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Harry B. Parker
Managing Director
Harry B. Parker (Managing Director) is
the Chair of the Department of Theatre at Texas Christian
University, a position he accepted in 2003. A native of
Oklahoma City, Harry received a B.F.A. (magna cum laude)
in Theatre from TCU, and from the University of Kansas
in Lawrence he earned an M.A. in Theatre (Acting/Directing),
and a Ph.D. in Theatre and Film. He has also served on
the faculty of Westmar College in Iowa, and spent eleven
years as the Director of Theatre at Emporia State University
in Kansas. For seven summers Harry worked professionally
as the Assistant Artistic Director at Lyric Theatre of
Oklahoma, where he assisted in staging over 30 major musicals.
He has directed more than 70 professional, community and
academic theatre productions across the country including
Emporia State University’s production of The Car,
which performed at the 1997 Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Regional Festival. Harry has directed professionally
at the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.); Stages Repertory
Theatre (Houston); American Heartland Theatre (Kansas City);
and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City). In Fort
Worth, he has directed professionally for Amphibian Stage
Productions and Jubilee Theatre, as well as having directed
5 shows for Circle Theatre. His directing credits include Holiday,
Antigone, South Pacific, The Importance of Being Earnest,
Extremities, Godspell, The Miser, Charley’s Aunt, The Philadelphia
Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The
Will Rogers Follies, The Comedy of Errors, Marvin’s Room
, The King and I, The Matchmaker, The Laramie Project and The
Taming of the Shrew. He hosts a weekly radio show
entitled “Curtain Up” on KTCU, 88.7 FM (also available
at www.ktcu.tcu.edu) featuring songs from the musical theatre.
He is currently serving as the National Chair of the Kennedy
Center American Theatre Festival, after having served as
the National Vice Chair, and as a Regional Chair for an
8-state Region in that organization. He is an Associate
Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers,
and serves on the Board of the Live Theatre League of Tarrant
County. Harry is married to Karen Parker, and they live
in Fort Worth with their two children. He is exceptionally
proud of his current and former students, and their impressive
accomplishments.
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