Language Arts Professor, University-at-Buffalo Educational-Opportunity-Center (UB/EOC).
465 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, (716)849-6727 x119
Novelist, Playwright, Short Story Writer, Public Radio Essayist, Speaker,
Writing Workshop Leader, Editor and Manuscript Consultant, Occasional Actor.
The Writer's Den, 228 Highgate Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, (716)308-0807
geross@buffalo.edu
NEWS, READINGS, WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS, APPEARANCES:
Gary's Speech for the National Stand Against Racism, Hosted by Belmont Housing Resources, April 30, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT: "Why did Ruthie Pickett point a gun at her husband and pull the trigger?"
Gary's new play, The Scavenger's Daughter had a staged reading February 1, 2011, at the off-Broadway theater Urban Stages in New York City and another staged reading in Buffalo on March 8, 2011, at Ujima Company's TheaterLoft, 545 Elmwood Avenue.
Find out why Ruthie pulled the trigger in the full production of The Scavenger's Daughter, onstage at Ujima's TheaterLoft, 545 Elmwood Avenue, May 4-27, 2012 -- Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 6 pm. (716)883-0380 for reservations.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Gary had a supporting role in the Subversive Theatre/New Phoenix co-production of Inherit the Wind, March and April 2011. The experience inspired him to write a play based on one of Clarence Darrow's last big court battles, the Ossian Sweet case. Ossian Sweet was a black doctor who in 1925 bought a home in a white neighborhood in Detroit. A mob attacked the house on the second night. Someone inside fired and someone outside died. All ten adults inside were charged with murder. Clarence Darrow defended them defended them because he believed even a black family has the right to defend its home.
In The Mark of Cain Dr. Ossian Cain and his family are represented by famous attorney Charles Durham, who raises for the jury the question, "What does it take to be seen as American?" The question is particularly relevant today. Tentatively, The Mark of Cain will be on stage in the fall of 2012. Other theater companies wishing to mount a production or staged reading should contact Gary Earl Ross at the email or phone number given on this page.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Along with co-editor Gunilla Theander Kester, Gary has released The Still Empty Chair, More Writings Inspired by Flight 3407.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Several of Gary's titles are now available for the Nook and the Kindle.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Flash 55, Gary's new e-book, is a collection of very quick, very quirky stories. It is available exclusively for the Nook and the Kindle for 99 cents.
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Last Updated March 6, 2012
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