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Scooter Pietsch (pronounced Peach) is a playwright, Emmy-nominated composer/songwriter, and novelist. His play WINDFALL was produced OFF WEST END in London Feb/March 2023 at the Southwark Playhouse, directed by MARK BELL (director of the mega international hit The Play That Goes Wrong). The play was also produced at Bay Street Theater (NY) in May/June of 2022 and became the highest grossing and most critically acclaimed new play the theater has ever produced. It was previously produced in 2016 in a sold out run at The Arkansas Repertory Theater. Both the NY and AK productions were directed by Jason Alexander. All of Scooter’s plays have had numerous readings in both NYC and LA. Several plays have been optioned for production. Scooter has served as dramaturg for two productions of DEE SNIDER’S ROCK N ROLL CHRISTMAS TALE; at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago and the Elgin/Winter Garden Theater in Toronto. Past readings and productions of Scooter’s plays have included performances by Tony & Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston, Tony winners Stephanie J. Block, Cady Huffman, Faith Prince and Michelle Pawk, Tony-Nominees Chad Kimball, Marc Kudisch and Sebastian Arcelus, Jack Coleman, Nancy Travis, Justin Bartha, Emmy-nominee Constance Zimmer, Jerry O’Connell, Gale Harold, Diane Farr, Jennifer Morrison, Nate Corrdry and many others. His musical, LONDON UNDONE has been featured in several showcases. His new musical THE SWEATER CURSE (A Damned Knitting Musical) was read at The Road Theatre’s Summer Playwrights Festival summer 2021. As a composer, Scooter’s underscore, theme music and songs have appeared in hundreds of TV series and thousands of episodes and lots of movies. Some of these include Pretty Little Liars, Burn Notice, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Greek, American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. He has also created and executive produced TV shows for ABC, FOX, Lifetime, VH1 and E!. His novel, UNTETHERED, can be found above under “Novels” and online. His second novel, DO YOUR BEST NOT TO DIE, a murder-mystery set in Hollywood, was published in fall 2022 and is available everywhere.

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**And yes! That is my 1964 Hermes 3000 vintage typewriter! The most gorgeous typewriter ever made.