Peter Gil-Sheridan is a Latinx playwright whose most recent play Maybe When You’re Older was developed at PlayLabs at the Center, directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh. It was originally written at Stillwright, a silent retreat run by Erik Ehn. His play, This Space Between Us, was developed by both The New Harmony Project and by Page 73 Productions as part of the Page 73 Residency. It was performed off-Broadway with Keen Company under the direction of Jonathan Silverstein in 2022. His play Cockfight, originally written at Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, was further developed by PlayPenn and recently produced as a podcast by the Parsnip Ship. His play Useful People was recently developed by the Powerhouse Theatre in NY.

Peter was a founding member of The Pool, a pop-up theater company formed with Lynn Rosen and Susan Bernfield that produced his play The Rafa Play in rep with Rosen’s and Bernfield’s work at the Flea Theatre. The Pool is now in its third iteration.

His play Ritu Comes Home, commissioned by InterAct in Philadelphia as part of their 20/20 Commission program, had its world premiere there in 2015. Topsy Turvy Mouse was produced by the Cherry Lane Mentor Project and Borderlands Theatre and was the winner of The Smith Prize awarded by NNPN for outstanding political work.

Residencies include the Jerome Fellowship, The Sundance Institute, The Millay Colony, The Ucross Foundation, and the Tofte Lake Residency. Peter has also been a member of I73, Page 73’s weekly writing group. He’s performed his solo piece People Tell Me Things at several venues across the U.S. including Ars Nova’s ANTFest, Identity, Inc. in Farmington, NM, at Ucross in Wyoming and on Martha’s Vineyard. He is an Affiliated Artist with the Playwright’s Center and with NNPN. Peter is a member of the faculty at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and teaches playwriting there. MFA: Iowa, BA: Fordham

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