Scott Parkinson biography

Scott Parkinson
At Writers Theatre (as an Actor): Twelfth Night Or What You Will (Jeff Nomination), Julius Caesar, Arcadia, Booth, Candida, Crime & Punishment (Jeff Nomination), The Doctor's Dilemma, The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, Hedda Gabler, Marriage and Bears

At Writers Theatre (as a Director & Adapter): Julius Caesar

Chicago credits include sixteen productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, including Rose Rage (Jeff Award), the title role in Richard II, The Fool in King Lear, Caesar in Antony & Cleopatra and Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Jeff nomination), Terje Rod-Larsen in Oslo (TimeLine), Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Guys & Dolls (Court Theatre), Angels in America (The Journeymen), Northlight Theatre, Goodman Theatre and the title roles in Hamlet and Richard III and Iago in Othello (Shakespeare on the Green). Regional credits include Cock (Helen Hayes nomination) and An Iliad (Studio Theatre), The Thanksgiving Play (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Angelo in Measure for Measure, Cassius in Julius Caesar, The Persians (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, Treplev in Seagull (The Old Globe), Reverend Hale in The Crucible (Olney), The School for Scandal (Mark Taper Forum) and world premieres at Hartford Stage, Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh and the La Jolla Playhouse. Off-Broadway credits include Hamlet (Classic Stage Company), You Belong To Me (Ensemble Studio Theatre), the Stage Manager in David Cromer’s Our Town, Orson’s Shadow (Barrow Street Theatre), The Third Story (MCC Theater), CST’s Rose Rage, and Writers Theatre’s New York premiere of Crime & Punishment. National Tour: The 39 Steps. Broadway: The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center Theater). Featured interview: North American Players of Shakespeare. Find Scott on Instagram: @thelegitscottparkinson.

[Bio as of March 2020]