The Parnes Office operates on one simple philosophy: “we want to do meaningful work we believe in, and have fun doing it, with people we like who share our passion.” Joey and his colleagues produce, executive produce, and general manage theatrical productions from the commercial and non-profit worlds, both on and off Broadway, internationally and on the road. They seek out unique material to develop for Broadway and often work with non-profits to transfer commercial projects to a broader audience. Theater is nothing if not a labor of love, and the people at The Parnes Office bring creativity and heart to every project they undertake. Plus they throw really great parties!
Joey Parnes has over thirty Broadway credits as a producer, executive producer, or general manager, including the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival Hello, Dolly!, Meteor Shower, 1984, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Bright Star, the Tony Award-winning Best Play The Humans, The Glass Menagerie, the Tony Award-winning Best Play Revival Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge, Shuffle Along, Blackbird, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Betrayal, the Tony Award-winning Best Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Merchant of Venice, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival HAIR, Equus, and he worked on the original production of Dreamgirls. He served as the Executive Producer (1994-1996) and the Interim Executive Director (2011) of The Public Theater as well as the Coordinating Producer of the Tony Awards (2001-2008) and, since 2012, as the Producer of the Drama Desk Awards.
With more than 40 years' experience, Joey Parnes is a Tony Award-winning producer and manager of plays and musicals for Broadway and the road. Joey Parnes Productions also provides executive producer and general management services for a wide range of theatrical ventures, including non-profit theater consulting and working with non-profits on Broadway transfers. This season, Joey is working on The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus and Hillary and Clinton on Broadway; and on the road, the national tour of Hello, Dolly! Past Broadway credits include: Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award, 2017), Carousel, The Iceman Cometh, Three Tall Women, 1984, Meteor Shower, A Doll’s House, Part 2, The Glass Menagerie, The Front Page, The Humans (Tony Award), Bright Star, Shuffle Along, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Blackbird, Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge (Tony Award, 2016), A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award), Skylight (Tony Award, 2015), Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, A Delicate Balance, A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award, 2014), Betrayal, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award), End of the Rainbow, The Merchant of Venice, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Equus, HAIR (Tony Award, 2010), Passing Strange, Butley, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Copenhagen, The Tempest, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, Grand Hotel, Passion, Legs Diamond, Rags, The Floating Light Bulb, Camelot and the original production of Dreamgirls (starting as the Assistant Company Manager). Touring credits include: The Humans, Bright Star, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, HAIR and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Off-Broadway credits include: Here Lies Love and Satchmo at the Waldorf. Joey was the Executive Producer of The Public Theater from 1994 until 1996 and then returned in 2011 to serve as its Interim Executive Director. He also served as the Coordinating Producer of the Tony Awards from 2001 to 2008 and has produced the Drama Desk Awards since 2012. Joey is a past president of the Yale Dramatic Association and teaches Producing for the Commercial Theater at the Yale School of Drama. He and his wife have three children and started a Reconstructionist synagogue 22 years ago.
This season’s credits include: King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. Past Broadway credits include: Carousel, Three Tall Women, Meteor Shower, A Doll's House, Part 2, Hello, Dolly!, The Humans, Shuffle Along, Bright Star, Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge, Skylight, Fish in the Dark, A Raisin in the Sun, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and Betrayal. Off-Broadway credits include: Here Lies Love and Satchmo at the Waldorf. National tours include: Bright Star, The Humans and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. Before joining the Parnes Office, Jesse worked at Second Stage Theatre, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Barrington Stage Company. Jesse is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Drama program, The Commercial Theater Institute (Fred Vogel Scholarship recipient) and Northwestern University. While at Northwestern, Jesse served as a co-chair for The Waa-Mu Show. Jesse currently sits on City Center's Off-Center Artist Board and the Young Professional Board of A BroaderWay Foundation.
This season’s credits include: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Waverly Gallery, King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. Since joining the Parnes Office she has served as controller on shows including Carousel, The Iceman Cometh, Three Tall Women, Meteor Shower, 1984, Hello, Dolly!, A Doll's House, Part 2, The Glass Menagerie, The Front Page, Shuffle Along, Bright Star, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Blackbird, The Humans, Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, Skylight, Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, A Raisin in the Sun, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Here Lies Love, and Satchmo at the Waldorf, as well as the national tours of The Humans, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and Bright Star. Prior to her time at JPP, she was a Broadway and national tour company manager. Her credits include: Hairspray (entire 6 1/2 year run), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music, Swing!, The Who’s Tommy, Cookin’, and Franco Dragone’s India Circus (Germany Tour). She received a BA in Drama from Catholic University and an MA in Arts Administration from NYU.
This season’s credits include: The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. At JPP she has also worked on Carousel, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh and Meteor Shower. Prior to joining the Parnes office, she has worked in multiple producing offices on and Off Broadway. Past Broadway credits include: Indecent, The Visit, It's Only a Play, You Can't Take It With You, All the Way, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Mothers and Sons, The Glass Menagerie, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Anarchist, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Mountaintop, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Chinglish, La Bete, Race, The Scottsboro Boys, Relatively Speaking, A Life in the Theatre, Born Yesterday, Driving Miss Daisy. Off-Broadway credits include: Dot, Indecent, This Day Forward, Kid Victory, Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); Clever Little Lies, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Under My Skin, and Becoming Dr. Ruth. She has also worked on the national tours of Cabaret, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Anything Goes, Blithe Spirit, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. She has served as a Company Manager on and off Broadway. Broadway credits include: Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert, Enron and A Steady Rain. Off-Broadway she was the Company Manager of Mazel Tov Cocktail. Kyle served as General Manager for Stars of David and Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the 92nd Street Y and the New Dramatists Luncheon 2011 - 2017
This season’s credits include: The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. Past Broadway credits include: Three Tall Women, Carousel, The Iceman Cometh, Meteor Shower, Hello, Dolly!, A Doll’s House, Part 2, 1984, as well as the national tours of The Humans and Bright Star. Prior to joining the Parnes Office, Allison worked on the Chicago production of Hamilton: An American Musical, and the Hollywood Bowl productions of Chicago, HAIR, and Spamalot. Allison is an alumna of The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in Theatre Management.
This season’s credits include: The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. She has also worked on the Broadway production of Carousel. Marina is a graduate of Brown University where she chaired the Musical Forum board and co-founded the Brown Theatre Collective.
