Skye Robinson Hillis

Skye Robinson Hillis is a playwright, director, and dramaturg based in Chicago. As a playwright, her work has been seen at The Route 66 Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, A Red Orchid Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop, Artistic Home, Prologue Theatre Company, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Columbia College, and the City of Chicago’s In the Works Play Lab at the Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park.

Her play And Vaster was awarded a residency at the New Works Lab at Stratford in 2015; winner of the 2015 Ashland New Plays Festival; and winner of the Holland New Voices Award at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. And Vaster was also recently named a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award. As a director and dramaturg, she has worked for Hartford Stage, Goodman Theatre, Court, A Red Orchid, Remy Bumppo, Stage Left, and more. Skye is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at Ohio University on a full scholarship.