PETER FENTON
writer + producer
THE PLAYS
I am a passionate writer and producer of film and theater. As a playwright, I have written six full-length works available for licensing. If you are interested in reading the play or staging a production, check out my New Play Exchange profile or send me an email! I'll point you in the right direction. Run times are approximate.
Plays are listed in order of relevance rather than chronologically. The # listed at the end of each play description corresponds to the order in which they were written.
4 Actors (2F/2M), 85 mins
Recommended Audience: 14+
FULL-LENGTH DARK COMEDY/DRAMA. When three college freshmen (a scrappy feminist, a naïve evangelical, and a cocky analyst) meet in Hell—which appears as a dorm room—they are forced to play a game with eternal stakes, which draws out each one's fatal flaws in their interactions with each other and a fun-loving demon. The winner will go to Heaven at the cost of the others' eternal torture. #4.
Abandon All Hope premiered Off-Broadway at Theatre Row as part of the 2023 Rogue Theater Festival, directed by Gorman Ruggiero.
6-13+ Actors (4F/2M), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: 10+
FULL-LENGTH TEEN COMEDY. When cornered by the no-nonsense guidance counselor, a charming but slimy high school senior tells the story of how he crafted a scheme to manipulate the vote for Homecoming Queen in favor of his kind-hearted but unpopular friend to settle a deep-seated score. His plan went horribly right.
Coronation will see its world premiere at Newtown Arts Company in August 2024, directed by Mary Liz Ivins.
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6-11+ Actors (2F/3M/1 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: 14+
FULL-LENGTH DARK COMEDY/DRAMA. When a jaded, college-aged Peter Pan considers leaving Neverland, Tinker Bell pulls out all the stops to make him stay. She sends the newest Lost Boy and "Wendy 2.0" off on a secret mission to kill Captain Hook before the pirate finds Peter again. Along the way, the newcomers confront unsettling mysteries lurking in Neverland's past. #5.
I Think We're Lost will have a staged reading Off-Off-Broadway at The Flea as part of the 2024 Rogue Theater Festival, directed by Peter Fenton.
8-10+ Actors (3F/4M/1 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: 10+, those familiar with Western holiday-themed media
FULL-LENGTH HOLIDAY COMEDY. She's a village school teacher. He's the son of Santa and Mayor Claus. When an otherwise festive romantic comedy plot unfolds, a blackmail scandal in Santa's Workshop turns the peaceful North Pole upside down during Mrs. Claus's re-election campaign for Mayor. Narrated by a sassy talking Snowman. #3.
Yuletide Shakedown premiered at the Philly Fringe Festival under the title See Amid the Winter Snow, directed by Amanda Pasquini.
11-20+ Actors (4F/7M), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: 12+
FULL-LENGTH COMEDY ADVENTURE. When a legendary knight is charged with a quest by the silly king to marry the rejected Disney archetype princess, a dark force plots to take the princess for himself. Along his quest, the knight develops feelings for the king's down-to-earth messenger. #1.
Good Knight and Goodbye premiered at Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, directed by Suzanne Fisher.
12-20+ Actors (6F/4M/2 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: All Ages
FULL-LENGTH COMEDY ADVENTURE. Three storybook witches on the hunt for a treasure, which will only appear for a pure heart, decide to kidnap a kind person. They weren't expecting her to fight back. #2.
The Thousand-Year Rose had a rolling world premiere, first at Wheaton College's Jukebox Theater in Wheaton, Illinois, directed by Peter Fenton, before completing its world premiere at Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as Suzanne Fisher's 40th and final production as the middle school play director.
