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Peter Snoad

PETER SNOAD

  (1949 - )
Nationality:    British
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Peter Snoad's plays have received more than 50 productions and staged readings in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. He has been honored with two national new play awards (the Stanley Drama Award and the Arthur W. Stone Playwriting Award) and a playwriting fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Peter's most recent full-length plays include Orbiting Mars, a wacky satirical romp about militarism and celebrity culture; Identity Crisis, a farce about race and identity; and Raising David Walker, a contemporary Drama inspired by the life and work of the black abolitionist, David Walker. A resident of Boston, Massachusetts, Peter is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Screen Actors Guild. Free downloads of all of his short plays and excerpts from his full-length plays are available at: www.petersnoad.com.

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below is a list of Peter Snoad's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         And Anyone in Leopard Skin Tights         Apple Pie         Boiling House, The         Draft, The         Either Or         Entitled         Fresh Start, A         Greening of Bridget Kelly, The         Guided Tour         Hot Zero         Identity Crisis         I'm Not At Liberty To Say         Life of Trees, The         Lucky Thirteen         My Name Is Art         Orbiting Mars         Perfect Strangers         Raising David Walker         Resistance         Samosas Forever         Transition

And Anyone in Leopard Skin Tights

Synopsis:
there's a new God in Heaven, and you need a good fashion sense and the right religion to get in.

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Genre:
Comedy (14 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Apple Pie

Synopsis:
A lonely divorcee in a small town woos a reluctant Lebanese immigrant with her homemade apple pie.

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1st Produced:
Baldwin Theatre, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA    -

Organisations:
Stagecrafters

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short comedy (12 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Boiling House, The

Synopsis:
In this poignant Drama, the owner of a guesthouse on a small Caribbean island confronts her family's painful past. An impending hurricane compels Mama Aida and her guests to take shelter in an old plantation building. there she encounters the spirits of her slave ancestors who were brutally tortured and murdered after leading an unsuccessful slave rebellion.

Notes:
Requires three black Actors (1 female, two male), one Asian Actor (female) And one white Actor (male).

1st Produced:
ART/New York Spaces, New York, New York, USA    2007

Organisations:
Reverie Productions, New York, NY

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Drama (90 minutes) Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Draft, The

Synopsis:
he Draft brings alive the voices and stories of 10 people who made life-changing choices in relation to the military draft and the Vietnam War

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1st Produced:
staged reading at the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre at Smith College in Northampton, MA    02 May 2014

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Genre:
multi-media documentary play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Either Or

Synopsis:
John is great at crossword puzzles, but when it comes to his wife, Renee, he hasn't got a clue.

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1st Produced:
the Factory Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA    -

Organisations:
Boston Actors Theater

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy (10 minutes)

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Entitled

Synopsis:
A successful businessman who craves silence buys a remote Pacific island as the ultimate sound-proof getaway.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Center for Arts, Natick, MA    2004

Organisations:
Center for Arts, Natick, MA

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short comedy Drama (12 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fresh Start, A

Synopsis:
Outside their gated community, the world is in violent chaos. But fashionistas Julie and Justin are in personal crisis because her breasts and his teeth are less than perfect.

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1st Produced:
Devanaughn Theatre, Boston    2006

Organisations:
Devanaughn Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama (12 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Greening of Bridget Kelly, The

Synopsis:
A teenage environmental activist explains to a priest how killing her sexually abusive Father has helped stop global warming.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Fort Point Theatre Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
dark comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Guided Tour

Synopsis:
Joe Bell, an African-American Renaissance man, has spent 14 years in jail for burning down the Gilded Age mansion where he once worked as a tour guide. Determined to prove him innocent, Susanna Hatch, a young white law student, visits Joe in a prison psychiatric unit and learns some wrenching lessons about the irrational power of love.

