Peet Cocke

Peet Cocke

Peet Cocke is a playwright, director, and designer based in Oakland. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Davis and an MFA in Visual Art from the University of Southern California. His plays include Extraordinary Mysteries, Even at A Funeral, and Already Done to You and original adaptation of the Novel Voices, by Ursula Le Guin, entitled Through the Glass Darkly. His directing...
Peet Cocke is a playwright, director, and designer based in Oakland. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Davis and an MFA in Visual Art from the University of Southern California. His plays include Extraordinary Mysteries, Even at A Funeral, and Already Done to You and original adaptation of the Novel Voices, by Ursula Le Guin, entitled Through the Glass Darkly. His directing credits include Naomi Wallace’s No Such Cold Thing, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and Charles Mee’s Under Construction and Heaven on Earth.

Plays

  • Nothing's Lost Forever by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    6–9
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: murder, Alzheimer's + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, tragedy
    Keyword: murder, Alzheimer's, dreams, quantum realities, Paris, memory loss, child abuse, dementia
    The Lefebvre family is trapped by a tragic event, an event from their past, from which none of them have escaped. The matriarch, Ruth an unreliable narrator, experiences time, space, and place in her own unique way. Her twin boys Alexandre and Henri, each choose to manage the pain with very different choices. Alexandre the older, can be counted on to fix that which is broken, attempts to walk away, a clean...
    The Lefebvre family is trapped by a tragic event, an event from their past, from which none of them have escaped. The matriarch, Ruth an unreliable narrator, experiences time, space, and place in her own unique way. Her twin boys Alexandre and Henri, each choose to manage the pain with very different choices. Alexandre the older, can be counted on to fix that which is broken, attempts to walk away, a clean break. Henri suspects only slaying the dragon will release everyone from their stasis, and allow time to move on.
  • Coefficient of Expansion by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 2 more
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    Keyword: one act, adult romantic comedy
    Genre: comedy, farce, movement/physical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: one act, adult romantic comedy
    On the way to his best friends wedding, Butler thinks he's been set up on a first date with Halley, who has a completely different read of the situation. Trapped in a Toyota FJ40 for a long drive they come to know each other in a way neither expected.
  • Five Women at a Funeral by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, movement/physical, satire
    Banter, bitterness, and the inter-connectedness of all things pours from the keyboard of a playwright who crashes a funeral.
  • This Is Not a Real Pumpkin by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale + 1 more
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    Keyword: Contemporary gay male life, bookstore + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Contemporary gay male life, bookstore, love, introverts, face your fear, intimacy issues, books, actor-musicians, Beethoven
    An introverted loner surprises himself on Halloween night by taking advice from a stranger he meets in a bookstore.
  • Thank You for Curing Me of My Ridiculous Obsession with Love by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Seven people forced together at a table at the ass-end of a wedding reception.
  • Blackberry Brandy, Cigarettes, and Cheez-its by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, movement/physical
    What happens after the infinite monkey theorem thoroughly plays itself out.
  • Crush and Hum by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    6–12
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, movement/physical, musical
    Fragments and abstracted tales of lust and loss from the hearts of collapsing stars. (formerly titled b-flat)
  • Extraordinary Mysteries by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    7–10
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Twin boys hold up in their own quantum reality, pondering the nature of time, space and revenge with a seemingly endless parade of their bewildered relations, most of whom haven't the slightest sense of who they are, or were, and have no idea why they can't escape their inevitable collisions.
  • But Through a Glass Darkly by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    10–12
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    Genre: adaptation
    Genre: adaptation
    A Brechtian adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's novel Voices, based on a previous adaptation, Oracle of the Western Shore.
  • Already Done to You by Peet Cocke
    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: drama, movement/physical
    Genre: drama, movement/physical
    A movement piece exploring abuse and forgiveness.