Pippin Parker

Pippin Parker
Born (1969-06-22) June 22, 1969
OccupationsPlaywright, theatre director
Years activec. 1986–present
RelativesSarah Jessica Parker (sister)
Timothy Britten Parker (brother)

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

Career

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.

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

Personal life

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

References

  1. ↑ PHOTO CALL: Betrayed Opening Night Party, Playbill Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ The New School for Drama
  3. 1 2 "Pippin Parker - Director". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Entrances & Exits". American Theatre. 28 (7): 16. September 2011. ISSN 8750-3255.
  5. ↑ Hillbery, Rhonda (May 12, 1992). "Actress Finds One Person's Trashy Is Another One's Treasure". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F11. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Episode 753 - Sarah Jessica Parker". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2008. Peterson's. 2007. p. 398.
  8. 1 2 "TV programmers plan variety of more educational shows for kids". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. Entertainment Wire. January 30, 1997. p. 6D. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  9. 1 2 Dziemianowicz, Joe (February 7, 2008). "3 casualties of hope in Iraq". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 45. Retrieved September 11, 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. February 9, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Do you like our new look?". Writers Guild of America, East. May 27, 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 (June 22, 1994). "New York-Based Naked Angels Ascend to New Heights". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. B9. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Naked and Hate Free: A Naked Angels Issues Project". Naked Angels. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  15. ↑ Brandes, Philip (February 21, 1997). "'Winter Shorts' Airs Scenes From Life's Emotional Crises". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F19. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Naked Angels Gets Anesthesia June 11–15". Playbill. June 11, 1998. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  17. ↑ Foley, F. Kathleen (February 27, 1998). "Angels Can't Make These One-Acts Fly". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F18. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Photo Preview: Armed & Naked in America Week 2". Broadway World. April 16, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  19. ↑ Kilian, Michael (September 23, 2004). "New York playwrights getting political". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  20. ↑ Simon, John (February 10, 2008). "Play Shows Plight Of Iraqi Interpreters". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Bloomberg News. p. GO8. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  21. ↑ Thielman, Sam (February 7, 2008). "Betrayed". Variety. Vol. 409, no. 12. p. 47. ISSN 0042-2738.
  22. ↑ Cox, Gordon (December 14, 2007). "Culture Gets Betrayed". Daily Variety. Vol. 297, no. 57. p. 4. ISSN 0011-5509.
  23. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (February 7, 2008). "Seduced and Abandoned By Promises of Freedom". The New York Times. Vol. 157, no. 54213. New York, New York. pp. B1–B7. ISSN 0362-4331.
  24. ↑ "Iraq on the stage". Economist. Vol. 386, no. 8571. March 15, 2008. p. 99. ISSN 0013-0613.
  25. ↑ "Events Guide". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, new York. July 2, 2010. p. 21E. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  26. ↑ Dziemianowicz, Joe (May 20, 2011). "Soon-to-be-dad delivers a dud". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 42. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  27. ↑ Smolowe, Jill (April 12, 2002). "Broadway Baby". Matthew Broderick From Here To Infinity. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  28. ↑ Fabrikant, Geraldine (July 30, 2000). "Slinky Sarah savors security". The San Francisco Examiner. p. B4. Retrieved September 11, 2019.