Sired in the wilds of northern New Jersey, transplanted to the blistering heat of the American Southwest, educated at altitiude, with artistic sensibilities developed in the independent scene of New York and refined in the bucolic urabn forests of the Pacific Northwest, Peter Schuyler is the 100% the theatre artist who will look for the way to dismantle postmodern apathy and build something beautiful - or even beatific - out of what has come before.

He can also be a little pedantic.

Welocome to peterschuyler[dot]net, the site where one can find, if so inclined, the latest information about the artisitic endeavors of Peter Schuyler. Based in the Pacific Nortwest, he is a multidisciplinary performing artist whith a primary focus on live theatre. You can download current resume (here) and read on for the more “official” bio:

A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST AS TOLD BY…THE ARTIST

Ever since playing the crocodile in his first grade production of Rudyard Kipling’s How the Elephant Got Its Nose, Peter has been performing -- whether it was show choir, school plays, or the band he formed in high school. In college, after a brief period of thinking he’d go into opera or hotel management, he landed at the theatre department. After apprenticing with the Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival, Peter graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor’s in Theatre Performance. The day after, he went work in Flagstaff’s only professional theatre, AZTheatreWorks, where he received further training in Jehlinger and Shakespearean performance. In 2001, he struck out for the East Coast, quickly becoming a fixture in NYC’s independent theater scene -- working in spaces such as: La Mama ETC, Immediate Theatre Company, The Tank, DMTheatrics, and Bouncing Ball Theatre in D.C. Peter played the titular role in Titus X, Shawn Northrip’s punk rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy from 2004-2007, and Strom Thurmond’s father in Thomas Bradshaw’s Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist (both NYIT award nominees). He directed Mastiphicus Meglodon at Under St. Mark’s, WB Yeats' Purgatory and Trav SD's The Big Donut at the much-missed Red Room. In addition to acting, Peter wrote theatre criticism and short plays, produced, directed, curated productions, and worked as a literary tour guide for the Lit Pub Crawl. He also served as a producing board member of Native Aliens Theatre Collective, as Director of Development for Dysfunctional Theatre Company, was a staff writer for NYtheatre.com/Indie Theater, and was the Customer Service and Operations Manager for Dramatists Play Service.

 In 2011, he and his wife started a new adventure and moved to Portland. His first stage credit in Oregon was in Bag& Baggage’s production of Crimes of The Heart, followed by He joined the Resident Acting Company in 2014, mission and vision until 2022 appearing in more than 15 productions with highlights being George in Of Mice and Men, John Proctor in The Crucible, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit (Broadway World Award, Best Supporting Actor), Patrick Brontë in Brontë (Drammy Award for Best Production), Starbuck in Moby Dick, Rehearsed (Broadway World Award, Best Supporting Actor), Richard III (Broadway World Award, Best Actor), and most recently as John in Birds of North America. In 2022, he joined FUSE Theatre Ensemble as a company member and has produced and performed several works with the company, including their unique six person production of Our Town, Mikki Gillette’s American Girl, and most recently, Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Arsonist.

When he’s not at the theatre, Peter runs a successful PR company, kayaks the waterways of the PNW, plays the ukulele poorly, and spends as much as time as he can with his wife and their delightful, incorrigible daughter.