Anya Hilpert

Director

2025, she/they BFA Drama, Directing

Anya Hilpert (she/they) is a director of modern and new plays. She is passionate about uplifting work that centers young women and queer stories. This is driven by a fascination with exploring the inner emotional lives of young teenage women and what it means to be socialized as a girl. Her directing credits include: Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love by Mallery Avidon (CMU Drama, 2025), Horse Girls (CMU Studio Theatre, 2024), There Are No Diving Pools in Hell by Aliza Jane Cosgrove (Fish Tank Productions, 2024). She has worked as Assistant or Associate Director on: A Trip To The Moon Book, by Adam J. Rineer (PRISM Festival of New Queer Musicals, 2024), Dance Nation by Clare Barron (CMU Drama, 2022), Godspell by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz (CMU Drama, 2023), Geomancy by JP Berry (Playground New Works Festival, 2022), and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn (CMU Drama, 2022). Hilpert has also worked in administrative positions at Vineyard Theater Company and Off Square Theater Company. Anya is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s Undergraduate John Wells Directing program. www.anyahilpert.com

Work Samples

Horse Girls

By Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Anya Hilpert
Scotch’n’Soda – January 2025

Horse Girls

By Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Anya Hilpert
Scotch’n’Soda – January 2025

There Are No Diving Pools In Hell

By Aliza Jane Cosgrove
Directed by Anya Hilpert
Fishtank Reading Series – October 2024