Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton is a playwright and theater producer whose dramedy play, Abandon All Hope, has been performed Off-Broadway. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America since 2019, Fenton’s theatrical work has been previously seen in the Rogue Theater Festival in New York City, Philly Fringe Festival, and Jukebox Theater at Wheaton College. In addition to writing and producing theater, Fenton is an emerging...
Peter Fenton is a playwright and theater producer whose dramedy play, Abandon All Hope, has been performed Off-Broadway. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America since 2019, Fenton’s theatrical work has been previously seen in the Rogue Theater Festival in New York City, Philly Fringe Festival, and Jukebox Theater at Wheaton College. In addition to writing and producing theater, Fenton is an emerging screenwriter and film producer, winning awards for both producing and co-writing Night Voices (2023) through Dadley Productions. He is most interested in creating quick-witted satire, redemption arcs, and retellings of well-known stories and is available to work remotely or as a local to the New York City, Philadelphia, and Central Pennsylvania markets. He is an alum of the apprenticeship program at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia and currently teaches theater classes through Bucks County Playhouse and works as the Marketing and Engagement Associate for Passage Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey.

Plays

  • I Think We're Lost by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    6–11
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: peter pan, neverland + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, satire
    Keyword: peter pan, neverland, dramedy, subversive, existential, monologue
    (11/16/23: DRAFT 4) FULL-LENGTH DRAMEDY. 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. The newcomers confront their looming graduation and adulthood as they discover seedy mysteries lurking in Neverland's past and present. #5.
  • Abandon All Hope by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 16
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: dramedy, deconstructing faith + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, satire
    Keyword: dramedy, deconstructing faith, dark comedy, middle age woman, hell, Knives Out, college age, black box, Escape Room, LGBTQ
    (11/14/23: NEW OPENING) FULL-LENGTH DRAMEDY. 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.
  • Yuletide Shakedown by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    8–14
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 3 more
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    Keyword: holiday, christmas + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday, political, romantic comedy, satire
    Keyword: holiday, christmas, Mrs Claus, puppet, Santa's workshop, local politics, Snowman, witty, lighthearted, Clever
    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.
  • The Thousand-Year Rose by Peter Fenton
    Cast: 
    12–20
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 1 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, young audiences
    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.

    An earlier version was published by Heuer Publishing in 2019.
  • Good Knight and Goodbye by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    11–20
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Camelot, medieval + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: Camelot, medieval, quest, knights, King Arthur, Princess Bride, Holy Grail, round table, Spamalot, Renaissance fair
    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.

    An earlier version was published by Heuer Publishing under the title Knights of the Square Table in 2019.
  • Crossing an Ocean (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: long distance relationship, love + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: long distance relationship, love, monologue, two minute monologue
    COMEDIC/DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE for a young man, any ethnicity. English is his first language. Ivan gives his response to the question, "have you ever been in love?" Could be easily gender-flipped. Portions of this monologue are re-contextualized in Peter Fenton's full-length play, I THINK WE'RE LOST.
  • On Growing Up (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Adolescence, college
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Adolescence, college
    COMEDIC MONOLOGUE for a young man, any ethnicity. Connor waxes philosophical about his thoughts on growing up. Expanded excerpt from Peter Fenton's full-length play, I THINK WE'RE LOST.
  • Red Wine (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: hell, demon + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: hell, demon, regret
    COMEDIC/DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE for a middle aged woman, any ethnicity. Fun-loving demon Teresa reflects on her own life as a failed actress as she sets up a torture chamber. Previously the opening to Peter Fenton's full-length dramedy, ABANDON ALL HOPE.
  • Nice Girl from Indiana (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: overachiever
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: overachiever
    DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE for a woman, any ethnicity. Lindsay Plencner—former Miss Teen Indiana, now engaged to the love of her life—reflects on what her life is amounting to and what people don't see. Excerpt from Peter Fenton's full-length play, I THINK WE'RE LOST.
  • Sean's Lament (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: internalized homophobia, coming out + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: internalized homophobia, coming out, monologue
    DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE for a young man, any ethnicity. In the afterlife, the cold and calculating Sean is confronted with the memory of how he died, which reveals who he's been hiding. Modified excerpt from Peter Fenton's full-length dramedy, ABANDON ALL HOPE.