Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, 6’6”, is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works include The Totalitarians (NNPN premiere 2014), boom (TCG's most produced play 2009-10), BOB, (2011 Humana Festival for New American Plays at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Barrie and Bernice Stavis Award), T.I.C. (Trenchcoat In Common), Hunter Gatherers (2007 ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award, 2007 Will Glickman Prize),Colorado, and Litter: The True Story of the Framingham Dodecutuplets. His work has been seen off-Broadway and across the country including at Ars Nova, Woolly Mammoth, SPF, Seattle Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Southern Rep, Kitchen Dog, and in the Bay Area at Z Space, A.C.T., Encore Theatre, Killing My Lobster, Marin Theatre Company, Impact Theatre, and The Bay Area Playwrights Festival. His newest piece, A House Tour of the Infamous Porter Family Mansion with Tour Guide Weston Ludlow Londonderry, premiered at Z Space in spring 2016. Projects in process include an original musical called Fall Springs: A Musical Disaster (with composer/lyricist Niko Tsakalakos) and a two-hander comedy called The Making of a Great Moment. Peter holds a degree in Theater and Biology from Brown and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Peter is a member of New Dramatists and is Playwright in Residence at Z Space in San Francisco. He likes to promote himself online at www.peternachtrieb.com.
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Bringing the Playwright's Perspective to the Table
Essay
Bringing the Playwright's Perspective to the Table
3 September 2019
Finding Creative Freedom Through Commitment
Essay
Finding Creative Freedom Through Commitment
Reflections on a Six-Year Residency
8 August 2019
We Had a Convening About Comedy in Theatre and People Couldn’t Stop Farting
Essay
We Had a Convening About Comedy in Theatre and People Couldn’t Stop Farting
27 November 2018
I'm Tired of All This Drama!
Video
I'm Tired of All This Drama!
A Gathering to Discuss Contemporary Comedy in the American Theatre
Wednesday 17 October - Thursday 18 October 2018
Emerson College, Boston, USA
Who Are These People? How the Staff of Z Space Sees Their Lives, Jobs, and Home
Essay
Who Are These People? How the Staff of Z Space Sees Their Lives, Jobs, and Home
6 October 2017
Longtime Drifters
Essay
Longtime Drifters
How the San Francisco Bay Area Affects the Playwrights who Live There
13 December 2016
The Benefits of Not Being a Guest
Essay
The Benefits of Not Being a Guest
How being a Playwright In Residence affected the World Premiere of My Latest Play (I think.)
22 June 2016
Two Residents, One Play
Essay
Two Residents, One Play
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb on writing and Robert O'Hara on directing The Totalitarians at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
27 June 2015
Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions
Essay
Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
27 June 2015