RON OJ PARSON hails from Buffalo, New York and is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Professional Theatre Program. He is a resident artist at the Tony Award-winning Court Theatre, and co-founder and former Artistic Director of Onyx Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include The Lion in Winter, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Two Trains Running at Court Theatre; Toni Stone at Goodman; Trouble in Mind at TimeLine Theatre; Relentless, with both TimeLine and Goodman; and The Reclamation of Madison Hemings at Indiana Repertory Theatre. In Canada, Ron directed the world premiere of Palmer Park, by Joanna McClelland Glass, at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Ron received a 3Arts Make a Wave grant in 2021, the 2022 Zelda Fichandler Award, a University of Chicago Diversity Award, many Jeff Awards and Black Theatre Alliance Awards, the LA NAACP Award for Jitney; he is a Joyce Foundation grantee, and was named Chicagoan of the Year for Theater by the Chicago Tribune. Ron is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and SDC. www.ronojparson.net.
Bio as of 7/2024