DIRECTING
Lily Blaisdell Hamilton (she/they)
Lily Blaisdell Hamilton began her theatrical journey with Shakespeare when she was 5 at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in California where she went on to participate in their Youth Drama Camp and Teen Intensive as well as teach and direct plays.
She has extensive experience as an understudy in numerous plays with their Repertory Company. She went to high school in England where she completed an International Baccalaureate Higher Lever certificate in Theatre with a 6.
She studied a BFA in Acting at the California Institute of the Arts where she interacted with artists such as Qui Nguyen and Vampire Cowboys, Ron Cephas Jones, and Suzan-Lori Parks.
In addition to being a working actor and director, she is the founder of an inclusion-focused theatre company called Thespihonest where she serves as Artistic Director in addition to performing in and directing their productions.
DIRECTING & PRODUCING
Macbeth • Thespihonest • Hudson Backstage Theatre • Director
The Taming of the Shrew • Thespihonest • Palisades Playhouse • Director & Producer
Romeo and Juliet • Thespihonest • Shakespeare in the Park • Director & Producer
Blood Wedding • TASIS IB Theatre HL • Director
Titus Andronicus • TASIS IB Theatre HL • Director
The Clean House • TASIS IB Theatre HL • Assistant Director
Alice in Wonderland • TASIS England • Assistant Director
Education
California Institute of the Arts • BFA Acting
TASIS The American School in England • High School Diploma & IB Theatre HL
Viewpoint School • Kindergarten-10th Grade
Guildford School of Acting • Saturday School
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland • Musical Theatre Intensive
Frantic Assembly • Devising Physical Theatre
Complicite • Devising Masterclass
ISTA TaPs Festival • Devising, Clowning, Physical Theatre
Teaching
Theatricum Botanicum Youth Drama Camp • Director, Voice, and Dance teacher for ages 7-14
City Hearts: Where Kids Say Yes to the Arts • Dance and Shakespeare teacher, Jr. Board Member
