(Plagiarists co-founder)
Gregory Peters (he/him) is a founding member and former Artistic Director of The Plagiarists. He’s an Air Force brat, which means he has trouble answering even basic questions like “Where are you from?” without essay-length explanations and qualifications. For The Plagiarists, he wrote Matryoshka, Some Like It Red, Münsterspiel, and The Epic of Gilgamesh as Told By Mr. George Smith, Associate Curator For The British Museum (Deceased); directed Living the Dream, Promiscuous Stories, The Feast of Saint McGonagall, and belladonna luna sonata; and co-wrote/adapted The One About The Green Detective, Promiscuous Stories, American Stage Sessions, The Wreck of the Medusa, Caesura: A Butchery, King Ubu, Season Pass, Ubu II: Electric Boog-Ubu, and Season Pass: Deux Over. Other Chicago credits include directing Girl in the Goldfish Bowl for New Leaf Theatre and assistant directing/co-adapting The Alchemist for Nothing Special Productions. As Artistic Director of Nebraska’s Rough Magic Productions, he directed Fool for Love, Sick: A Love Story, Lobster Alice, Tape, Private Eyes, Touch, Matt & Ben, and a number of shorter pieces; wrote Description of a Struggle; and co-wrote Pure Anima. He also directed As You Like It, Murder in the Cathedral, and The Baltimore Waltz for other local companies.