Pippin Parker
American playwright and theatre director (born 1969) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pippin Parker (born June 22, 1969) is an American playwright and theatre director.[1] He is Dean of The New School for Drama.[2]
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Pippin Parker | |
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| Born | June 22, 1969 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, theatre director |
| Years active | c. 1986–present |
| Relatives | Sarah Jessica Parker (sister) Timothy Britten Parker (brother) |
Parker is an American playwright and director. He is the former Dean of the School of Writing, Acting, and Directing program at The New School.[3][4] He is one of the co-founding members of Naked Angels,[5] a theater company in New York City where he was Artistic Director. Along with Nicole Burdette, Frank Pugliese and Kenneth Lonergan, he is a member of a writer's group for dramatic and fiction authors.[3][6]
His short play A Gift was produced in New York and Los Angeles and a later radio adaptation was featured on NPR’s The Next Big Thing.[7] Naked Angels and New York Stage and Film have both produced his play Assisted Living.[citation needed]
His television work includes writing episodes of the animated series The Tick and Doug,[8] as well as the CTW educational music show for children, Jam Inn.[8]
He directed the production of George Packer's first play Betrayed at The Culture Project, New York[9] which won the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.[10]
Parker is active in the Writers Guild of America, East.[11][12]
Stage plays
As playwright
- 1994 - Limbo, The Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles, performed by Naked Angels, directed by Kate Baggot[13]
- 1996 - A Gift, Theater 3, New York[14]
- 1997 - Passion Play, produced in Winter Shorts, Actors' Gang Theater, Hollywood, performed by Naked Angels[15]
- 1998 - Anesthesia, New York Performance Works, Manhattan, directed by Lori Steinberg[16]
- 1998 - Little Bites, Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, performed by Naked Angels, directed by Josh Hamilton[17]
- 2007 - Ever Less Free, directed by Frank Pugliese[18]
As director
- 2004 - The Democracy Project, series of new one-act plays, The Culture Project, New York[19]
- 2008 - Betrayed, by George Packer, The Culture Project, New York[9][20][21][22][23][24]
- 2010 - A Long and Happy Life, by Bekah Brunstetter, Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie[25]
- 2011 - Knickerbocker, by Jonathan Marc Sherman, Public Theater, New York[26]
He is the younger brother of Sarah Jessica Parker and Timothy Britten Parker.[27][28]
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