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PETER ANDERSON (1950 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, USA, playwright-actor. Anderson moved to Canada in 1977 and has since written and performed for theatres across that country. Four of his plays have been produced by North America's only horse-drawn outdoor theatre, the Caravan Stage Company. In 1984, Mr. Anderson received both a Canada Council Grant for playwriting and a Jessie Award nomination for best children's play.
Plays by Peter Anderson
Audition Piece | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PLCN Chapbook, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #764 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In a bar, a woman talks to a man about the losers she has dated | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #765 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | musicians | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Enticed by the Devil's agents, Mister Fleas and Hellhound, a simple country boy named Weedy Peetstraw sells his soul in exchange for supernatural prowess on the banjo in this bluegrass opera. With music by John Millard | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blue Horse, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1554350933 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93812 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | musicians | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A sixteen year old girl suddenly finds her musings and jottings from her diary come to life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bull by the Horns | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #766 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | fiddlers | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A poor stranger gets mistaken for a legendary gunfighter in a town at war with itself as the myths of the Old West are turned inside-out. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coyotes , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #767 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | masls and music | |||||
Notes: | part of The Farm Trilogy (commedia-style) | |||||
Synopsis: | A tale of Moonshadow, Muzzleguts and Slobberjaw - three intrepid coyotes in search of chickens and love who get caught between a frenzied family of farmers and a couple of unscrupulous land developers | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coyote's Christmas , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #768 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When three hungry coyotes disguised as shepherds (in a futile effort to catch sheep) are told by an angel that "unto you is born this day the lamb of god", they set out to steal the lamb, not realizing it is baby Jesus | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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El Crocodor | ||
| 1st Produced: | Touchstone Theatre, Vancouver | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #769 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of fifth-rate vaudevillians are exiled from their native El Crocodor and continue their subversive nightclub act in Canada | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Emperor's New Threads, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93401 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Peter and Melody Anderson | |||||
Synopsis: | The Emperor is a fashion victim | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Horseplay | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong, B.C | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #770 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | musicians | |||||
Notes: | part of The Farm Trilogy (commedia-style). Written by Peter Anderson and Phil Savath | |||||
Synopsis: | When Grandma Mulvaney hitches up her four workhorses-- Chevy, Dodge, Lincoln and Ford--the ensuing runaway sets off a chain of wild events that turns her, much to her dismay, into a modern folk hero pitted against governments and corporations | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Law of the Land | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong, B.C | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #771 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | musicians | |||||
Notes: | part of The Farm Trilogy (commedia-style) | |||||
Synopsis: | When the owner of the soon-to-be-opened Black Creek Power Plant and the three international industrialists take a hunting trip on land slated for strip-mining, they soon find themselves hopelessly entangled with the local inhabitants--animal, human and inbetween--in this comic political fable about the ownership and use of the land. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lysistrata | ||
| 1st Produced: | Malaspina University-College Theatre, B.C. | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #772 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A boistrous, contemporary version of Aristophanes' classic anti-war comedy that flip-flops from 411 B.C. to the present. Lysistrata and the women of Greece meet a narrow-minded patriarchy head-on when they refuse to have sex with their husbands until war between Athens and Sparta is stopped. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mystery Cycle, Part I: Creation , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong, B.C | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PAN, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #773 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A three-part cycle inspired by the English medieval mystery plays. Including Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, The Flood and The Exodus, this is a lively retelling of Old Testament stories in contemporary verse and song. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mystery Cycle, Part II: Nativity , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Western Canada Theatre Company, Kamloops, B.C. | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #774 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A three-part cycle inspired by the English medieval mystery plays. A fresh, sometimes irreverant look at the birth of Jesus and the death of King Herod | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mystery Cycle, Part III: Passion , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #775 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A three-part cycle inspired by the English medieval mystery plays. A gritty, moving and thought-provoking contemporary reenactment of the life and death of Jesus | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Only Birds and Fools Fly | ||
| 1st Produced: | Axis Mime Theatre, school tour | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72779 | |||
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Genre: | Comedic Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 m/w, 1 bird puppet | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Anderson, Kim Selody and Peter hall | |||||
Synopsis: | In this unusual look at the history of flight, two clowns--Professor Ingenious C. Flight and his bird-watching assistant, Dodo--attempt to show the audience how to fly. Their hilarious efforts closely parallel man's first quest for the skies | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rattle In The Dash | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Play Centre, Vancouver | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PLCN Chapbook, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #776 | |||
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Genre: | Comedic Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two guys driving from Detroit to Vancouver talk about love, cars and their fathers until they meet a strange hitch-hiker and find themselves lost in the Badlands | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sleigh-ride Christmas Carol , A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caravan Farm Theatre, Armstrong, B.C | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #777 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Ebeneezer Scrooge is haunted by three spirits who take him on a journey to Christmas Past, Present and Future, where he learns that the common welfare of humanity is his true business in this site-specific adaptation of Dickens' classic tale | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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