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JOHN PIELMEIER began his career as an actor, working at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Alaska Rep, Baltimore’s Center Stage, and the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights’ Conference. It was at the O’Neill that his play Agnes of God was first staged. A co-winner of the Great American Play contest, Agnes premiered […]
The New Yorker critic got what others missed: “In this age of computerized gore, the actress Judith Ivey, playwright John Pielmeier, and director Christopher Ashley have achieved the impossible, a truly thrilling stage thriller….Ivey and the writing are smart and funny, and the scares, when they come, are both unanticipated and really scary ...
June 14 & 15, 2024. “To be born is to be wrecked on an island.”. So said J.M. Barrie, the most successful English-language playwright of his time. In Courage, John Pielmeier tells the story of Barrie’s remarkable life in Barrie’s own words – from his relationship with his too-possessive mother through his friendship with the five ...
The Story. This is the story of the fall and rise of Adolf Hitler, from his birth through his triumphant appointment as Chancellor of Germany, and the people who aided him, fought him, defended him, vilified him. Hitler, the Rise of Evil - Trailer. Watch on.
Richard Chamberlain and Brooke Shields in John Pielmeier’s stage adaptation of “The Exorcist.” The Story An adaptation of the novel by William Peter Blatty, this is the story of a child possessed, a mother frantic to save her, a priest on the verge of losing his faith, and an anthropologist who, in a sense, brings salvation to all.
The Story. A young nun is accused of murdering an infant she gave birth to in a cloistered convent. The psychiatrist assigned to her case meets opposition in the convent’s Mother Superior, and all three women explore questions of Faith, Memory, and the meaning of Sainthood.
John Pielmeier's plays include Agnes of God (Broadway); The Boys of Winter (Broadway); Voices In The Dark (Edgar Award, Broadway). His works for film and television includ Agnes of God (Writers Guild nomination); Choices of the Heart (Humanitas Award, Christopher Award, Writers Guild nomination); Sins of the Father (Humanitas nomination, Writers Guild nomination); Hitler: The Rise of Evil (Emmy nomination); The Memory Keeper’s Daughter (Emmy nomination, Writers Guild nomination).
