Peter G. Andersen

MFA DIRECTING, 2023

A recent graduate of CMU’s MFA Directing program, Peter Andersen is an accomplished director, actor and artistic director with extensive experience of adapting classical plays for a modern audience. Peter is currently the artistic director of Oak Park Festival Theatre; previously, he worked for Steppenwolf Theatre Company as the Steppenwolf For Young Adults Apprentice and Multicultural Fellow, and as the Education Manager at Writers Theatre in Glencoe.  

Some of Peter’s directing projects include: “The Kennedy Plays”, “21”, a rock-musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, “The American Myth”, “At Your Own Risk”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Queer Shakespeare”, “The Cafe Collections”, “O/A: The Sophocles Project”, “As You Like It”, “Macbeth”, and “Measure for Measure.” He has also worked at TimeLine Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Writers Theatre, and American Players Theatre as an assistant 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.