Hilari is also the founder of the Young Players Ensemble, an international youth theatre company that develops new work with young people around the world.  She directed and produced the documentary “Northern Ireland Now” through this program with young people across Northern Ireland.  As a performer, Hilari toured nationally as the lead in “Freaky Friday,” “Jekyll and Hyde,” wrote/performed her solo show “The Girl from Nowhere” (directed by Ron Orbach) and spent a year touring with the Tony Award winning National Theatre of the Deaf.  Writing credits include “In the Middle of a Movie” (Helsinki Film Festival), “Cozenage” (finalist for the Heideman Award and produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville) and a few theatre reviews and feature articles for New York Casting.  She was recently accepted into the Sundance Producers Conference with her feature documentary project “Worldplay.”