Deathscribe 2015 Spotlight: IMAGINARY FIEND

In this homespun cross-stitch of American terror, a lonely young girl’s innocent wish conjures a bloody bible-belt object-lesson of how a sincere attempt at redemption might be ambushed by long-overdue retribution.

Tim Griffin is thrilled for Imaginary Fiend to be chosen as a finalist for Deathscribe 2015. His writing work includes the produced stage plays Deadworry, Ticklebrains, Murder in Mirthburg, Closer to Free, and Re: Alice, as well as the short films Snare and The Cellar Job, and the full-length creature feature Tail Sting. He is currently working on Letters from the Seventh Circle (a collection of horror/dark fantasy short stories), a new full-length gothic horror play, and the first in a series of “superhero noir” novels. As an actor, Tim has performed on stage and/or screen in Chicago, Los Angeles, Dublin, and Moscow, and is also an accomplished voiceover talent and fight choreographer. His jazz-blues band, “The Smoking Section,” plays regularly in the Chicago area. He is of indeterminate age and is currently at large.

Elly Green recently directed After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber (Strawdog Theatre) and The Woman Before by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Trap Door Theatre). Current/upcoming projects include No More Sad Things by Hansol Jung for Sideshow Theatre, and The Distance by Deborah Bruce for Haven Theatre. Other Chicago directing credits: Happy (Redtwist Theatre), Unwilling and Hostile Instruments (Theatre Seven), Rabbit (Stage Left Theatre – Jeff Nominated, Best Director) and The Tomkat Project (Playground Theatre & NY Fringe). Elly was the assistant director on Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Proof (Court Theatre). Her UK directing credits include: Our Country’s Good, My Balloon Beats Your Astronaut, Beyond Therapy, About Tommy, Copenhagen, Skylight, The Beach and The Zoo Story. She also spent a year at the Royal National Theatre as a staff director on Oedipus, Mrs. Affleck and Her Naked Skin. Elly has an MFA in theatre directing from Birkbeck College, University of London.