Actor

Monica
Parks

(she/her)

Geffen Playhouse: The First Deep Breath (“u/s Ruth Jones/Pearl Thomas”). Selected Credits— Repertory: The House That Will Not Stand (“Beatrice Albans”) Critic’s Choice nominee, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play, Ontario, Canada; Gem of the Ocean (“Aunt Ester Tyler”) Shaw Festival Theatre, three seasons; Rust on Bone (“Devra”) Denver Center Theatre Company’s Colorado New Play Summit reading; Regional: Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); King Hedley II (Portland Playhouse); The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival); Othello, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Relativity (originated role of “Dr. Preston”), The Piano Lesson (The St. Louis Black Repertory); The Miracle Worker (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Spunk (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Capital Repertory Theatre). Other: The Violet Hour (St. Louis Critics’ Judy Award, Best Supporting Actress). Former member Circle Rep Lab. TV & Film: All American: Homecoming, Grey’s Anatomy, Corporate, You’re the Worst, Scandal, Light Girls. Training: M.F.A. Classical Acting, Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy/The George Washington University.