Peter Brash (born July 16, 1954) is an American television
soap opera
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writer, screen writer, and musical theatre librettist. His career in soap opera spanned more than 25 years, and included many of the major network serials.
Peter Brash was born in Boston, MA, and graduated in 1976 from Boston College. He appeared in the 1983 film "Without a Trace" with Judd Hirsch. He began his soap opera writing career as a script writer on the NBC daytime drama "The Doctors" (1982) and then went on to write scripts for "Ryan's Hope" (1983-1985) and others, and served as co-head writer on "Days of Our Lives" (2002-2003). His work has been recognized with an Emmy Award and two Writers Guild Awards.
He co-wrote the screenplay for "We Are the Hartmans" with director Laura Newman. The movie, starring Richard Chamberlain and Ben Curtis, had its world premiere at the 2011 Atlanta Film Festival.
In 2011, he co-created the musical comedy, "The Nutcracker and I", with music by
Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...
, lyrics by
Gerard Alessandrini
Gerard Alessandrini (born November 27, 1953) is an American writer, director, lyricist and composer, best known for creating the off-Broadway musical revue '' Forbidden Broadway''. He is the recipient of Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, f ...
, and book by Brash. The musical had its world premier performance on December 2, 2011 at the
George Street Playhouse
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.''The Nutcracker and I" . George Street Playhouse, accessed August 1, 2011
As the World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other so ...
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* Script Writer: August 9, 2007 - October 4, 2007; April 30, 2008 - July 21, 2009
* Associate Head Writer: September 24, 2007 - January 24, 2008; April 18, 2008 - June 27, 2008
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Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...
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* Associate Head Writer: 1999 - March 28, 2002, March 7, 2003 - March 1, 2007
* Co-Head-Writer: March 29, 2002 - March 6, 2003
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Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio ...
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* Associate Head Writer: 1989 - 1990
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Ryan's Hope
''Ryan's Hope'' is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and tribulations within a large Irish-American family in ...
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* Associate Head Writer: 1984
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
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WINS
*(1990; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1994 & 1996; Best Writing; ''Another World'')
*(1999; Best Writing; ''Days of Our Lives'')
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.
Eligibility
Th ...
WINS
*(2000 season; ''Days of Our Lives'')
*(2009 season; ''As the World Turns'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1994, 1995, 1996 & 1998 seasons; ''Another World'')
*(2002 season; ''Days of Our Lives'')
*(2010 season; ''As the World Turns'')