Adam Pettle
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox writer
|name = Adam Pettle
|birth_date = 1973
|birth_place = Toronto
|education = National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
|occupation = Writer, producer, playwright
|notableworks = Saving Hope, Rookie Blue, King
|spouse= Patricia 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.
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.{{Cite web|title=Adam Pettle – The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adam-pettle/}}
His first play, Therac 25 (1995), is autobiographical – Pettle received extensive treatment for thyroid cancer in the early 1990s.{{Cite web|title=Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009|date=December 2, 2009 |url=http://www.postcity.com/Post-City-Magazines/December-2009/Take-a-bow-tie-a-knot/}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011|website=Toronto Star |date=May 4, 2011 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/05/04/adam_pettle_knows_when_to_hold_em_and_fold_em.html}}
Zadie's Shoes, Sunday Father and Therac 25 have all been nominated for Dora Awards for best new play.
=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).{{Cite web|title=Norstar Corporate Overview|url=http://www.norstarfilms.com/about_us.html}} He has since worked on several Canadian and American television series, including Combat Hospital, King, Rookie Blue, X Company, and Saving Hope.{{Cite web|title=Adam Pettle IMDb|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3876500/}} He was nominated a Gemini Award in 2010 for a Rookie Blue episode entitled "Big Nickel," co-written with Morwyn Brebner.{{Cite web|title=26th Gemini Awards|url=http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/|access-date=September 22, 2015|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306071433/http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Adam Pettle knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em – The Toronto Star – May 04, 2011|website=Toronto Star |date=May 4, 2011 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/05/04/adam_pettle_knows_when_to_hold_em_and_fold_em.html}}
=Personal life=
He is married to Patricia Fagan.{{Cite web|title=Take a bow, tie a knot – Post City Magazine – December 2009|date=December 2, 2009 |url=http://www.postcity.com/Post-City-Magazines/December-2009/Take-a-bow-tie-a-knot/}} 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=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Therac 25 | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| 2000
| Zadie's Shoes | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Sunday Father | Dora Award Nominee for Best New Play. |
| Misha
| One Act Play |
| The Tragic Role
| Adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play for Soulpepper Theatre. |
| 2003
| Mosley and Me | |
| 2006
| Rattle the Bones | |
| 2009
| Parfumerie | Adaption Miklos Laszlo's romantic comedy, co-written by Brenda Robins for Soulpepper. |
=Television=
==Production staff==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Executive Story Editor | Season 1 |
| 2011–2012
| Executive Story Editor | Season 1 and 2 |
| 2012
| King | Co-Producer | Season 2 |
| 2012
| rowspan="3" | Saving Hope | Co-executive producer | Seasons 1 |
| 2013 – 2017
| Executive Producer | Season 2 – 4 |
| 2015 – 2017
| Showrunner | Season 4 |
| 2015
| Story Consultant | Season 1 |
| 2020
| Nurses | | |
==Writer==
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||
| Year | Show | Season | Episode | Original airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2" | Rookie Blue | rowspan="2" | 1 | "Honour Roll" | August 12, 2010 | | |||||
| "Big Nickel"
| August 26, 2010 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. Nominated for a Gemini Award. | |||||
| 2011
| 1 | "Hells Bells" | July 19, 2011 | | |||||
| 2011
| 2 | "Brotherhood" | August 19, 2011 | | |||||
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| rowspan="2" | King | rowspan="2" | 2 | "Josh Simpson" | March 7, 2012 | | |||||
| "Isabelle Toomey"
| April 20, 2012 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | |||||
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| rowspan="16" | Saving Hope | rowspan="3" | 1 | "Blindness" | June 21, 2012 | | |||||
| "Heartsick"
| July 26, 2012 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | |||||
| "Ride Hard or Go Home"
| September 6, 2012 | | |||||
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| rowspan="3" | 2 | "Little Piggies" | July 2, 2013 | | |||||
| "Vamonos"
| August 20, 2013 | Co-written with Amanda Fahey. | |||||
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| "Twinned Lambs" | February 20, 2014 | | |||||
| rowspan="3" | 3
| "Kiss Me Goodbye (Part 2)" | September 25, 2014 | | |||||
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| "Narrow Margin" | January 14, 2015 | Co-written with Morwyn Brebner. | |||||
| "Fearless"
| February 11, 2015 | | |||||
| rowspan="3" | 4
| "Sympathy for the Devil" | September 24, 2015 | | |||||
| "Waiting on a Friend"
| November 12, 2015 | Co-written with Graeme Stewart. | |||||
| rowspan="5" | 2016
| "Let Me Go" | February 14, 2016 | | |||||
| rowspan="4" | 5
| "Doctor Dustiny" | TBD | | |||||
| "Leap of Faith"
| TBD | Co-written with Hayden Simpson. | |||||
| "We Need to Talk About Charlie Harries"
| TBD | Co-written with Graeme Stewart. | |||||
| "Hope Never Dies"
| TBD | |
References
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Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Canadian television writers
Category:Canadian television producers
Category:Screenwriters from Toronto
Category:Dalhousie University alumni
Category:National Theatre School of Canada alumni
Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Canadian radio writers
Category:20th-century Canadian male writers