DIAL M FOR MURDER

Jeffrey Hatcher is an award-winning writer for stage, screen, and television. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, he graduated from Denison in 1980 with a degree in Theater and Cinema, during the titanic era of Professor William Brasmer and Dr. R. Elliott Stout. After moving to New York and attending (briefly) New York University’s Graduate Acting Program, he shifted from performing to writing, encouraged by fellow Denison alumni Gram Slaton ’77. His first play, IMPAIRED FACULTIES, was a comedy set in a small liberal arts college somewhere in the Midwest. Mercifully, according to Jeff, it has never been produced.
Since then, dozens of Hatcher’s plays, original and adaptations, have been produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in theaters around the world. They include the book for the Broadway musical NEVER GONNA DANCE, DIAL M FOR MURDER, THREE VIEWINGS, A PICASSO, SCOTLAND ROAD, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (with Mitch Albom), TEN CHIMNEYS, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB, COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, MRS. MANNERLY, MURDERERS, ELLA, MERCY OF A STORM, SMASH, ARMADALE, KORCZAK’S CHILDREN, JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, BRAND, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, PILLARS OF SOCIETY, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, THE GOOD SOLDIER, and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. His most recent adaptations are of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s THE CRITIC, which premiered at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., and John Kennedy Toole’s A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, which premiered at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, with Nick Offerman starring as “Ignatius J. Reilly.”
He has written screenplays for the films THE DUCHESS with Kiera Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, CASANOVA with Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller, STAGE BEAUTY with Billy Crudup and Claire Danes, and, most recently, MR. HOLMES, starring Ian McKellen. He has also written episodes of COLUMBO, THE MENTALIST, and the TV movie, MURDER AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL.
Hatcher recently, after a 30 year hiatus, returned to the stage, acting in EDUCATING RITA, THE HEIRESS, and his own piece JEFFREY HATCHER’S HAMLET, a one-man show about adapting, directing and acting in his 5th grade school production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
His awards and grants include: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, 2013 IVEY Lifetime Achievement Award, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, Edgerton Grant, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award Best New Play (A Picasso), and L.A. Critics Circle Award Best Adaptation (Cousin Bette). He is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights Center, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild, and New Dramatists.

Frederick Knott is one of the most-produced playwrights of the last 50 years for having penned two major thrillers, DIAL M FOR MURDER and WAIT UNTIL DARK, as well as the lesser known WRITE ME A MURDER. His yarns were well-crafted enough to inspire famous film versions. Alfred Hitchcock directed DIAL M FOR MURDER (with a screenplay by Mr. Knott) starring Grace Kelly in 1954, and Audrey Hepburn starred as a blind woman terrorized by thugs in the 1967 movie of WAIT UNTIL DARK. Mr. Knott was born in China of English parents and earned a law degree from Cambridge University. He served in the British Army 1939-46, rising to the rank of major, and eventually moved to the United States. He passed away in 2002.

Ensemble Theatre: EMERALD CITY, THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WATIER, MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, THE GREAT DIVIDE, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, BENEFACTORS, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, BOXING DAY BBQ, A DOLL’S HOUSE, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, OUTDATED, KENNY, CRUNCH TIME, THE ODD COUPLE, THE LAST WIFE, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, THE BIG TIME, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, TAKING STEPS, NEVILLE’S ISLAND, TWO, ODD MAN OUT, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BETRAYAL, GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC BED, EDUCATING RITA, ABSENT FRIENDS, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE ANZAC PROJECT, RICHARD III, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, FRANKENSTEIN, MANAGING CARMEN, RED, THE SPEAR CARRIER and HAMLET. THE ODD COUPLE; The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Theatre Royal, Sydney for Crossroads Live Australia. Film: Co-writer and co-director of BEING GAVIN. Literature Illustration: CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS.

Ensemble Theatre: THE MEMORY OF WATER. Michael Cassel Group: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD. Sport For Jove: CYRANO DE BERGERAC, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE TEMPEST. Sydney Theatre Company: M. ROCK. Music Theatre: Squabbalogic: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER. Hayes Theatre: JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL. Sydney Opera House: ASSASSINS. Global Creatures: MURIEL’S WEDDING THE MUSICAL. Queensland Theatre: LADIES IN BLACK. Gordon Frost: ONCE. Film: EMU. Television: THE JURY S2, SUNNY NIGHTS, POPULATION 11, APPLES NEVER FALL, LAST KING OF THE CROSS, HARDBALL, DEVIL’S DUST. Awards: Sydney Theatre Award 2017 MURIEL’S WEDDING. Greenroom Award 2015 ONCE.

