ABOUT ME

Peter Fenton is a playwright, screenwriter, and occasional director and actor making people laugh and think. He specializes in writing dark comedy contemporary theatre plays for young adult audiences.

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His theatrical work includes Abandon All Hope, a Sartre-inspired dark comedy that premiered in New York in 2023 as part of the Rogue Theater Festival; Coronation, a teen satire about power and privilege; Blue Skies Yonder, a murder mystery inspired by Agatha Christie and late-stage capitalism; and I Think We’re Lost, a young adult reimagining of Peter and Wendy slated for its world premiere in Philadelphia in 2026. His work has been presented at Theatre Row and The Flea in New York City, as well as at Lambertville Hall, the Philly Improv Theater, Artworks Trenton, West Art Lancaster, and in schools and community theaters nationwide.

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Fenton’s film work has toured the international film festival circuit, earning awards for co-writing the psychological thriller Night Voices with Dadley Productions, as well as for his directorial debut Inherently Special, an award-winning short family drama he wrote and produced through his company, Fenton Productions. He has also directed stage productions, including Frank Wildhorn’s Bonnie & Clyde at Newtown Arts Company.

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Born in a New York City suburb and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Fenton completed a postgraduate apprenticeship at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre and now works across the Philadelphia and New York theatre and film communities. He is based in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he serves as the Marketing Associate for Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, New Jersey, and freelances with organizations including McCarter Theatre Center at Princeton University, Bucks County Playhouse, Premiere Stages at Kean University, Dadley Productions, and Newtown Arts Company. When not working in theatre or film, he also works as a bartender for weddings and other events.