PETER FENTON
playwright + screenwriter
THE PLAYS
I am a passionate writer and producer of film and theater. As a playwright, I have written seven 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! All run times are approximate. Samples of select plays are available to be read directly from this website.
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The plays were written in the following order: 1. Good Knight and Goodbye, 2. The Thousand-Year Rose, 3. Yuletide Shakedown, 4. Abandon All Hope, 5. I Think We're Lost, 6. Coronation, 7. Blue Skies Yonder.
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6-13+ Actors (4F/2M), 85 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 10+
Compare to: Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen
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.
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Coronation had its world premiere at Newtown Arts Company in Newtown, PA, in August 2024, directed by Mary Liz Ivins.
4 Actors (2F/2M), 85 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 14+
Compare to: No Exit, The Good Place
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.
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Abandon All Hope saw its world premiere Off-Broadway at Theatre Row as part of the 2023 Rogue Theater Festival, directed by Gorman Ruggiero.
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8 Actors (4F/4M), 110 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 14+
Compare to: Glass Onion, The Mousetrap
FULL-LENGTH DARK COMEDY THRILLER. At the lavish launch gala for his debut novel, a promising young author spirals under the weight of his insecurities and the mismanagement of his manuscript. In a tangled web of ambitions, betrayals, and lies, all bets are off when a member of the publishing team is found dead.
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Blue Skies Yonder is currently seeking development opportunities and a world premiere stage.
6-11+ Actors (2F/3M/1 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 14+
Compare to: Wicked, Peter and the Starcatcher
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.
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I Think We're Lost had a staged reading Off-Off-Broadway at The Flea Theater as part of the 2024 Rogue Theater Festival, directed by Peter Fenton. It is slated for a pilot production in February-March 2025 at Stansbury High School in Stansbury, UT, directed by Glen Carpenter.
11-20+ Actors (4F/7M), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 12+
Compare to: The Princess Bride, Shrek
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.
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Good Knight and Goodbye premiered at Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, PA in April 2010, directed by Suzanne Fisher.
12-20+ Actors (6F/4M/2 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: All Ages
Compare to: Indiana Jones, Hocus Pocus
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.
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The Thousand-Year Rose had a rolling world premiere, first in October 2016 at Wheaton College's Jukebox Theater in Wheaton, IL, directed by Peter Fenton, before completing its world premiere in April 2017 at Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, PA, as Suzanne Fisher's 40th and final production as the middle school play director.
8-10+ Actors (3F/4M/1 Any), 90 mins
Recommended Audience: Ages 10+, those familiar with American holiday media
Compare to: Muppet Christmas Carol, Parks and Recreation
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.
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Yuletide Shakedown premiered at the Philly Improv Theater as part of the 2019 Philly Fringe Festival in Philadelphia, PA, under the title See Amid the Winter Snow, directed by Amanda Pasquini.