Hayley is a Chicago-area Director and Actor. She grew up just outside of Chicago in a theatrical family who brought her to the city often to see the largest equity production to the smallest, strangest, storefront shows. She is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in Theatre Arts. She's been seen at such theaters as The Factory Theater, First Folio Theatre, AstonRep, The Mammals, The Paradeigma Collective, Focal Point Theatre Company, Illinois Theatre Center, Circle Theatre, Rascal Children’s Theatre, LiveWire Theatre, Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre and Rogue Theater. She has also directed at First Folio Theatre, Babes With Blades Theatre Company, Focal Point Theatre, and others. She the Artistic Director of Babes With Blades Theatre Company and was an Advising Artistic Consultant for First Folio Theatre (rip).
In the rare moments that she is not doing something theatrical, Hayley enjoys cooking, seeing local bands, watching movies of questionable quality, and cracking wise just to make her friends laugh. She lives in the Logan Square neighborhood with her spouse, game designer Scott Leaton, and their dog, Special Agent Dale Cooper.