PGC members have been paired up with an international playwright to share their work and discuss the craft of playwriting with one another. You can tune into these live events and get a glimpse of what these theatre creators have been up to!

Craft Bites International is open and free to the public.

Please note registration is required one hour prior to each session.

Register HERE.

About the Playwrights:

Amanda Samuelson is an accomplished and award-winning writer, producer, dramaturg, educator, and actor, currently based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 Territory. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts BFA program, with a major in Theatre and minor in Creative Writing.  

Amanda’s plays have been read and staged at theatres in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She is the 2023 recipient of Fringe Theatre’s Nordic & Cloutier Family Innovation Award, and her work has received funding support from the Edmonton Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. 

Currently, Amanda works as the Assistant Managing Director for SkirtsAfire, a theatre and multidisciplinary arts festival that supports the work of women. She also teaches playwriting to teens at Citadel’s Foote Theatre School and Free Arts Society, taking great pride in inspiring the next generation of writers. 

Learn more at amandasamuelson.com 

Yannis Aposkiti was born in Athens in 1994. He is a graduate of the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace and holds a Master’s degree from the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (Urban and Regional Planning). He is also a graduate of the Delos Drama School. Since 2022, he has been working consistently in theatre as a playwright, director, and dramaturg. As a playwright, he mainly writes dark comedies and farces. His plays include: The Democrateurs (Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2025–2026, dir. Yannis Aposkitis), Nohave-a-land (Theatre 104, 2025–2026, dir. Yorgos Vourdamis), Nasty Scenery (Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025, dir. Simos Kakalas), Objects (Roes Theatre, 2025, dir. Yorgos Katsis / Panos Papadopoulos), Ivan vs. Ivan (Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2024–2025, dir. Sotiris Roumeliotis), Black Magic or Let the Dead Decease (Bellos Theatre, 2023–2025, dir. Yannis Aposkitis), and The Provocateurs (Experimental Stage of the National Theatre of Greece, 2022–2023, dir. Orestis Stavropoulos), as well as other unpublished works (The Buddies, The Bat). He enjoys drawing, graffiti, and visual arts, and has organized two solo painting exhibitions. He claims he wants to calm down, but remains restless.

Our partner for this session is The Greek Play Project. Learn more about them here.