Notes:
Winner of the Stanley Drama Award (Wagner College, New York, USA) in 2007; the Arthur W. Stone New Play Award (Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana, USA) in 2007; And the 2006 New Play Festival of Centre Stage-South Carolina in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

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Organisations:
Hinton Battle Theatre Lab

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Drama (90 minutes)

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hot Zero

Synopsis:
Awkward Eric lusts for luscious Lucy-and a very small carbon footprint.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
ArtsSpace, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA    2009

Organisations:
Acme Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy (12 minutes)

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Identity Crisis

Synopsis:
It's an unpublicized phenomenon that's sweeping the country: White people turning Black. On the night before his wedding, Alan Guthrie learns it's about to happen to him. And he's freaked: His racist prospective father-in-law would never allow his daughter to marry a black man. Alan's whole future with his beloved Marcia is in jeopardy. the solution? Get his identical twin brother, David, who is gay, to impersonate him as the groom. . .

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Provincetown Theatre, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA    2010

Organisations:
New Provincetown Players

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
90 min Farce

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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I'm Not At Liberty To Say

Synopsis:
On the eve of their departure to Guatemala to pick up their newly adopted daughter, a middle-class American couple find themselves suspected of a terrorist act-blowing up their own car. When the devastating truth finally emerges, it challenges all their assumptions about truth, democracy and the American way.

Notes:
This play has been re-named. It was first produced under the title "Rosa"

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Organisations:
Alarm Clock Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy Drama, full-length (100 minutes) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Life of Trees, The

Synopsis:
A man whose estranged brother is dying learns a lesson about love and loyalty from his tree-hugging seven-year-old daughter.

Notes:
Winner, Short Play Category, New Play Competition, Brevard Little theatre, Brevard, NC, 2009

1st Produced:
Brevard Little Theatre, Brevard, NC, USA    2010

Organisations:
Brevard Little Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short comedy Drama (12 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  one girl aged 7-9

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Lucky Thirteen

Synopsis:
A government corporation offers job security for life on the 13th floor-provided you pay to interview and become a certified Christian. And what's with the Mariachi music?

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Genre:
Comedy (12 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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My Name Is Art

Synopsis:
In a modern art museum, a man wearing only body graffiti and a thong asserts the validity of his own living art exhibit.

Notes:
Selected Best of Fest in the 2007 Frontera Fest At Hyde Park theatre in Austin, Texas, USA

1st Produced:
Devanaughn Theatre, Boston    2006

Organisations:
Devanaughn Theatre

1st Published:
Original Works Publishing, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short comedy (13 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Orbiting Mars

Synopsis:
Desperate to win a statewide contest, a community theatre company casts a man claiming to be the Roman god Mars to star in their production of a Noel Coward comedy. A CIA plot. . .a teenager who speaks fluent Latin. . .Hollywood's embrace of "reality theatre". . .It's all here in this hilarious spoof on militarism and celebrity culture.

Notes:
This play requires A minimum of eight Actors playing A total of 17 parts.

1st Produced:
the Actors' Studio, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA    2009

Organisations:
North Shore Readers Theatre Collaborative

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length comedy Drama (110 minutes) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Perfect Strangers

Synopsis:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Raising David Walker

Synopsis:
Serena Fox, an African-American college student, takes a class on the history of racism and becomes captivated by the ideas and passion of 19th century black abolitionist David Walker. After receiving several "visits" from him-"Is this his ghost or am I going crazy?"-Serena is convinced that Walker, who officially died of lung disease, may have been assassinated by Southern planters alarmed by his incendiary writings. She leads a campaign to establish a memorial at his unmarked gravesite and to exhume his remains. Her controversial quest for the truth propels Serena to re-examine her relationship with her white boyfriend and to embrace the broader contemporary struggle for racial justice.

Notes:
Part Of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival

1st Produced:
Red Branch Theatre In Columbia, MD    10 Mar 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
90 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Resistance

Synopsis:
An elderly couple's argument about whether to get rid of the phone sparks a frank exchange about family, friends, and the challenges of growing old.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short comedy Drama (13 minutes) One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Samosas Forever

Synopsis:
Immobilized by fear of hurting anyone or anything, Ernest finds salvation in those savory Indian pastries he loves so much.

Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy (12 minutes)

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 either

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Transition

Synopsis:
Arriving at his office, Andy is greeted by a man who claims to be Walter, an old friend and colleague. But how can that be? Walter was white, and this man is black. . .

Notes:
Requires one black And one white Actor.

1st Produced:
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA    2008

Organisations:
Company One

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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