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GEORGE HIDER
ABOUT ME
Having originally been born in (and recently returned to) London, I spent the majority of my life living in Bronxville, NY. I attended Skidmore College, gaining a Bachelor's of Science in Theatre, before attending the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Peckham, where I received my M.A. in Performance.

Most of my work has been on the stage, with recent roles including William Monteagle in 5/11, Michel in The Truth, and Antigonus in The Winter's Tale (Mountview). Other previous credits include Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Powerhouse Theatre Festival), Private John Harris in The Angels of Mons (March Forth Productions), and Sid in Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), as well as developing new works and characters with companies like The Actor's Project NYC, Bottom's Dream and The Barrow Group. I have also worked in the commercial and film worlds, working on pieces for Amazon Prime TV, Google, SeatGeek and more.

I have an extensive background in improvisation, co-founding groups in high school, college and beyond. Panic Button!, my high school group, performed at the National Comedy Theatre in New York City. I helped found Awkward Kids Talking, Skidmore College's newest improvisation company, presenting shows like IMDB: The Improvised Movie Database, AKTV, and #improvinthedark. In the summer of 2013 I spent time studying at the Second City Summer Training Intensive in Chicago, where I took classes in improvisation and sketch writing. I then became a founding member of the As You Will Improvised Shakespeare Company, who performed throughout the Saratoga area, most notably with the Saratoga Shakespeare Company, and went on to become a regular performer at The People's Improv Theater in New York City, where we developed a monthly show.

My work has also expanded beyond the stage, with several playwriting credits under my belt. The Most Lamentable Tragedy of King Donald (Part 1) - a Shakespeare-style history play depicting the events of the 2016 Presidential Election - had a staged reading at Simple Studios in New York City. Other recent projects include: Sociology 147: Human Behavior Studies, ARACHN(id), and Albuquerque Christmas, which were all produced by Rhapsody Collective. I recently transitioned towards writing one-man shows, starting with my Masters Dissertation play RE:acting, a live theatrical deconstruction of performance on social media. I am currently using the same process to create my next piece, currently titled Birds Aren't Real, which I hope to start performing in 2020.