Peter Gil-Sheridan is a Cuban-American playwright whose play This Space Between Us was performed off-Broadway with Keen Company. The play was developed by The New Harmony Project and Page 73 Productions as part of the P73 Residency. Cockfight, originally written at Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, was developed by PlayPenn and recently produced as a podcast by The Parsnip Ship. His play Useful People was developed by Powerhouse. His newest play, Maybe When You’re Older, was developed at PlayLabs at The Playwrights’ Center.
His play Ritu Comes Home, commissioned by InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia as part of their 20/20 Commission program, had its world premiere there. 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, Stillwright, The Sundance Institute, The Millay Colony, The Ucross Foundation, and the Tofte Lake Residency. 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, Ucross in Wyoming, and Martha’s Vineyard. Peter is on the faculty at Vassar College, MFA: Iowa, BA: Fordham.