Justin Elizabeth Sayre
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Justin Elizabeth Sayre is a playwright, performer, and author called "Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg" by Michael Musto. Sayre is the creator of The Meeting, the longest-running LGBTQ comedy variety show in New York history, which earned a Bistro Award and two MAC nominations. Their latest variety show, Assorted Fruit, played a sold-out residency at Joe's Pub in 2023. Their plays have been seen at Dixon Place, The Wild Project, La MaMa Experimental Theatre, and The Celebration Theatre, and their 12-part Camp-Horror-Soap-Opera Ravenswood Manor is in development with Sony Television and RuPaul. As an author, Sayre has published the YA novel trilogy Husky, Pretty, and Mean (Penguin) and the queer compendium From Gay to Z (Chronicle). They wrote for the final three seasons of CBS's 2 Broke Girls.
