Piper Anderson

Writer

Piper is a published author and graduate of the New School’s Writing Democracy fellowship and CUNY’s MA in Applied Theatre. She writes for the page, stage, and screen. Her work has been published in three books, dozens of articles for major publications, as well three produced plays.

Artist

As a socially engaged artist, Piper creates interdisciplinary performance and community storytelling projects that explore themes of belonging, memory, healing, and transforming harm through the power of public and personal witness.

Cultural Organizer

Piper Anderson is a cultural organizer and interdisciplinary storyteller who mobilizes memory, narrative, somatic practice, and applied theatre techniques to create spaces for collective imagination and community building. Through creative facilitation, public memory activations, and collaborative cultural work, she creates spaces where people can deepen understanding, repair harm, and imagine more just futures together. She is the co-founder and Director of Public Programs for the Rikers Public Memory Project.