Peter Basta Brightbill
- Actor
Peter Basta Brightbill is a screenwriter and playwright who has been writing for the Theater for 30 years, with a 25 year hiatus until recently, and for television and film for one year. During the intervening 25 years, Peter was a prosecutor in Brooklyn (where he handled civil forfeiture cases against Mafia and other organized crime figures) and a civil litigator in Manhattan.
Peter's work in the Theater includes the stage play "Stand-Up Guys" (1992 - 94) which was developed at the Circle Rep Lab and at the Juilliard School's prestigious Playwright's Program, where Peter was a member of the first class in 1993 - 1994, "Going Home" (1988) and "Fish Story" (1989)
Since retiring from law in 2019 and returning to writing for actors, he has been at work on a new full-length stage play about art, love and community ("Two Cafes"), two original TV pilots ("The Chronicles of Nubia" and "Waiting for the Train," previously known as "Ratlines"). Prior to becoming a dramatic writer for actors, Peter was briefly an actor himself, and still does a little acting work from time to time in friends' projects.
Peter's work in the Theater includes the stage play "Stand-Up Guys" (1992 - 94) which was developed at the Circle Rep Lab and at the Juilliard School's prestigious Playwright's Program, where Peter was a member of the first class in 1993 - 1994, "Going Home" (1988) and "Fish Story" (1989)
Since retiring from law in 2019 and returning to writing for actors, he has been at work on a new full-length stage play about art, love and community ("Two Cafes"), two original TV pilots ("The Chronicles of Nubia" and "Waiting for the Train," previously known as "Ratlines"). Prior to becoming a dramatic writer for actors, Peter was briefly an actor himself, and still does a little acting work from time to time in friends' projects.