Ensemble Theatre: PHOTOGRAPH 51, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, THE PLANT, TRIBES. Bell Shakespeare: TWELFTH NIGHT. Critical Stages: BLACK SUN/BLOOD MOON, SONGS FOR THE FALLEN. Outhouse Theatre Company: TREVOR. Sydney Theatre Company: ORLANDO. Film: IN THE MORNING, CONSOLATION, WATCH ME DIE. Television: THE JURY: DEATH ON THE STAIRCASE, IN OUR BLOOD, ALL SAINTS, HOME AND AWAY, HEAD START. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art, Bachelor of Dramatic Art 2006.

Ensemble Theatre: CRUISE CONTROL. Belvoir St Theatre: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, YELLOW MOON. Black Swan Theatre Company: THE WHITE DIVERS OF BROOME. Disney Theatrical: THE LION KING (Australian & International tours). Griffin Theatre Company: BELONGING. Merrigong Theatre Company: AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT. National Theatre (with Global Creatures): WARHORSE. Sport for Jove: THE THREE SISTERS. Sydney Theatre Company: MURIEL’S WEDDING (with Global Creatures), AUSTRALIAN GRAFFITI, TALK, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, A MAN WITH FIVE CHILDREN. Film: LUCKY MILES, CHRISTMESS, LOCUSTS, THE GREAT RAID Television: STRIFE, WOLF LIKE ME, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, THE BUREAU OF MAGICAL THINGS, THE FAMILY LAW, JANET KING, SHAPELLE, CITY HOMICIDE, EAST WEST 101, COMEDY INC. Awards: Best Actor, Cinemanila Film Festival (LUCKY MILES/2008), Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a miniseries/telemovie (SIGNIFICANT OTHERS /2023). Training: The National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre: Debut. Belvoir Street Theatre: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY (WITH Black Swan), THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, BLISS (with Malthouse Theatre). Darlinghurst Theatre: LOVE. Melbourne Theatre Company: SKYLIGHT, BIRDLAND, THE SUBLIME, THE HERETIC. Outhouse Theatre Co: CONSENT. Seymour Centre: CONSENT (with Outhouse Theatre Company), ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE (with Redline/The Old Fitz and Sugary Rum Productions). Film: CHILDREN OF THE CORN, CRIME & PUNISHMENT, WHAT IF IT WORKS?, LION. Television: RETURN TO PARADISE, HALIFAX: RETRIBUTION, JACK IRISH, DEAD LUCKY, WAKE IN FRIGHT, HOME AND AWAY, THE LEFTOVERS, HUNTERS, WINNERS & LOSERS. Awards: Logie Nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Drama, Sydney Theatre Award Nomination for Best Performance in a Leading Role in an Independent Production, Helpmann Award Nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play. Training: Victorian College of the Arts.

Ensemble Theatre: A DOLL’S HOUSE, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Bell Shakespeare: MACBETH, THE PLAYERS. Bontom: THE HOUSE AT BOUNDARY ROAD, LIVERPOOL.  Mop Head Productions: THE HOUSE OF RAMON IGLESIA. Old Fitz/Independent: INFINITY TASTER. Queensland Theatre: TAMING OF THE SHREW. Red Line Productions: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, THE JUDAS KISS. Sport for Jove: MACBETH, I HATE PEOPLE; OR TIMON OF ATHENS, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT. White Box Theatre: THE SHIFTING HEART. WildCard Productions: ROMEO AND JULIEN. Film: ON THE MOVE, RIVER. Television: POPULATION 11, QUEEN OF OZ, THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS, LOVE CHILD.

