Adam Pettle

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Adam Pettle
Born1973
Toronto
OccupationWriter, producer, playwright
Education National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Notable works Saving Hope , Rookie Blue , King
SpousePatricia Fagan (2 children)

Adam Pettle (born 1973) is a Canadian playwright, radio producer, and television writer, most noted as the showrunner and executive producer on the CTV and Ion Television hospital drama Saving Hope .

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Biography

Theatre

Born in Toronto in 1973, Pettle is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada's (NTS) playwriting program. He received a BA in theatre from Dalhousie University in 1994. [1]

His first play, Therac 25 (1995), is autobiographical – Pettle received extensive treatment for thyroid cancer in the early 1990s. [2] It stages a developing romance in the halls of a cancer treatment unit. His next drama, Zadie's Shoes (2000), is one of the few Canadian plays to successfully transfer from a medium-size house (The Factory Theatre) to the commercial Winter Garden Theatre. It has been produced across Canada as well as in the US and the UK. [3]

Zadie's Shoes, Sunday Father and Therac 25 have all been nominated for Dora Awards for best new play. [1]

Television and radio

In 2006, Pettle began his move towards television writing, penning an original pilot Clean for Ilana Frank and Thump Inc (now ICF Films). [4] He has since worked on several Canadian and American television series, including Combat Hospital , King , Rookie Blue , X Company , and Saving Hope . [5] He was nominated a Gemini Award in 2010 for a Rookie Blue episode entitled "Big Nickel," co-written with Morwyn Brebner. [6] He is credited as a co-producer on King and executive producer on Saving Hope.

Pettle is also co-creator and head writer of the miniseries Afghanada , heard on CBC Radio. [7]

Personal life

He is married to Patricia Fagan. [8] They have two children, Alice and Lev Pettle. As a teen, Pettle was a well-known break dancer with the street name "Kid Quik".

Work

Plays

YearTitleNotes
1995Therac 25 Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play.
2000Zadie's Shoes Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play.
2002Sunday Father Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play.
MishaOne Act Play
The Tragic RoleAdaptation of Anton Chekhov's play for Soulpepper Theatre.
2003Mosley and Me
2006Rattle the Bones
2009ParfumerieAdaption Miklos Laszlo's romantic comedy, co-written by Brenda Robins for Soulpepper.

Television

Production staff

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Combat Hospital Executive Story EditorSeason 1
2011–2012 Rookie Blue Executive Story EditorSeason 1 and 2
2012 King Co-ProducerSeason 2
2012 Saving Hope Co-executive producerSeasons 1
2013 – 2017Executive ProducerSeason 2 – 4
2015 – 2017ShowrunnerSeason 4
2015 X Company Story ConsultantSeason 1
2020 Nurses

Writer

YearShowSeasonEpisodeOriginal airdateNotes
2010 Rookie Blue 1"Honour Roll"August 12, 2010
"Big Nickel"August 26, 2010Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. Nominated for a Gemini Award.
2011 Combat Hospital 1"Hells Bells"July 19, 2011
2011 Rookie Blue 2"Brotherhood"August 19, 2011
2012 King 2"Josh Simpson"March 7, 2012
"Isabelle Toomey"April 20, 2012Co-written with Morwyn Brebner.
2012 Saving Hope 1"Blindness"June 21, 2012
"Heartsick"July 26, 2012Co-written with Morwyn Brebner.
"Ride Hard or Go Home"September 6, 2012
20132"Little Piggies"July 2, 2013
"Vamonos"August 20, 2013Co-written with Amanda Fahey.
2014"Twinned Lambs"February 20, 2014
3"Kiss Me Goodbye (Part 2)"September 25, 2014
2015"Narrow Margin"January 14, 2015Co-written with Morwyn Brebner.
"Fearless"February 11, 2015
4"Sympathy for the Devil"September 24, 2015
"Waiting on a Friend"November 12, 2015Co-written with Graeme Stewart.
2016"Let Me Go"February 14, 2016
5"Doctor Dustiny"TBD
"Leap of Faith"TBDCo-written with Hayden Simpson.
"We Need to Talk About Charlie Harries"TBDCo-written with Graeme Stewart.
"Hope Never Dies"TBD

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References

  1. 1 2 "Adam Pettle – The Canadian Encyclopedia".
  2. ↑ "Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009". December 2, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011". Toronto Star . May 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Norstar Corporate Overview".
  5. ↑ "Adam Pettle IMDb". IMDb .
  6. ↑ "26th Gemini Awards". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011". Toronto Star . May 4, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009". December 2, 2009.
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