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Name
Peter Parnell
Role
Playwright
Books
And Tango Makes Three
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Nominations
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult
Plays
QED, The Hunchba, Trumpery
Similar People
Justin Richardson, Stephen Schwartz, Aaron Sorkin, James Lapine, Alan Menken
Education
Dartmouth College (1974)
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Peter Parnell (; born 1953) 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.
Parnell 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 (“Newsies”), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”)
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" - St. James Theater, Broadway - 2011 - starring Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller, and David Turner
"Trumpery" - Atlantic Theatre Company - 2007 Trumpery received its European and British premiere in Oxford, UK during June 2014.
QED - Lincoln Center Theater - starring Alan Alda - 2001
"The Cider House Rules, Part One," adapted from John Irving's novel - Atlantic Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep
"The Cider House Rules, Part Two," Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep
Flaubert's Latest - Playwrights Horizons - 1992
Hyde in Hollywood - Playwrights Horizons - 1989
An Imaginary Life - Playwrights Horizons - 1993
Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket - starring Thomas Hulce - Playwrights Horizons
Romance Language - Playwrights Horizons - 1985
Scooter Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World - National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 1977
Sorrows of Stephen - The Public Theater - 1979
Television
The West Wing, Season One - Executive Story Editor - 1999-2000
The West Wing, Season Two - Co-Producer - 2000-2001
The Guardian, Season One - Producer - 20001-2002
Inconceivable, Season One - Producer - 2005
Six Degrees, Season One - Consulting Producer - 2006-2007
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 (for The Cider House Rules). For ["And Tango Makes Three"]:
American Library Association Notable Children's Book - 2006
ASPCA's Henry Bergh Award - 2005
Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award- 2006
Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year - 2006
Bank Street Best Book of the Year - 2006
Cooperative Children's Book Council Choice, and CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book - 2006
Lambda Literary Award finalist - 2006
Sheffield Children's Book Award - shortlisted - 2008
