Peter Andersen (he/him) is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s MFA directing program; he is also a graduate of Emerson College where he obtained his BFA in Acting. Formerly, he was the education manager at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. He has also worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as an Education Apprentice and Multicultural Fellow.
Directing projects include: Pericles (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare) Romeo & Juliet (OPFT); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (OPFT); Macbeth (NIU); Measure for Measure (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (The Gift Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Our Town (Roosevelt University); At Your Own Risk (University of Chicago); The Kennedy Plays (CMU); 21 (CMU); As You Like It (CMU); The American Myth (Shakespeare and Company); The Cafe Collections; O/A: The Sophocles Project. He has also worked for The Royal Shakespeare Company, Chicago Shakespeare, TimeLine Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Writers Theatre, and American Players Theatre as an assistant and associate director.
As an actor he has performed in several seasons at Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA); Actor’s Shakespeare Project (Boston, MA); and Company One (Boston, MA); he has also performed in New York City and Chicago.