Metcalfe's career has touched on all forms of dramatic writing; screen, television and stage.
Based on his Off-Broadway play, Strange Snow, it starred Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Kathy Baker and was directed by David Jones.
His play Emily was done for Scott Rudin and Paramount Pictures; Time Flies, by Paul Linke, was adapted for producer Laura Ziskin; A.R.
Metcalfe's stage plays include Loves & Hours, Vikings, Strange Snow, Sorrows and Sons, Pilgrims, Half a Lifetime, Emily, White Linen, Divirtimenti, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, and White man Dancing.
His play The Tragedy of the Commons premiered in January 2011 at Cygnet Theatre Company in San Diego.