Morgan Hooper is an actor, playwright, and instructor of Japanese Sword arts. His work bridges the poetry of classical literature, eastern philosophy, and the practice of the postmodern generative artist. 

Off-Broadway, Hooper has performed in Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair directed by Eric Tucker. For 20 years, the bread and butter of his work has celebrated the works of Shakespeare. Past roles include Hamlet, Brutus, Richard II, Henry VI, Leontes, and Mercutio. He has toured with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and performed in The South Dakota, Annapolis, Camden, and Long Island Shakespeare Festivals. 

At the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2020-22, Hooper made his first stride as a playwright with Leona's Song. The solo play with original music by Pedro Sá Moraes premiered in Glasgow under the direction of the late Ian Spink. Hooper and Sá Moraes later workshopped the piece in Portuguese at Silo Cultural in Paraty, Brazil; this time Hooper directed and Sá Moraes performed. In 2024, Hooper directed and produced the play for a 10-performance run at The Balance Arts Center in Manhattan. A resounding success, the play was featured on Fox 5's Good Night New York. Theatre Beyond Broadway reviewed the play as "exquisitely written...creativity and artistry dance in harmony, washed in the glow of poetic grace and limitless imagination." 

Hooper is also the founding instructor of Enshinkan Kendo Dojo, School of Traditional Japanese Swords Arts in Long Island City. Celebrating its 10th year, his school teaches modern and classical Japanese fencing to adults and youth within the Queens' community. As a youth, he competed in the All US Kendo Federation Tournament of 2002, placing Top 8 in the country. He has traveled to Japan on four occasions for Japanese sword arts, and has demonstrated before the dignitaries and officials of Kyoto in 2016, 2023 and 2025.