Jessica B. Hill is an actor-playwright originally from Montreal. She was part of the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory and graduated from McGill University, and Dawson College’s Dome program. Jessica established herself at the Stratford Festival over several seasons, starring in roles like Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well and Lady Anne in Richard III. Pandora, her playwriting debut, had its world premiere in 2023 at the Prairie Theatre Exchange, a co-production with Shakespeare in the Ruins. The Dark Lady, her second play, had its world premiere in 2023 with Shakespeare in the Ruins and then transferred to Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Jessica teaches Chekhov and Shakespeare at the National Theatre School. She has worked as an actor in Montreal, Stratford, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon and has been invited as a guest speaker at McGill, McMaster and York Universities.