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Pippin Parker | |
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Born | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | June 22, 1969
Occupation(s) | Playwright, theatre director |
Years active | c. 1986–present |
Relatives | Sarah Jessica Parker (sister) Timothy Britten Parker (brother) |
Pippin Parker (born June 22, 1969) is an American playwright and theatre director. [1] He is Dean of The New School for Drama. [2]
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]
He is the older brother of Sarah Jessica Parker and Timothy Britten Parker. [27] [28]
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