Ensemble Theatre: THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, UNCLE VANYA, THE ONE, BENEFACTORS. Michael Cassel: A VERY MUSICAL CHRISTMAS. Michael Cassel/Eva Price: TITANIQUE. Opera Australia/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON. GWB/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON ASIA TOUR. Hayes Theatre Co: ZOMBIE: THE MUSICAL, PIRATES OF PENZANCE. JRP: THE PRODUCERS. Curveball Creative: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Little Eggs Collective/Hayes Theatre Co: METROPOLIS, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Artists in Motion/Dubai Expo: DIWALI, NYE, WHY? THE MUSICAL, DAILY PRODUCTIONS. Artists in Motion: RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, THE QUEST FOR THE MOON, HSING YUN. Betty Productions: 48TH UAE NATIONAL DAY. Training: BFA, MFA: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre: THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WAITER, ARIA, UNCLE VANYA, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BOXING DAY BBQ, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, NEARER THE GODS, DIPLOMACY, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, ALONE IT STANDS, BENEFACTORS, SUMMER OF HAROLD. Bangarra Dance Theatre: WARU JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE, DUBBOO, ONE’S COUNTRY, OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES, BLAK, BELONG. Duet Group: DIVAS. Hayes Theatre Company: SHE LOVES ME. Louise Withers and Associates: THE MOUSETRAP, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. Soft Tread: WHARF REVUE 2023: PRIDE IN PREJUDICE, WHARF REVUE 2022: LOOKING FOR ALBANESE, WHARF REVUE 2021: CAN OF WORMS. Sydney Chamber Opera: HIS MUSIC BURNS. Sydney Theatre Company: WHARF REVUE 2020; WHARF REVUE 2019; WHARF REVUE 2018; RUBY MOON. Tinderbox Productions: DAVID SUCHET, POIROT and more.

Madeleine is a sound designer & composer working on Gadigal land. Select credits include; Ensemble Theatre; Composer and Sound Designer: EMERALD CITY. Sound designer & composer: Belvoir 25A: SHITTY, HOT TUB, LIFE IS A DREAM. Virginia Plain & KXT: GRAIN IN THE BLOOD. Old Fitz: AMBER, ALL THE FRAUDULENT HORSE GIRLS. Sydney Fringe Festival: VENUS IN FUR. Sound designer; Belvoir St Theatre: THE WEEKEND. ATYP: SCAB. Associate sound designer; Belvoir St Theatre: SONG OF FIRST DESIRE, THE WRONG GODS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE. Sydney Theatre Company: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Theatre and Stage Management), National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Stage Manager: Sydney Opera House. Australian Chamber Orchestra: THE NUTCRACKER. Hit Productions: THE SAPPHIRES AUSTRALIAN TOUR. Pace Live Entertainment Group: A TASTE OF IRELAND SHOW AUSTRALIA TOUR 2022. Squabbalogic Independent Music Theatre: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER. Monkey Baa Theatre Company: Company Stage Manager; JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE NATIONAL TOUR 2025, THE PEASANT PRINCE NATIONAL TOUR 2024, POSSUM MAGIC NATIONAL TOUR 2023. David Venn Enterprises: Local Assistant Stage Manager: ELVIS A MUSICAL REVOLUTION. Sydney Festival: Production Assistant 2023. Training: Academy of Film Theatre and Television; Diploma of Screen and Media, Theatre Production 2021.

Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, MCGUFFIN PARK, THE MEMORY OF WATER. The New Theatre: THE FLEA. Hayes Theatre Company: THE PIGEONS (With The Other Theatre). National Institute of Dramatic Art: 21 CHUMP STREET, EPHEMERA, MUSICAL THEATRE AND STAGE AND SCREEN SHOWCASE, TECHNICAL ARTISRTY SHOWCASE. Triple J: UNEARTHED PROJECT (with DICE). Frensham School: ME AND MY GIRL, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, GREASE, CLUE, THE BFG. Training: Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services at National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre: PRIMARY TRUST, THE HALF LIFE OF MARIE CURIE, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, COLDER THAN HERE, THE QUEEN’S NANNY (and TOUR). Costume Designer: Netflix Events: WEDNESDAY SEASON 2 PREMIER – WEDNESDAY ISLAND Belvoir Street Theatre: PROPOISE POOL 25A SEASON. Hayes Theatre Co: BRIGHT STAR, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, LITTLE WOMEN. Kings Cross Theatre on Broadway (KXT): RHOMBIOD, GRAIN IN THE BLOOD, THE PIGEONS. Costume Supervisor: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: INFERNO. Pinchgut Opera: DIDO AND AENEAS. Head of Wardrobe: Opera house: CLAMITY JANE. Victorian Opera: IL TABARRO. Films: APPLETON LADIES POTATO RACE, FIVE BLIND DATES. TV: HOUSE OF GODS, THE TWELVE (Season 1), HARDBALL (Season 2), THE OTHER GUY (Season 2). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art, (BFA Costume) ENMORE DESIGN CENTRE. Awards: Nominated Best Costume Design for RHOMBOID at Sydney Broadway Awards 2023.