Raphael Parry (Ebenezer Scrooge)

RAPHAEL PARRY (Ebenezer Scrooge) Noted director and actor Raphael Parry serves as the Executive & Artistic Director of Shakespeare Dallas, where he has served in a leadership position since 2002. During his tenure at Shakespeare Dallas, he has directed and performed in over 25 productions written by William Shakespeare and other classical writers.  Most recently, he directed Shakespeare in Love and performed the title role in Titus Andronicus. He is slated to direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the summer of 2022, part of Shakespeare Dallas’ 50th Season.

Raphael is delighted to be returning to the Dallas Theater Center stage where he has performed in The Importance of Being Earnest (Dr. Chasuble); Tartuffe (Tartuffe); Alice: Tales of a Curious Girl (Red Queen, Mad Hatte)r; A Christmas Carol (1995) (Bob Cratchit); Taking Steps (Tristram).  He also directed A Christmas Carol (1997).

Mr. Parry is the co-founder and former Co-Artistic Director of Undermain Theatre. During his tenure at the Undermain, he directed and acted in over 40 productions. Memorable projects at the Undermain include Goose and Tom-Tom, Ghosts, Disgrace, Camino Real, The Deatherians, an international tour to Macedonia of Sarajevo, and a trio of play commissions from longtime collaborator Erik Ehn including The Red Plays, Beginner, and Shiner (co-written by Octavio Solis).

Other selected acting credits include An Almost Holy Picture-solo (Echo Theatre); The Chairs-Old Man; Pyschos Never Dream- Critter; Road- Ensemble, Christie in Love- Inspector ( Kitchen Dog Theatre)  Endgame- Nag  (Addison Centre Theatre)

As Founder of Project X: Theater, he directed and produced Diamond Dick: The Tulsa Race Riots of 1925 written by Erik Ehn. Diamond Dick culminated in a two-week run which was performed Off Broadway at La Mama ETC in NYC and was hailed by the New York Times as a “standout production”. Most recently, Raphael directed a short film based on Joan of Arc, written by Erik Ehn called Maid.

He is recipient of multiple citations from the Dallas Theatre Critics’ Forum and the Leon Rabin Awards as a director and actor.