Pippin Parker

Pippin Parker (born June 22, 1969 in Syracuse, New York) is an American playwright and theatre director.[1] He is Dean of The New School for Drama.[2]

Pippin Parker
Born (1969-06-22) June 22, 1969
Syracuse, New York, United States
OccupationPlaywright, theatre director
Years activec. 1986–present
RelativesSarah Jessica Parker (sister)
Timothy Britten Parker (brother)

Career

Parker is an American playwright and director. He is the 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.

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]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Sarah Jessica Parker and Toby Parker.[27][28]

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References
  1. PHOTO CALL: Betrayed Opening Night Party, Playbill Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The New School for Drama
  3. "Pippin Parker - Director". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  4. "Entrances & Exits". American Theatre. 28 (7): 16. September 2011. ISSN 8750-3255.
  5. Hillbery, Rhonda (12 May 1992). "Actress Finds One Person's Trashy Is Another One's Treasure". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F11. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. "Episode 753 - Sarah Jessica Parker". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  7. Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2008. Peterson's. 2007. p. 398.
  8. "TV programmers plan variety of more educational shows for kids". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. Entertainment Wire. 30 January 1997. p. 6D. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. Dziemianowicz, Joe (7 February 2008). "3 casualties of hope in Iraq". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 45. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. "The Lucille Lortel Awards, Nominees and Winners 2008, accessed August 27, 2019
  11. "'From Broadway to the Back Lot': OnWriting Online Issue 4". Writers Guild of America, East. 9 February 2012.
  12. "Do you like our new look?". Writers Guild of America, East. 27 May 2010. The site was made with you in mind thanks to the tireless efforts of our website committee, especially Council Members Adam Brooks and Pippin Parker.
  13. Foley, F. Kathleen (22 June 1994). "New York-Based Naked Angels Ascend to New Heights". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. B9. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  14. "Naked and Hate Free: A Naked Angels Issues Project". Naked Angels. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  15. Brandes, Philip (21 February 1997). "'Winter Shorts' Airs Scenes From Life's Emotional Crises". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F19. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  16. "Naked Angels Gets Anesthesia June 11-15". Playbill. June 11, 1998. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  17. Foley, F. Kathleen (27 February 1998). "Angels Can't Make These One-Acts Fly". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F18. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  18. "Photo Preview: Armed & Naked in America Week 2". Broadway World. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  19. Kilian, Michael (23 September 2004). "New York playwrights getting political". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  20. Simon, John (10 February 2008). "Play Shows Plight Of Iraqi Interpreters". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Bloomberg News. p. GO8. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  21. Thielman, Sam (7 February 2008). "Betrayed". Variety. 409 (12): 47. ISSN 0042-2738.
  22. Cox, Gordon (14 December 2007). "Culture Gets Betrayed". Daily Variety. 297 (57): 4. ISSN 0011-5509.
  23. Isherwood, Charles (7 February 2008). "Seduced and Abandoned By Promises of Freedom". New York Times. 157 (54213). New York, New York. pp. B1–B7. ISSN 0362-4331.
  24. "Iraq on the stage". Economist. 386 (8571): 99. 15 March 2008. ISSN 0013-0613.
  25. "Events Guide". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, new York. 2 July 2010. p. 21E. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  26. Dziemianowicz, Joe (20 May 2011). "Soon-to-be-dad delivers a dud". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 42. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  27. Smolowe, Jill (April 12, 2002). "Broadway Baby". Matthew Broderick From Here To Infinity. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  28. Fabrikant, Geraldine (30 July 2000). "Slinky Sarah savors security". The San Francisco Examiner. p. B4. Retrieved 11 September 2019.


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