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David John Preece has had several productions of his plays and screenplays, including Charles Dickens’ Ghost Stories (winner of Best Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2008), The Picture of Dorian Gray (winner of ten New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2011 nominations, including Best Original Play), The House of the Seven Gables (winner of the Best Original Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 009), and Tender (nominated for Best New Play by the Los Angeles Weekly 2004 and winner of Best New Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2007).  According To John was recently named as a finalist in the Kentucky Theatre Association’s Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Contest. Charles Dickens’ Ghost Stories is published by Eldridge Plays and The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter are published by Norman Maine.   

He has three plays in development: Last Gleaming, a critical moment in the lives of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon; The Story of Ruth, the journey of the actress of Ruth Gordon and the many people that influence her…including some of the theatre’s greats - Thornton Wilder, George Kaufman, Alexander Woollcott, Helen Hayes, Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Edith Evans, and Jed Harris; and The American Poetess of 23 Fitzroy Road, a neighbor tries to save Sylvia Plath’s life.
 
His movie, Lunch with Eddie, which he wrote, directed, and produced, was shown at over thirty international film festivals and won several awards including Best Short Film and Best Director.  
 
In addition to plays and screenplays, he has also written children’s picture books with Jim Webber about the adventures of little black Scottish terrier, named Mr. Higgins.

David has received education and theatre/film training at Weber State University, Western Kentucky University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, HB Studios, Playwrights Horizons, American Conservatory Theatre, and University of California - Los Angeles.  He currently resides in Manchester, New Hampshire.



training

film experience

UCLA
Los Angeles, California
1994-1996

American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco, California
1991-1992

Playwrights Horizons
New York, New York
1990-1991

HB Studios
New York, New York
1989-1990

University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
1981-1984
 
Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
1974-1975
      
Weber State University

Ogden, Utah
1971-1974

 

LUNCH WITH EDDIE
Director and Screenplay
2000
Screened at film festivals world-wide

Festival International
Des Champs-Élysées 2003
Win for Director, Photography

Fire Island Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival 2002
Win for Short Film


play experience

TENDER
A Play based on true incidents in the lives of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott, and Zelda Fitzgerald
Performed by the Knightsbridge Theatre in 2003
Performed by Yellow Taxi Company in 2006

LA Weekly Theatre Awards 2003:
Nominations: Playwriting, Leading Female Performance 

New Hampshire Professional Theatre Awards 2007:
Winner: Original Play
Nominations: Non-Musical, Actress, Director


CHARLES DICKENS'S GHOST STORIES
A Play adapted from several short stories by Charles Dickens
Performed by the Knightsbridge Theatre eight weeks in 2000 and 2001
Performed by the Montgomery Playhouse Fall 2006
Performed by the Concord Community Players October 2007
Performed by the Festival Playhouse October 2011

New Hampshire Community Theatre Awards 2007:
Winner: Play, Actress, Director, Scenic Design, Lighting Design
Nominations: Original Play, Supporting Actor (2), Supporting Actress, Costume Design


THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
A Play adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Performed by the Knightsbridge Theatre in 1999
Performed by the Music and Drama Company in 2008

New Hampshire Community Theatre Awards 2008:
Winner: Best Original Script - David Preece


THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
A Play adapted with Paul Duff from the play by William Shakespeare
Performed by the Knightsbridge Theatre for four months in 1997


THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
A Play adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde, 1996
Performed by the Knightsbridge Theater Company
   - 24 weeks 1996-1997
   - 8 weeks in 2001
Performed by the University of York England in 2006
Staged by The Actors' Theatre of Washington GLBT play reading series, May 2006

New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2010:
Nominations: Production, Director, Set Design, Lighting, Sound, Costumes, Playwright, Actor (2),
Supporting Actor
 

COMING HOME
A Two Act Play, 1994
Reading workshop at American Conservatory Theater, 1994
Revised as the Screenplay "St. Jude's"


WALKING MOLLY
A Two Act Play, 1991
Optioned by the PWA Theater, San Francisco, 1992
Optioned by Coast to Coast Theater, Los Angeles, 1993
Staged reading at American Conservatory Theater, 1992


FUTURE PERFECT
A Two Act Play, 1989
Staged reading at Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1990


POLITICAL FUTURE
A Two Act Play, 1987
Optioned by the Arena Stage Theater, Washington, D.C., 1988
Staged reading at HB Studio, 1989


screenplay experience

EDDIE'S BOYS
Television Pilot - 2006

BOARSHEAD
1998

ST. JUDE'S
1998

DOG'S DAY
1997

ADAM
1997

MORE THAN A FRIEND
1995

SHUTDOWN
(Co-Authored with Mary Jane Abare)
1995

WALKING MOLLY
1994

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