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Jeffrey Hatcher | |
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 Hatcher at the History Theatre,St. Paul | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter |
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Jeffrey Hatcher is a much-produced Americanplaywright andscreenwriter. He wrote the stage playCompleat Female Stage Beauty, which he later adapted into ascreenplay, shortened to justStage Beauty (2004). He also co-wrote the stage adaptation ofTuesdays with Morrie with authorMitch Albom, andThree Viewings, a comedy consisting of three monologues - each of which takes place in a funeral home. He wrote the screenplayCasanova for directorLasse Hallström, as well as the screenplay forThe Duchess (2008).[1] He has also written for the Peter Falk TV seriesColumbo and E! Entertainment Television.
His many award-winning original plays have been performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally across the US and abroad. In 2023,American Theatre magazine noted that the prolific Hatcher ties for the fifth most-produced playwright in America, with 13 plays in production. Furthermore, his 2022 play DIAL M FOR MURDER is the fifth most produced play in 2023, with 9 productions.
Previously, Hatcher adaptedRobert Louis Stevenson's novella,The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, into a play in which actors play multiple roles, andMr. Hyde is played by four actors, one of whom is female. The adaptation, which has been called "hipper, more erotic, and theatrically intense...definitely not your grandfather's 'Jekyll and Hyde'", was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for anEdgar Award for Best Play.[1]
Some of his other plays includeThree Viewings,Scotland Road,A Picasso,Neddy,Korczak's Children,Mercy of a Storm,Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright (withEric Simonson), andLucky Duck (with Bill Russell and Henry Kreiger). Hatcher wrote the book for the Broadway musicalNever Gonna Dance and the musical,ELLA.
Hatcher is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights' Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild of America and New Dramatists.
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