AC Petersen

AC Petersen (she/her) is a Seattle-based playwright, lyricist and librettist; and choreographer.
She is Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) and fourth-generation Danish-Irish, and grew up in Seattle and on Tachikawa Air Base on the fringes of Tokyo.

Scripts

My One Percent

by AC Petersen

Cast Size

6

Genre

comedy,

musical,

romantic comedy,

young audiences

Polli travels from Iowa to Virginia to scatter her mother’s ashes and uncover the identity of her biological father. My One Percent takes place in 1986 -- before the days of instant genealogy testing, and proves family is more than just DNA. From musically emotional good-byes to lively and sweet confessions of love, Polli encounters old friends, new foes, and a shy botanist in this old-fashioned and heart-felt...

Polli travels from Iowa to Virginia to scatter her mother’s ashes and uncover the identity of her biological father. My One Percent takes place in 1986 -- before the days of instant genealogy testing, and proves family is more than just DNA. From musically emotional good-byes to lively and sweet confessions of love, Polli encounters old friends, new foes, and a shy botanist in this old-fashioned and heart-felt musical.
My One Percent has not been fully produced. It has received two staged readings, complete with piano and voice.