Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton is a freelance writer and producer of film and theater available to work remotely or as a local to the Philadelphia, New York City, and Central Pennsylvania markets. Peter specializes in making audiences and creative teams stretch their imaginations with laughter and wonder, and is most interested in creating quick-witted satire, redemption arcs, and re-imaginations of well-known stories. Peter...
Peter Fenton is a freelance writer and producer of film and theater available to work remotely or as a local to the Philadelphia, New York City, and Central Pennsylvania markets. Peter specializes in making audiences and creative teams stretch their imaginations with laughter and wonder, and is most interested in creating quick-witted satire, redemption arcs, and re-imaginations of well-known stories. Peter served as the President and Director of Jukebox Theatre at Wheaton College, is an alumnus of the postgraduate apprenticeship program at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and was inducted into the Dramatists Guild of America in 2019.

Plays

  • Abandon All Hope by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 11
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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, heaven
    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 other two’s eternal torture. Inspired by THE GOOD...
    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 other two’s eternal torture. Inspired by THE GOOD PLACE, KNIVES OUT, and NO EXIT, playwright Peter Fenton's Off-Broadway debut explores ethics, organized religion, identity, and redemption.
  • Good Knight and Goodbye (Previously: Knights of the Square Table) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 3
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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 humble legend 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. He's surrounded by fools. What's a brave knight to do?
  • See Amid the Winter Snow by Peter Fenton
    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. Family-friendly holiday satire.
  • Red Wine (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: hell, demon + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: hell, demon, regret, 5 minute monologue
    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. Modified excerpt from Peter Fenton's full-length dramedy, ABANDON ALL HOPE.
  • On Growing Up (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Adolescence, college + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Adolescence, college, 2 minute monologue
    COMEDIC MONOLOGUE for a young man, any ethnicity. Connor waxes philosophical about his thoughts on growing up. Expanded excerpt from Peter Fenton's upcoming play, I THINK WE'RE LOST.
  • Nice Girl from Indiana (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: overachiever, 1 minute monologue
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: overachiever, 1 minute monologue
    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 upcoming play, I THINK WE'RE LOST.
  • Sean's Lament (MONOLOGUE) by Peter Fenton
    Recommendations: 1
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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.