ABOUT

Born in the boondocks of the Willamette Valley and raised by mountaineering fabulists, Hayden Pedersen (she/they) is a champion of all things spectacular. A proud generalist, Hayden leads creative charges with 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: The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Idaho Theater for Youth); Hamlet at the Old Penitentiary (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)
PUPPETRY: Peter and the Starcatcher (Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival); The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson, The Legend of Finn McCoy (Idaho Theater for Youth)
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)
PRODUCER: Edessa of Baghdad † by Dalia Ashurina and Avi Amon (New American Theatre Festival, B Street Theatre/In The Margin)

Ensemble Member, In The Margin | Apprentice, Bread and Puppet Theater, 2022 | Arts Admin Intern, Boise Contemporary Theater, 2020

† Denotes Reading