ABOUT
Born in the boondocks of the Willamette Valley and raised by mountaineering fabulists, Hayden Pedersen (she/they) is a director and champion of all things spectacular. A proud generalist, Hayden approaches creative charges through an interdisciplinary lens, striving to push boundaries and foster theatrical experiments. Hayden is on the lifelong quest for humanist, accessible, and anti-elitist approaches to art and its administration. A feeler of big feelings, advocate for the creative ruralist, and prospector of the uncanny, Hayden pines for togetherness through that little human quirk that allows us to suspend reality and try on new potentials.
SELECT CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Hamlet (Boise Bard); The Rise and Fall of Candy Buckets, The Glorious History of Kreon King of Thebes† (HomeGrown Theatre/The Horrific Puppet Affair); Dark Play or Stories for Boys; The Laramie Project; The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Boise State University/Theatre Makers Association); The Pillowman† (Tealight Reading Series)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ¡MAMÁGUA!† (Campfire Theatre Festival); The Mystery of Love & Sex† (Tealight Reading Series)
PRODUCER: Edessa of Baghdad † by Dalia Ashurina and Avi Amon (New American Theatre Festival, B Street Theatre/In The Margin); BL!NK † by Grace Ward (Haute Nautilus/Fishmarket Theater, in prod 2024)
SCENIC: The Legend of Finn McCoy (Idaho Theater for Youth); The Falling and the Rising (Opera Idaho); Hamlet (Boise Bard Players); Men on Boats (HomeGrown Theatre)
Ensemble Member, In The Margin | Apprentice, Bread and Puppet Theater, 2022 | Arts Admin Intern, Boise Contemporary Theater, 2020
† Denotes Reading
