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John Pielmeier (born February 23, 1949) is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist.
John Pielmeier was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 1949, to Len and Louise Pielmeier. He grew up feeling comfortably isolated in his hometown and found companionship in nature; he has described his hometown as an “island” that gave him the chance to explore and grow on his own.
Mar 10, 2022 · Agnes of God, John Pielmeier’s taut, compelling three-character drama about a young nun accused of murdering her newborn, premiered on Broadway in 1982. Forty years later, the writer answers our questions about the play, faith and mystery.
Jul 24, 2017 · John Pielmeier is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose plays and TV projects include Agnes of God, Gifted Hands, Choices of the Heart, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, and the successful miniseries adaption of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.
John Pielmeier began his career as an actor, working at Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Alaska Rep, Baltimore's Center Stage, and the O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference. It was at the O'Neill that his play AGNES OF GOD was first staged.
John Pielmeier. Altoona native John Pielmeier is best known as the playwright/author who brought to the stage and big screen Agnes of God. I had the chance to catch up with him at a book signing at the Altoona Barnes and Noble back in the fall of 2017.
JOHN PIELMEIER is an actor and writer who began his career with the internationally acclaimed play and movie Agnes of God. Since then he has had three more plays mounted on Broadway and over twenty-five film, television movies and miniseries produced.
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