time, Scott Seifritz writes plays and short fiction. His play, Denny Killington, Master Detective!, was selected for the 2016 Regional Writers Showcase at GEVA Theatre in Rochester, and he’s had plays performed as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival. His play, Lights Out, was performed at the 2018 Spooky One-Act Play Festival, and his short story, Tarrington, is included in the anthology No Page Left Unturned. He is the founder of Rochester Spoken Word.
www.RocSpoke.org
www.RocSpoke.org
David Goddard
The Ghost of Avon
The Ghost of Avon
Dave Goddard has worked primarily as a musician and songwriter in WNY for the past 40 years. He became involved in theatre early in 2019 with a musical role in Subversive Theatre’s “Tales of The Driven.” His first attempt at theatre writing, “The Trash-edy of Slack-Beth” was recently performed by Inclusive Theatre as part of its production entitled “Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.
Justin Pope
What's in the Box?
What's in the Box?
Justin is an actor/playwright who recently earned his BFA in Theatre Performance from Niagara University where he also honed his play-writing skills. He is a long-time actor and a growing playwright who has had his short play, Capernicus: Attorney to the Stars, produced by Green Buffalo Productions in their first Spooky One-Act Festival as well as by Niagara University in their Short Play Festival of 2019. He has also written a few full-length plays such as The Irish Vessel Timeline and Anatidaephobia, in addition to a few short plays. His aim is to focus on creating more pieces that live in the world of science fiction and fantasy, because the world could always use some more sci-fi theatre! If you have any comments, questions, or inquiries, feel free to reach out via email. Enjoy the show!
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j. Snodgrass
Cackling Ever After
Cackling Ever After
j. SNODGRASS is so excited to be working with GBP again, after the “In Crazy Love” one-acts in June and August. Other recent productions of his short plays include “Clowntime is Over,” “Pylon & Thunderthighs,” the Maxim Mazumdar Award winning “Kick Your Heels Up and Shout” (Alleyway's Buffalo Quickies) and “Get Your Big Boots On” (BUA Takes 10: Stonewall Edition). He lives in Buffalo with his wife and their four children, teaches at Canisius College, and has written numerous books including "Natives Discover America" and a new sci-fi comedy novel “Thirteenth Moon: A Star*Lite Fantasy.”
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