eric hissom
actor - director - playwright
New play
The Tragical Comedy of Thyramus and Pisbee
by Eric Hissom
A fast, funny, and slyly anachronistic period comedy, resonant with contemporary issues. At the eleventh hour, Shakespeare’s troupe, which is rife with love-triangles, and features a spear-carrier thrust into a major role, frantically rehearses the Pyramus and Thisbe section of A Midsummer Night's Dream for an imminent performance before the King and his court, on a night fraught with political intrigue.
October 4 - October 29, 2017
The Effect
By Lucy Preeble
Directed by David Muse
Studio X, Studio Theater,
Washington, DC
upcoming projects
January 11 - February 4, 2018
Everything is Illuminated
By Simon Block
Directed by Aaron Posner
Theater J, Washington, DC
Summer 2016
Current Projects
July 26 - august 6, 2017
Troilus and Cressida
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Dennis Razze
Schubert Theater, PA Shakespeare Festival
Center Valley, PA
February 8–April 15, 2016
Born Yesterday
By Garson Kanin
Directed by Peter Amster
Sarasota, Florida
july 13 - august 07, 2016
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Matt Pfeiffer
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Center Valley, PA
Fall 2016
september 14 - october 23, 2016
The Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Derek Goldman
Olney, Maryland