CHRISTIAN PARKER recently stepped down as Associate Artistic Director at the Atlantic after nearly 13 years with the company. He is thrilled to be back so soon. At Atlantic he collaborated closely with Neil Pepe on programming and producing the season and oversaw commissioning and new play development. He also directed several times for the company, including The Hiding Place by Jeff Whitty, Arrangements by Ken Weitzman, Birth and After Birth by Tina Howe and Make Me by Leslie Ayvazian, as well as several short plays in 10×20 and 10×25. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Graduate Theatre Program at Columbia University, where he oversees the concentration in Dramaturgy. He has also worked directing and developing plays at Sundance Theatre Lab, the O’Neill Center, The Lark, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Keen Company, P73, LAByrinth Theater Company and Soho Rep, among others. He began his career as the Literary Manager at Manhattan Theatre Club, and holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.F.A. from Columbia.
