Peter Duchan

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]

For Duchan (Jewish prayer), see Priestly_Blessing.

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. SXSW Review: Breaking Upwards
  6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247644/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_9; viewed 1-20-2014.
  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. http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/817140/qa-“dogfight”-librettist-peter-duchan-on-the-beauty-of-an-ugly-premise
  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
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