blackbird spring 2002 vol.1 no. 1

GALLERY

DAN O'BRIEN

Playbill for Key West

Jack Parrish is a professional actor, director, educator, and dramaturge with more than twenty-five years’ experience in the industry. Primarily a theater artist, he has performed roles at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery, Alabama), the Asolo Theatre Festival (Sarasota, Florida), TheatreVirginia and the Barksdale Theatre (Richmond, Virginia), Mill Mountain Theatre (Roanoke, Virginia), Long Island Stage (Long Island, New York), American Heartland Theatre (Kansas City, Missouri), and The Poole Theatre (Edinburgh, Scotland)

As a director, Parrish has staged productions ranging from Shakespeare to Pinter to Jane Martin, as well as many staged readings of new works for playwrights’ groups. Early in his career he spent several years on television in the daytime serials, Another World and All My Children. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.

 

Erin Thomas is a native of Roanoke, Virginia and currently resides in Richmond. She received a BFA from Longwood University and MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Thomas works as a stage and film actress in the Richmond and surrounding areas. She also teaches for SPARC (School of the Performing Arts in Richmond) and assists local schools with choreography and movement. Thomas has recently been seen in the Richmond area as Jean Louise in To Kill a Mockingbird, Catherine in Proof, Alexandra in The Little Foxes, and Lisabette in Anton in Show Business.

 


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