Ron OJ Parson is an actor and director originally from Buffalo, New York and a graduate of the University of Michigan’s professional theater program. He is a resident artist at Court Theatre and former co-founder and artistic director of Onyx Theatre.
Recent directing credits include: Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson (Court Theatre); Sunset Baby by Dominique Morisseau (Timeline Theatre); The Who & The What by Ayad Akhtar (Victory Gardens Theater); Seven Guitars by August Wilson, The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, and Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett (Court Theatre); Detroit 67 by Dominique Morisseau (Northlight Theatre); and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (TimeLine Theatre, associate artist).
Other Chicagoland theater credits include Black Ensemble Theatre, eta Creative Arts Foundation, Congo Square Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre (associate artist), Victory Gardens, Teatro Vista (associate artist), Chicago Dramatists, Urban Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Theatre Company, and City Lit Theatre. Regional theater credits include Virginia Stage Company, Portland Stage, Studio Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Mechanic Theatre, Center Stage Baltimore, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, St. Louis Black Rep, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Geva Theatre, Signature Theatre, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Rep, and Pasadena Playhouse. In Canada, Ron directed the world premiere of Palmer Park by Joanna McClelland Glass at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Ron is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and SDC.
Featured Artworks
"King Hedley II" at Court Theatre
"Five Guys Named Moe" at Court Theatre
"Waiting for Godot" at Court Theatre
"Wait Until Dark" at Court Theatre
Ron OJ Parson has crowd-funded a project with 3AP
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