Perry Parsons

Perry O. Parsons (they/them/theirs) is a senior at Barnard College studying theatre with a concentration in directing. They are a director, writer, and choreographer whose work is concerned with rejects, radicals, deviants, and queers who love, rage, dance, sing, fail, and hope. They have called California, Washington, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and most recently, New York, home. They directed What Every Girl Should Know by Monica Byrne for the Barnard Theatre department’s annual Senior Thesis Festival. As part of their residency, they are interested in exploring fatigue and how it binds us to the limits of our body. A common side-effect of being alive and often categorized as a symptom of “laziness,” fatigue is a natural response to hatred and greed in our society and covid in our bodies. Perry is interested in exploring fatigue in their own life and body and the lives and bodies of their peers and neighbors.

You can learn more about Perry and their work at https://perryoparsons.com/.