Buddy is a native of Florida and graduate of the University of Alabama. He began writing and directing plays 20 years ago. His first play, “COACHES,"  received critical acclaim in Los Angeles (The Freud Playhouse - UCLA) and toured to the University of Notre Dame, Milwaukee, San Francisco, The Super Bowl in Phoenix and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He wrote the book for the musical, “KNUTE ROCKNE- ALL-AMERICAN,” which received rave reviews from the Chicago critics along with several Jefferson Award nominations. It was also selected by Northwestern University as their American Musical Theatre Project (AMTP) for 2016, and received a production there in July-August, of 2018 under the new title, "SOMETHING IN THE GAME."  . His play, "JOEY & MARE," was the winner of the 2018 Show-Off International Playwriting Festival at the Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano, CA and also received a production as a  finalist in the O.C.-Centric Play Festival at Chapman College in Orange, CA. Another play, “THE BARBECUE,” was runner up in the New Works of Merit International Playwriting Contest and received a production at the 13th Street Repertory Company in New York in 2013.   Other plays include the award winning play, “ALABAMA BAGGAGE” (Ohio State Playwriting Competition & New Works of Merit Contest), “THE VIAGRA MONOLOGUES, “FORE” and the short plays,  “HELP” and "BIG G & THE KID."  He is an active member of The Dramatists Guild of America,  the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP) and the Orange County Playwrights Assn. (OCPA). He resides in Laguna Beach,  California with his wonderful wife, Pamela,  and their three dogs, Teddy, Rusty & Lilly.