Peter Parnell


Peter Parnell is an American Broadway and Off-Broadway playwright, television writer, and children's book author. Parnell is also Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists.

Personal life

Parnell is gay and is married to the psychiatrist Justin Richardson. They live in Manhattan with their daughter.

Plays

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Disney Theatricals - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen SchwartzOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever - St. James Theater, Broadway - 2011 - starring Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller, and David TurnerTrumpery - Atlantic Theatre Company - 2007 Trumpery received its European and British premiere in Oxford, UK during June 2014.QED - Lincoln Center Theater - starring Alan Alda - 2001The Cider House Rules, Part One, adapted from John Irving's novel - Atlantic Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle RepThe Cider House Rules, Part Two, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle RepFlaubert's Latest - Playwrights Horizons - 1992Hyde in Hollywood - Playwrights Horizons - 1989An Imaginary Life - Playwrights Horizons - 1993The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket - starring Thomas Hulce - Playwrights Horizons - 1984Romance Language - Playwrights Horizons - 1985Scooter Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World - National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 1977; Alley Theater, Boston, 1981Sorrows of Stephen - The Public Theater - 1979

Television

The West Wing, Season One - Executive Story Editor - 1999–2000The West Wing, Season Two - Co-Producer - 2000–2001The Guardian, Season One - Producer - 2001–2002Inconceivable, Season One - Producer - 2005Six Degrees, Season One - Consulting Producer - 2006–2007BrainDead - Producer - 2017

Children's literature

And Tango Makes Three with Justin Richardson. The book tells the true story of two male penguins living in the Central Park Zoo who pair-bonded and together hatched a chick named Tango. The book has received numerous awards and was the single most challenged or banned book in the United States in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. It remains one of the ten most banned books in several countries.Christian, the Hugging Lion, a children's book about the true story of Christian the lion.

Grants and awards

NEA, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lecomte de Nouy foundations; the Fund for New American Plays, Kennedy Center,
American Theatre Critics' Association and Ovation awards for Best Play.
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