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PETER COLLEY Playwright-Screenwriter-Librettist Plays produced in 32 countries.
The Toronto Star calls Peter Colley: "Canada's Master Of Mayhem" for his suspenseful stage thrillers. "Peter Colley's play was the most memorable theatre experience of my life.
It made me realize what live theatre could be." Calgary Herald
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London 2023 with Tony winning director John Rando and
Tony nominee and Emmy Winner Josh Bergasse.
Pre-Broadway production September-October 2019 at the Pioneer Theatre in
Salt Lake City.
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NEW!
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SUMMER 2019:
DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS AT THE ST. JACOB"S COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE
AND THE HURON COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE
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on the production history of "You'll Get Used To It"
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Now available in an Italian
translation:
THE MAN IN THE DESERT about the life of Lawrence after his Arabia days was a semi-finalist for the 2007 Eugene O'Neill awards, and was performed to very good reviews in 2007 at Theatre In The Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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CAGNEY
has its Los Angeles premiere following its
New York runs
It was produced in Munich, Germany at the famous Theater Blutenburg where it ran for many months in a German translation. Productions in the U.S., Ireland, Jamaica, South Africa and Australia, a National Tour of Britain, Nairobi, Kenya, and New Zealand. The world famous Cambridge Footlights (Monty Python, Beyond The Fringe, Borat) produced I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT. For details CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS click here. I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT named as "Best of Calgary Theatre" by the Calgary Sun. "It’s no surprise I’ll Be Back Before Midnight has thrilled audiences in 32 countries and become the most produced Canadian play ever."
WHEN THE REAPER CALLS
YOU'LL GET USED TO IT - THE WAR SHOW |
Poster design: Elliott Smith
For more info: click here Winner 2010 Carbonell Award "Best New Work" and an Edgerton Foundation "New American Play Award" starring Broadway's Robert Creighton as Cagney (ANYTHING GOES / DROOD / LITTLE MERMAID). ENTIRE RUN SOLD OUT!
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2015 WINNER
The
34th Florida Carbonell Awards* Peter's new musical play (Music & Lyrics by Christopher McGovern and Robert Creighton) on the life of James Cagney premiered at The Florida Stage in 2009 starring Robert Creighton as Cagney (from Broadway's LITTLE MERMAID / ANYTHING GOES / DROOD). ENTIRE RUN SOLD OUT! |
THE DONNELLYS
A musical version of Canada's most notorious crime - newly
revised.
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Italy and China - Click on poster for more info
Nairobi, Kenya 2011 - The Cortland Repertory Theatre,
NY, 2013
UPCOMING FILM PROJECTS:
HIGH FLIGHT is a WWII
action romance
currently in development with Open-Shut Productions, Los Angeles.
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I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT UK National Tour |
UK National Tour - including The Grand Theatre Swansea
shown at left (to see more
pictures of theatres CLICK HERE) UK Tour venues include: Theatre Royal Winchester, The Capitol Theatre, Hull New Theatre, Theatre Royal Margate, The Darlington Civic, The Grand Theatre Swansea, The Lighthouse Theatre at Poole, Devonshire Park Eastbourne. Ian Dickens Productions, the largest UK producer of touring plays (300 productions), announced that the recent tour broke the company's box office records. |
I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT - at the Blyth Festival in its
fourth revival at the theatre which premiered the play, the
Vertigo Theatre in Calgary, the Spokane Civic Theatre and in the Nantucket Arts Festival. The Totem Pole Playhouse, Pennsylvania (one of only 11 professional Equity summer stock
companies left in the US). Also Canberra Repertory Theatre,
Australia. Danish translation as "TILBAGE
FØR MIDNAT!". Arena Players ("Long Island's
Oldest Professional Theatre"), Topeka Rep Theatre. WHEN THE REAPER CALLS:
Kanata Theatre, Guelph Theatre.
REVIEWS: I'LL BE BACK BEFORE
MIDNIGHT at The Coliseum Theatre, Nr. Manchester, England, where it received excellent notices (to see the
Coliseum reviews, poster, photos, CLICK HERE).
