CONNOR BARRETT. The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois (Dorset Theatre Festival; South Coast Repertory). Previously worked with Adam Rapp Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally on two of Rapp’s other plays: Finer Noble Gases (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre; Bush Theater, London; and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the production won the Fringe First Award), and The Metal Children (Vineyard Theatre). Other theatre credits: Saul Kimmer in Adam Rapp’s production of True West (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Various work at Geva Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Other New York credits include SPF and the New York Fringe Festival. Film/television: The Runaround, “Hot in Cleveland,” “We Hate Paul Revere,” “True Blood,” “Parks and Recreation,” “CSI: NY,” “Harry’s Law,” “Rita Rocks,” “Do Not Disturb,” “The Jury,” “Guiding Light.” He received his BFA from Northwestern University and his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.
