Susan Wands in Ars Nova's production of boom. Set Design and Photo by Wilson Chin

PLAYS:
I tend to write comedies of varying darkness that collide the epic and intimate. Here's what I've written so far:

LONGER PLAYS (newest to oldest)

Fall Springs
• A New Musical written with composer/lyricist Nikos Tsakalakos
• Musical Comedy 5M 4F

The Making of a Great Moment
• Comedy 1M 1F

A House Tour of The Infamous Porter Family Mansion with Tour Guide Weston Ludlow Londonderry
• Dirty Immersive. 1M

The Totalitarians
• Dark Comedy. 2M 2F. A commission for NNPN through the New Dramatists Full Stage USA program

BOB
• Epic Comedy. 3M 2W

Litter
• Dark Comedy. 12 Actors

T.I.C. (Trenchcoat In Common)
• Comedy. 3M 3W

boom
• Dark Comedy. 1M 2W

Hunter Gatherers
• Dark Comedy. 2M 2W

Colorado
• Dark and Sad Comedy. 2M 2W

Meaningless
• Comedy. 2M 2W

SHORTER PLAYS

A Bunch of Scientists on Spring Break
• A play you can perform at home during a pandemic.

Multiplex
• Comedy. One Act. 4M 4W 1 Chair

Brink!
• Play Anthology co-writer. Flexible Cast Size

Vows
• A play about marriage equality.

Killing My Lobster
• sketch comedy writer

The Amorphous Blob
• Comedy. Solo Performance

PLAYS IN DEVELOPMENT

The Overbooked Hotel Room
• A Comedy for 7 actors about the forming of a community.

Tim's Last Words
• A Comedy for 4 actors about grief and homosexuals.

NOTABLE NICE THINGS

• Andrew Mellon Playwright in Residence at Z Space, San Francisco 2013-2018
• Alumni of New Dramatists, 2010-2017
• National Theatre Conference Barry and Bernice Stavis Award 2010
• Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, 2007
• Will Glickman Prize, 2007
• Emerging Playwright Grant from the Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations with Encore Theatre Company, 2007
• TBA New Works Fund Grantee with Killing My Lobster, 2005
• Tournesol Emerging Playwrights Resident, Z-Space, 2004-5
• Jim Highsmith Award, San Francisco State, 2003
• Steinfeld Award in Theatre, Brown University, 1997
• ACTF Irene Ryan nominee, Brown University, 1994 and 1997

The education of Peter Nachtrieb
MFA Creative Writing (Playwriting), San Francisco State
BA Theatre Arts & Biology, Brown University

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