Playwriting
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Airborn
It’s the Golden Age of Flight in 1929 and the world’s most daring female flyers are taking off in the first ever National Women’s Air Derby, a nine-day cross-country air race, but when they discover that the race is set up for them to fail, they must decide whether or not to put their lives on the line for the future of women in flight. Based on a true story.
Co-written with Jordan Kamalu
Development
Staged Reading at Sacred Heart University Community Theatre July 2022
New Works Festival at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in October 2019
Workshop production at Utah Valley University in November 2019
Finalist for National Alliance of Musical Theatre (NAMT) October 2019
THEatre ACCELERATOR workshop with Apples and Oranges Arts June 2019
Project X
In 1944 a physicist answers a newspaper ad for “Project X: a project that will win the war.” He whisks his young family off to a secret city in the hills of Tennessee and soon learns that his assignment is much heavier than he anticipated, and the weight of the responsibility and secrecy threatens to pull his family apart.
Development
Staged Reading as part of the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights at the Barter Theatre of Virginia in January 2020
Produced by MOD Theatre Company at the Secret Theater in New York City in April 2019
Awards
Association for Mormon Letters Award 2019
Mach 33: Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays Finalist 2019
Premiere Play Festival at Premiere Stages Semi Finalist 2018
Mayhew Playwriting Award from Brigham Young University
“The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s sharply drawn characters, the complex and compelling dynamics of this family in a time of war, and the smart, organic moments of theatrical magic that permeate the piece.”
“Peck deftly navigates the secrets, mystery, and discovery that haunt almost every family story, by sharing the strength and choices that were specifically part of hers. This family shows what it means to have the deepest faith, faith enough to continue down a path of belief not knowing where it will lead or if you will ever return. [....] This is belief. This is family. This is life. Peck’s specific, creative, almost musical storytelling help us feel the meaning behind it all.”
The Trail
A young MMA fighter fleeing from the law finds herself stranded along the Appalachian Trail with a ragtag group of squatters living their truth in the backwoods. When a sinister forest ranger threatens their way of life, Robyn must keep her identity hidden and decide whether to face her responsibilities or live the “hakuna matata” life with her newfound family.
Development
Staged Reading as part of the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights at the historic Barter Theatre of Virginia in January 2019
Longfellow’s Christmas
This musical is in progress!
While still reeling from the recent loss of his beloved wife, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rushes to the bedside of his wounded son Charley, a Civil War soldier. With despair threatening to overcome him, Longfellow must look to the past to find hope for the future. This true story inspires him to pen the popular poem, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”
Co-written with Jordan Kamalu
Short Plays
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Murphy, a National Geographic videographer, must determine how to proceed when his subject, a renowned environmental scientist, loses faith in his cause in the middle of his Climate-Change Awareness Trek across the Sahara Desert. Casting: 2M
Winner of the Green Planet award from Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2016
National Finalist at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2016
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When his wife’s pants (metaphorical and literal) start getting a little too stiff, Spencer resorts to the only thing he can think of to help her let loose: cashing in the six years worth of time off she’s accrued for a surprise summer-long camping trip. Casting 1W 1M
Regional Finalist at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2016
Pants received a production as part of Theatre InspiraTO's Ten Minute Play Festival in Toronto, Canada in 2018
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A semi-modern riff on the Biblical story of sisters Rachel and Leah, and their lifelong battle over the same man. And it takes place in a boxing ring. Casting: 2W
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A humorous, silent, movement-based play about a pair of legs bearing the weight of an extreme burden, and the brave human to whom the legs belong.
