Peter Duchan

For Duchan (Jewish prayer), see Priestly_Blessing.

Peter Duchan is an American playwright and screenwriter, best known for the film Breaking Upwards and the musical Dogfight. He was also personal assistant to actor-director-producer Bob Balaban.[1] He graduated from Northwestern University, where he participated in the Creative Writing for Media Program.[2]

Breaking Upwards

He was Associate Producer of Breaking Upwards, which he co-wrote with director Daryl Wein and actress Zoe-Lister Jones.[3][4] The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival (March, 2009) and was released in theaters by IFC Films on April 2, 2010.[5][6] His short film Unlocked, also a collaboration with Wein, was an Official Selection of numerous festivals, including the Gijon International Film Festival in 2006 and the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007.[7][8]

Dogfight

He wrote the book of the stage musical adaptation of Dogfight, Nancy Savoca's 1991 film starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor.[9][10][11] The musical, featuring a score by the team, Pasek and Paul, premiered Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre on July 16, 2012, after previews from June 27. It was directed by Joe Mantello and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli.[12]

The production earned two 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Choreographer (Christopher Gattelli).[13] It was nominated for five 2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding Book of a Musical.[14] Additionally, the show was nominated for Drama League Awards for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical and Distinguished Performance (Lindsay Mendez), as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Lindsay Mendez).[15][16] During its development, the musical was the recipient of the 2011 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[17]

References

  1. ^ "'Dogfight' creators explain how they gave it life". bigstory.ap.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  2. ^ "Interview with Peter Duchan, writer of Breaking Upwards | North by Northwestern". www.northbynorthwestern.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23.
  3. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (April 2010). "Dissecting the Relationship of Self-Aware Urbanites". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Rohter, Larry (26 March 2010). "Sweat Equity, the Movie". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Sweeney, Adam (2009-03-15). "SXSW Review: Breaking Upwards". FilmSchoolRejects. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  6. ^ Breaking Upwards (2009) - Release info - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via www.imdb.com.
  7. ^ "Unlocked". IMDb.
  8. ^ "Unlocked | Tribeca Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  9. ^ "Librettist Peter Duchan on the Many 'Pinch Me' Moments in Creating the New Musical Dogfight".
  10. ^ Pacheco, Patrick (2012-08-02). "Q&A: "Dogfight" Librettist Peter Duchan on the Beauty of an Ugly Premise". ArtInfo. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  11. ^ "06880". 17 February 2021.
  12. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "'Dogfight', New Musical About Cruelty and Hope, Opens in NYC; Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena Star" Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, July 16, 2012
  13. ^ "The Piano Lesson, The Whale & Dogfight Honored at 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards". Broadway.com, May 6, 2011
  14. ^ "'Pippin' Hot with Outer Critics Circle Nominators". 22 April 2013.
  15. ^ Cox, Gordon. Off Broadway musicals outnumber Broadway shows in the tuner category". Variety, April 23, 2013
  16. ^ "Nominations Announced for 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards; Giant and Hands on a Hardbody Lead the Pack - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  17. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Musicals by Duchan, Pasek, Paul and Gerle Win 2011 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater". Playbill, February 14, 2011