PIPER HILL'S WEBSITE!!!
Small Dragon on Noah's Ark at ANT Fest
Here's what I've been up to in the past couple of years (a playlist):
Here are some pictures of me:
Here's a little about me:
Hi! I'm Piper Hill (he/him), a performer/composer/theater artist/gamer from central Ohio, the traditional lands of the Myaamia and Kaskaskia people. Now I live on Munsee-Lenape land in Brooklyn. I make game musicals. By game musicals, I mean musicals that are games, games that are musicals or musicals that are made out of games. Under the guidance of César Alvarez, Ash Fure, and Will Cheng during my Masters in Digital Musics at Dartmouth, I realized that queer game musicals are what I was meant to be making.
Here's my Masters Thesis if you feel like having a goofy time.
Musical that is a Game:
In the fall of 2021 I wrote and workshopped A Show That Is a Game and Is Also a Party and Is Also an Elaborate PowerPoint Presentation — A Musical, and it’s exactly what it says it is. You can see a teaser trailer in the playlist up there, or watch the whole thing on my YouTube channel. I've made a lot of changes to it since then and look forward to more opportunities to grow this show!
Musical that is made out of Games:
I’m working on a machinima-movie-musical animated from of in-game footage of The Sims 3 & 4, where I play all the characters. It's called How We Came to Build the House that Looks Like Me. It will eventually be a YouTube playlist with videos released serially. Drafts of two of these videos are in the playlist above! I used to stream the process (building the sets, doing character design, etc.) on Twitch under the username eochaid_ok, and might start that back up soon.
Game that is a Musical:
I'm also making an RPG called small dragon that will have songs in it, so it's a musical too. It's about constructing a retroactive trans boyhood through artifact and fantastical and spooky mini-worlds, and also friendship and dress-up games.
In the meantime, I've frequently collaborated with César Alvarez, Emily Orling, and Sarah Benson on César's musicals THE POTLUCK and NOISE, as well as EGG, which was co-written by César and Emily. I've acted, played keyboard, music directed, score supervised, projection designed, and run captions for them. I also made a music video for César's song "Starfish" (included in the playlist above). I was the Artistic Associate on Dan Fishback's 2024 workshop of Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in His Apartment. I co-directed Olivia Shortt's 2023 performance of The Museum of the Lost and Found: gaakaazootaadiwag. I am also in a project called Amooz Boosh, with artists H Sinno and Trevor Van de Velde.
I've also been gigging as a sound engineer (including The Whitney Album at Soho Rep), sound designer, performer, accompanist, and I teach afterschool classes to elementary-schoolers. I often work at The Tank. Some other things... I went to UChicago and Oberlin for undergrad, and my favorite non-creating activities include karaoke, hanging out with friends, watching cartoons, and playing video games.
Here are some links to things:
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