Peter Anderson (born 1950) is a Canadian-American playwright.
Anderson studied at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre before moving to Canada in 1977. He has a BA in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Michigan Residential College (1972). He lives in Vancouver with his wife Melody Anderson.
Anderson is the recipient of six Jessie Richardson Awards, a Bay Area Criticsâ Circle Award, Leo and Gemini nominations for best performance (The Overcoat), and a NY Drama Desk nomination.
The Coyotes, 1978<br> Horseplay (with Phil Savath), 1981<br> Law of the Land, 1982<br> Animal Farm (with Nick Hutchinson), 1985<br> El Crocodor (with company),1986<br> Rattle in the Dash, 1987<br> Bull By the Horns, 1987<br> Bones, 1988<br> The Shepherds' Play, 1989<br> Creation, 1991<br> Nativity, 1991<br> The Number 14 (collective), 1992<br> Passion, 1993<br> Lysistrata, 1995<br> The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw (with John Millard), 1999<br> A Sleigh-Ride Christmas Carol, 2000<br> The Coyotes' Christmas, 2001<br> The Blue Horse, 2007<br> The Emperor's New Threads (with Melody Anderson), 2007<br> Don Quixote (with Colin Heath), 2010<br> Head Over Heels, 2014<br> Flee (with David Hudgins & Jonathon Young), 2015<br> Still Life, 2016
Air / Toast / Public Speaking / Who Do You Think You Are / Audition Piece, Brave New Works, Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary, 1988-1995<br> Torment, The Kiss Commissions, Performance Works, Vancouver, 1995<br> Picture Window, Playwrights Theatre Centre, New Play Festival, Vancouver, 1996<br> Stupid, commissioned by Corrine Koslo for âÂÂThe Joy of SixâÂÂ, Women in View, 1998 <br> After/Math, opera libretto with Jennifer Butler, composer, 2011<br> Background Noise, song (Peggy Lee, composer), 2014
Fiction & Poetry in Anon, Periodical Lunch, Cider Press Broadsides. 1972-77<br> Rattle in the Dash (Playwrights Canada Press: 1988)<br> Two monologues in The Perfect Piece (Playwrights Canada Press: 1990)<br> "Breaking All Four Walls" (Canadian Theatre Review #75, Fall 1993)<br> Monologue in Another Perfect Piece (Playwrights Canada Press: 1995)<br> âÂÂPlay of the Landâ article for the Vancouver Sun (August 28, 1999)<br> Horseplay in Playing the Pacific Province: An Anthology of British Columbia Plays 1967-2000 (Playwrights Canada Press: 2001)<br> Monologue in Refractions:Solo (Playwrights Canada Press: 2014)