An Elite Accomplishment
Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson is an inimitable director and a scion of Chicago theatre. Relive and relish in some of the media surrounding his unparalleled career at Court Theatre—and well-deserved national recognition—as he completes August Wilson’s American Century Cycle.
Ron OJ Parson at Court Theatre
- Court Theatre’s 2025 Gala Honors Ron OJ Parson
- Ron OJ Parson to Receive the League of Chicago Theatres’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ron OJ Parson Honored with the Zelda Fichandler Award
- Ron OJ Parson and the Joyce Foundation
- 6 in 60 with Ron OJ Parson (Radio Golf) (1:00)
- Jitney, Ron OJ Parson (5:10)
- Court Context with Artistic Director Charles Newell – KING HEDLEY II (6:44)
- Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson Discusses August Wilson and The Black Arts Movement by Court Theatre (1:25)
Ron OJ Parson Around Town
- Black Theatre: DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis (PBS) (7:44)
- Ron OJ Parson – Reduced Shakespeare Company
- Chicagoan of the Year for Theater: Director Ron OJ Parson
- August Wilson’s Man in Chicago: How Ron OJ Parson Became the Nation’s Foremost Director of the Late Great Playwright (NewCity Stage)
- Director Ron OJ Parson on AUGUST WILSON’S SEVEN GUITARS (Cincinnati Playhouse) (2:50)
- Stellar “Two Trains Running” at Court Theater, last chance for “Year of Magical Thinking” (Hyde Park Herald)
