Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson started out in theatre at age 11, in the Lancaster Players' production of "Chesapeake Academy". He did community theatre & school productions throughout his High School years in Virginia. Attending the College of William and Mary in the 1970s, he acted in 2 productions of Chekov with Glenn Close, and did stints in New York and Massachusetts for Ron Rawson Productions and The South Shore Music Circus. At this time, he toured with the roadshow production of Zero Mostel's "Fiddler on The Roof" and worked for Joan Rivers and other touring performers. After college, he did an extended hitch-hiking tour of Europe and Asia, hooking up with performing troupes in India and Nepal, acting in his first made-for-TV production for Yugoslavian TV whilst in Goa, India. Upon his return to the USA in early '80, he did production work for the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, before moving to Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. In Colorado he finally hit his stride, doing stand-up & sketch comedy both as a solo performer and as a member of Hoffman & Johnson and Laughs to Go. He did numerous shows around the state and in San Diego, California. He met his wife, Dixie Elder, during the Nomads Theatre production of "PS: Your Cat is Dead", in 1986. Peter has made 17 short, feature and independent films in Colorado since 1987, some of which may never be released. He has done 2 episodes of Diagnosis Murder and a Father Dowling shoot. In 1992, he did a 2 month tour of Europe in the road company of "The Case of The Cabaret Killer", as comic Larry Stinkenbaum. He worked for KBDI-TV 12 from 1988 to 1992 in the Homemovies show, writing and performing dozens of comedy skits. In 2000, he was invited to perform along side Annette Bening, John Goodman, Phyllis Diller, The Firesign Theatre, and a host of others, in the OtherWorld Media Production of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" for Public Radio International. From 2001 to 2003, he acted in dozens of radio plays for Ben Popken's Play With Your Radio series on KVCU 1190am. His most recent festival short film is "Ghost Town", premiering in Boulder, Colorado May 11 of 2006.