Peter Simon Hilton

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Playwright

Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).

Fall 2025 Season:

Playwright of “The Pirate Ballad of Bonny and Read”

Writing Credits:

HAMLET 50/50 (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare in Paradise, Nassau)
CASTRATO! (Alabama Shakespeare Festival)
TRUNG SISTERS (C Venues, Edinburgh International Fringe Festival)
THE SEA SERPENT & THE SAMURAI’S DAUGHTER (ART/NY Festival)
‘TWAS TWO TO THE GRAVE (Greenwich Theatre, NYC)
CAMILLA: WARRIOR PRINCESS (Theatre for the New City, NYC)
CONTESTANT 325 (Greenwich Theatre, NYC)
MRS. GARRUD’S DOJO (Greenwich Theatre, NYC)
A SILENT EXCHANGE (Hudson Theater, LA)
GLORIA (Theatre for the New City, NYC)

Corporate Theater:

Over 200 dramatic scripts for corporate training in issues of diversity, sexual harrassment and cross-cultural awareness. Performed for global corporations in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Australia and at leading US Business Schools.

Awards:

“GLORIA” : Genie Award for “Most Outstanding Original Production” 2001

Education:

University College London (UCL), BA Honours in Classics
Guildford School of Acting, postgraduate diploma
Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) Playwriting program: Rogelio Martinez

Website:

impactdrama.net
5050shakespeare.com

Instagram:

@5050shakespeare