Fernando Buzhar Segall

Fernando is a Brazilian-Lebanese writer based in NYC. He is a member of EST’s Youngblood and the newest recipient of The Sloan Commission. Plays: Saudades (Readings: Bricklab, American Stages, The Brazilian Embassy of NYC; premiere at JACK, 2023); The World’s Most Boring Murder (Valdez Theatre Conference; premiere at The Players Theatre, 2024; then productions at Theatre of Western Springs and duCret Center of Arts); The Devil and The Candlemaker (Valdez Theatre Conference, Semifinalist at: “Rattlestick’s Terrance McNally Play Incubator 2024” and “Druids New Writing Scripts 2024”). Recent residencies: The Bar at Lee, NYU Production Lab, The Narrows . He is a published translator in Brazil, where he also works as a screenwriter with two screenplays being developed by Netflix Brazil and...

Fernando is a Brazilian-Lebanese writer based in NYC. He is a member of EST’s Youngblood and the newest recipient of The Sloan Commission. Plays: Saudades (Readings: Bricklab, American Stages, The Brazilian Embassy of NYC; premiere at JACK, 2023); The World’s Most Boring Murder (Valdez Theatre Conference; premiere at The Players Theatre, 2024; then productions at Theatre of Western Springs and duCret Center of Arts); The Devil and The Candlemaker (Valdez Theatre Conference, Semifinalist at: “Rattlestick’s Terrance McNally Play Incubator 2024” and “Druids New Writing Scripts 2024”). Recent residencies: The Bar at Lee, NYU Production Lab, The Narrows . He is a published translator in Brazil, where he also works as a screenwriter with two screenplays being developed by Netflix Brazil and Sony Classics. BFA: NYU, MFA: Columbia.

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Scripts

The World's Most Boring Murder(Short Version)

by Fernando Buzhar Segall

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
farce,
mystery/thriller

A police inspector must solve their small town's very first murder with the aid of two unhelpful assistants.

A police inspector must solve their small town's very first murder with the aid of two unhelpful assistants.

The World's Most Boring Murder

written by Fernando Buzhar Segall

4
Cast Size
5—9
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
mystery/thriller

In this farcical murder mystery, a police inspector must solve their small town's very first murder with the aid of two unhelpful assistants. Together they will have to investigate a dozen of the town's most colorful characters, before they end up with a serial killer.

In this farcical murder mystery, a police inspector must solve their small town's very first murder with the aid of two unhelpful assistants. Together they will have to investigate a dozen of the town's most colorful characters, before they end up with a serial killer.

Saudades

by Fernando Buzhar Segall

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama

An Ameircan woman goes on a self discovery trip to Brazil in search of her long lost Brazilian mother.

An Ameircan woman goes on a self discovery trip to Brazil in search of her long lost Brazilian mother.

The Devil And The Candlemaker

by Fernando Buzhar Segall

3
Cast Size
8—12
Genre
dark comedy,
farce,
political

In this farcical dark comedy, a small town is almost driven to civil war when its mayor accepts a statue of Jesus Christ as a gift from the town's church, proudly displaying it in front of his town hall. A political-religious conundrum is stablished between the believers and the younger, nonconformist, citizens of the town. This turmoil proves to be too much for the old mayor, who has a massive heart attack and...

In this farcical dark comedy, a small town is almost driven to civil war when its mayor accepts a statue of Jesus Christ as a gift from the town's church, proudly displaying it in front of his town hall. A political-religious conundrum is stablished between the believers and the younger, nonconformist, citizens of the town. This turmoil proves to be too much for the old mayor, who has a massive heart attack and perishes; forcing a young man, Ernesto Rey, leader of the town council, to step in his shoes. Rey, trying to maintain peace between the majority, and the loud, says he won't get rid of the statue, but would in fact welcome any statue from any faith. Poor Rey didn't think that his words would serve as an invitation for the International Church of Satan to arrive, bringing a statue of the Devil along with them, and disturbing peace beyond repair.

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