Jason Parrish

Jason Parrish

Jason is a professional actor, director, and arts leader in his sixteenth season as an ensemble member at Florida Repertory Theatre, where he currently serves as Associate Artistic Director. Parrish has led Florida Rep's PlayLab Festival since its inception in 2014. The PlayLab has led to 32 readings and eight world premiere or second productions, including NNPN Rolling World Premieres of Alabaster by...
Jason is a professional actor, director, and arts leader in his sixteenth season as an ensemble member at Florida Repertory Theatre, where he currently serves as Associate Artistic Director. Parrish has led Florida Rep's PlayLab Festival since its inception in 2014. The PlayLab has led to 32 readings and eight world premiere or second productions, including NNPN Rolling World Premieres of Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly and Doublewide by Stephen Spotswood, as well as Damascus by Bennett Fisher, Split in Three by Daryl Lisa Fazio, and more. Jason directed the reading of Alabaster at the 2018 NNPN Annual Showcase in Sacramento, and went on to direct the first leg of the unprecedented RWP of the play at Florida Rep in 2019. In 2021, he co-created a world premiere cabaret-style musical salute to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Sammy Davis Jr, called Let's Fall in Love - to open Florida Rep's first season back onstage after the pandemic closed the theatre.

Recommended by Jason Parrish

  • Mountain Mamas by Daryl Lisa Fazio
    4 Jan. 2024
    “ Florida Rep was happy to showcase Daryl's work again in our 2023 PlayLab Festival. Mountain Mamas looks at a specific subset of southern women - coal miners in West Virginia. She tackles a huge issue with heart and humor (as always with Daryl). She makes you cry and laugh and shines a light on the special bonds between mothers and daughters. I highly recommend considering this play for your theatre and the actresses in your circle of artists. ”
  • One-Shot by Andrew Rosendorf
    4 Jan. 2024
    “ For a 90s kid, this is a beautiful piece of nostalgia - and for everyone else, it feels like a period epic unfolding in a video store. This coming-out, coming-of-age teen love story tackles young love, loyalty, friendship, and LGBTQ issues with heart, depth, and humor. Florida Rep showcased this play in its 2023 PlayLab Festival. ”
  • TROUBLE (at the Vista View Mobile Home Estates) by Audrey Cefaly
    4 Jan. 2024
    “ Audrey Cefaly never disappoints. Strong Southern women, heartache, catharsis, magical realism, and some great laughs all in one place. Florida Rep showcased this play as part of its 2023 PlayLab, and the reading of an early draft left audiences in awe of how Cefaly tells a story with rich, deep, human (and not human) characters. Read it; it's worth the "trouble." ”
  • White Party by Brent Askari
    28 Oct. 2021
    “ Brent Askari has captured white fragility at its most hilarious. John and Laura Baron could be ANY wealthy white couple who feel like their world is getting smaller and smaller as the headlines close in on them. Read as part of Florida Rep's 2020 Virtual PlayLab Festival, this play is a really crisp satire that resonated with an audience who has a lot in common with the Barons. WHITE PARTY turns the A.R. Gurney cocktail party play formula on its head with a modern-day unraveling. The characters are rich and the comedy crisp. ”
  • Jerome by Ron Lagomarsino
    28 Oct. 2021
    “ Read as part of Florida Rep's 2020 Virtual PlayLab, JEROME, is a must-read. This family saga deals with issues we all will face one day or another: what to do about our adult relations who need 24/7 care. The central character is a complex tour-de-force performance for an actor to dig into. The family dynamics explored keep you turning pages to the very end. ”
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