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Pippin Parker
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Occupation(s)Playwright, theatre director
Years active1999–present
RelativesSarah Jessica Parker (sister)
Toby Parker (brother)

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

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. He is one of the co-founding members of Naked Angels, 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.[citation needed][3][4]

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. Naked Angels and New York Stage and Film have both produced his play Assisted Living.[citation needed]

His television work includes The Tick and an original television series in development at HBO.

He directed the stage adaptation of "Betrayed" by George Packer at The Culture Project which won the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.

Parker is active in the Writers Guild of America, East.[5][6]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Sarah Jessica Parker and Toby Parker.[7]

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. ^ "Episode 753 - Sarah Jessica Parker". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  5. ^ "'From Broadway to the Back Lot': OnWriting Online Issue 4". Writers Guild of America, East. 9 February 2012.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Articles: 2002 - People Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine at MatthewBroderick.net

http://www.lortelaward.com/2008nominees.htm