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A new 2014 Polish translation called WRÓCĘ PRZED PÓŁNOCĄ by Bogusława Plisz - Góral and a Danish translation at Jomfru Ane Teatret! Also a new Portugese translation called "Voltarei Antes Da Meia-Noite" by Teatroesfera, Lisbon, Portugal, a Dutch translation called "Voor Middernacht Ben Ik Terug!" and a German translation titled "Gänsehaut" which was a recent hit at Theater Blutenburg, Munich, Germany. |
Peter was interviewed twice in the New York-based "The Dramatist" magazine about his playwriting, and Writer's Digest named Peter's dialogue software among the "Best Software For Writers" and it has now been sold in 43 countries. In 2010 Peter organized the Los Angeles Dramaturgy Symposium with speakers from The Ahmanson and Taper Theatres, the La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse and others. |
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(For full size headshot for programs etc. click here) Peter Colley is an
award-winning Canadian playwright and screenwriter. From his start as
Playwright in Residence at the Grand Theatre in London (Ontario) and
being one of the youngest playwrights produced at Canada's National Arts
Centre, his plays have gone on to be produced in 32 countries, 48 of the
50 states in the US, and every province in Canada. His plays have been
translated into many languages. He has won or been nominated for the
Drama Desk,
Outer Critics Circle,
Off-Broadway Alliance, New York Theatre Guide Best Show,
New American Play Award, Eugene
O'Neill Playwriting Award (semi-finalist),
Carbonell "Best New Work", New
Zealand NAPTA, and many other awards. As a screenwriter he has
won a Humanitas Award,
and two of his plays have been made into feature films. He has written
for the CBC, CBS, Fox Family Channel, British ITV, and WNET TV (New
York). His musical about the life of actor James Cagney ran for over 500
performances in New York and is due to open on London's West End at the
historic Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2021. For his suspense-filled stage thrillers Richard
Ouzounian, chief theatre critic of the Toronto Star, called Peter:
"Canada's Master of Mayhem".
Peter Colley is also the creator of an educational software program for writers called Great Dialogue Software™. This software has been sold in 43 countries. For more details, click here, or click on the logo below.
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THEATRE COMPANIES: For free perusal copies of Peter's plays email:
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THEATRES WHICH HAVE PERFORMED PETER'S PLAYS
INCLUDE:
Theatre Royal,
Windsor (England); The Grand Theatre, London (Ont.); The National Arts Centre, Ottawa;
Theatre Royal Winchester (England); The Florida Stage; The
Coliseum, Manchester (England); The Vancouver Playhouse; Theatre Royal, Margate
(England); Teatro Ghione, Rome; The Salisbury Playhouse
(England); Theatre
New Brunswick; The Palace Theatre (England); The Tarragon, Toronto; The Saint Lawrence Centre, Toronto; The
City Theatre, Pittsburgh; Theatre-By-The-Sea, Portsmouth (US); The Octagon Theatre
(England); The American Heartland
Theater, Kansas City; The Capitol Theatre (England); The Blyth Festival
(Canada); The Charlottetown Festival (Canada); The Grand Theatre, Swansea
(Wales); The Neptune Theatre Halifax (Canada); Canberra Repertory Theatre (Australia), ETH Hamburg,
(Germany), The Century Theatre (England), The Wangherie Theatre (New Zealand), Theater Blutenburg, Munich, (Germany), Alliance Francaise (Kenya),
Salon Varietes (Spain), Queen's Park Theatre (Barbados), Teatroesfera, Lisbon
(Portugal);
The Hamilton Princess (Bermuda); The Xinguang Arts Center, Shanghai (China); Teatro Erba,
Turin (Italy), St. Michaels Playhouse, Vermont, Teatro Del Lago, Jalisco
(Mexico), Shanxi People's Dramatic Arts Co in Xi'an China, MADS, Malta; and thousands more in
32
countries.
TO SEE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE THEATRES:
CLICK HERE
The Grand Theatre, London (Ont.), where Peter started his career as the Resident Playwright for 3 years.
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For more information on Peter Colley's Great Dialogue Software™ click on the above logo. This popular educational software for writers has been sold in 43 countries.
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Peter is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, The Dramatists Guild of America, The Writers Guild of America, The Writers Guild of Canada and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights
"Cagney" nominated 2016 Outer Critics
Circle Award "Outstanding New Musical", and Best Actor and Best
Choreography.
"Cagney" nominated 2016 Off-Broadway
Alliance Award "Best New Musical"
"Cagney" nominated 2016 Drama Desk Awards - "Best Actor In A Musical", "Best Choreographer In A
Musical"
"Cagney" nominated for 4 2016
Astaire Awards - "Best Male Dancer (2)", "Best Female Dancer"
and "Best Choreographer". Winner: Best Male Dancer.
