ABOUT ME

 Hi! My name is Parker. I’m a queer, jewish actor, poet, teaching artist, singer, and multidisciplinary theatre artist from the upper midwest, most often based in Philadelphia. My pronouns are she/her/they.

I moved to Philly in 2018 to pursue my MFA in Acting at Temple University. Before that, I lived in Minneapolis, where I did a bunch of devised theatre, new playmaking, and queer art. Before that, I studied musical theatre at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design under Jon Jory and other amazing people. My poetry has appeared in various lit mags across the internet and in print. I’m currently represented on the East Coast for film & TV by Pat Yorks at Agency Connects.

My art is embodied, smart, strange, and honest. I’m most interested in finding the nuance, the complexity, and the universal simplicity in every story, because I believe that humans come to know ourselves through narrative. Every story has the power to shape a better world. As a performer, I am shaping that world by shaping stories; I use my body, my voice, my memory, and my intellect to explore and expand narrative in the pursuit of a kinder and more just future.

I especially love making new plays (and musicals!), working on Shakespeare, and anything involving puppets. I grew up riding horses, and one of my bucket list gigs is to play a cowgirl in a movie. Other things I enjoy doing are riding my bike, singing, playing outside, especially hiking, camping, canoeing and kayaking, and low-stakes art projects. I’m currently teaching myself appalachian dulcimer. It’s going pretty ok!!