Allan
Knee has written for the stage and film. His
play, THE MAN WHO WAS PETER PAN,
was released by Miramax Films as FINDING
NEVERLAND in October 2004. It
costars Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin
Hoffman. SYNCOPATION
won an American Critics Theater Award after
premiering at the Long Wharf Theater and George
Street Playhouse. It will open this fall on
Broadway, produced by Vaud Massarsky, directed
by John Tillinger and choreographed by John
O'Connell (Strictly Ballroom). His musical version
of LITTLE WOMEN won
a Richard Rodgers Musical Theater Award. Among
his other works are SHMULNIK'S WALTZ
(music by David Shire), SANTA ANITA
'42, THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL, ST. VALENTINE'S
DAY MASSACRE and SHOLEM
ALEICHEM LIVES, which toured with
Theodore Bikel. For young audiences he adapted
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS,
which toured nationally for TheaterWorks/USA.
For PBS he wrote the four-part adaptation of
THE SCARLET LETTER.
Allan is a graduate of the Yale Drama School
and a founding member of the Workshop Theater
Company. |
