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 almost 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: The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, King Lear, and Hillary and Clinton on Broadway; and on the road, the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. Past Broadway credits include: Meteor Shower, Carousel, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, The Front Page, The Glass Menagerie, Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award), A Doll's House, Part 2, The Humans (Tony Award), Bright Star, Shuffle Along, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Blackbird, Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge (Tony Award), Skylight (Tony Award), Larry David's Fish in the Dark, A Delicate Balance, This Is Our Youth, A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award), Betrayal (directed by Mike Nichols), Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award), End of the Rainbow, the 2009 Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino, Equus starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths, Passing Strange, Well, Butley starring Nathan Lane, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, Beckett/Albee, and Waiting for Godot. West End credits include: HAIR, The Lady from Dubuque starring Maggie Smith, Duet for One, Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia. Off-Broadway credits include: Here Lies Love and Satchmo at the Waldorf. She served in the producing office of Tony Award Productions from 2001 to 2008.
This season’s credits include: The Waverly Gallery, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, King Lear, and Hillary and Clinton on Broadway; and on the road, the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. Past Broadway credits include: Meteor Shower, Carousel, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, The Front Page, The Glass Menagerie, Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award), A Doll's House, Part 2, The Humans (Tony Award), Bright Star, Shuffle Along, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Blackbird, Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge (Tony Award), Skylight (Tony Award), Larry David's Fish in the Dark, A Delicate Balance, This Is Our Youth, A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award), Betrayal, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award), End of the Rainbow, HAIR (Broadway, West End, national tour), The Merchant of Venice, Lombardi, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Equus, Passing Strange, Butley, Well, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Broadway, West End, national tour), Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia. Off-Broadway credits include: Here Lies Love, Satchmo at the Waldorf, Beckett/Albee, Tuesdays With Morrie, A Play About the Baby. He served in the producing office of Tony Award Productions from 2001 to 2008 and as Associate Producer on the 2007 and 2008 live telecasts on CBS. His additional producing credits include: Men in Blazers Live (New York, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Boston), 35MM The Musical, Drew Gasparini and Friends (Joe’s Pub), NewMusicalTheatre.com Live (Le Poisson Rouge), NewMusicalTheatre.com Launch Concert (Canal Room), Rated RSO (Joe’s Pub). He formerly taught at the National High School Institute at Northwestern University and is a graduate of Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
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: 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, A Delicate Balance, This Is Our Youth, 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: The Humans, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and Bright Star. Additionally, Jillian has served as Line Producer of the annual Drama Desk Awards 2015-2018 and of Bright Star: in Concert, all at Town Hall. Prior to joining the Parnes Office, she spent two years in Finance & Business Development at Disney Theatrical Group where she worked on the Broadway productions of Newsies, Mary Poppins, and The Lion King. Jillian is an alumna of Brown University, Columbia Business School and the Commercial Theater Institute. She has also produced with The New York Musical Theatre Festival, the Summer Play Festival, Clubbed Thumb, and Joe's Pub.
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!. Past Broadway credits include: Three Tall Women, Carousel and The Iceman Cometh, as well as the national tours of The Humans and Bright Star. Prior to joining the Parnes Office, Katherine held various positions at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Atlantic Theater Company, The New Ohio, Clubbed Thumb and the New York Musical Festival. She graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center with a BA in Theater Design and Production.
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
Kendall Booher is currently the Associate Company Manager of To Kill A Mockingbird. Past Broadway credits include: Carousel, A Doll’s House, Part 2, The Front Page, The Humans, Bright Star, Fiddler on the Roof, It's Only a Play, All the Way, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She has worked Off-Broadway on Becoming Dr. Ruth, Murder Ballad, Old Jews Telling Jokes and Stomp. She has also worked regionally and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Heritage Theatre Festival. Kendall graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Art History.
Lizz is currently the Company Manager of King Lear. She was also the Company Manager for The Waverly Gallery this past fall at JPP. Prior to joining the Parnes Office, she has company managed shows on and off Broadway, national tours and internationally. Her credits include: Ain’t Too Proud, Latin History for Morons, Bandstand, Oslo, An Act of God, Hughie, Sylvia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Living on Love, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Realistic Joneses, Twelfth Night/Richard III, The Performers, War Horse, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Ragtime, Rent, In the Heights, Tarzan, Aida, Martin Guerre, Chicago, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Five Guys Named Moe, Les Miserables, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, In The Heights, 4000 Miles and the seasons of Cambodia Art Festival.
Megan is currently the Company Manager of To Kill A Mockingbird. Past Broadway credits include: Hello, Dolly!, Blackbird, King Charles III, Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2, Motown the Musical, No Man’s Land, Waiting for Godot, and The Book of Mormon. She has also worked on Amazing Grace (Bank of America Theatre, Chicago, IL), A Night With Janis Joplin (Off-Broadway) and The Book of Mormon (First national tour). She is a graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute and a recipient of the Frederic B. Vogel Scholarship Award (2009).
Jessica is currently the Company Manager of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. Past Broadway credits include: The Iceman Cometh, Meteor Shower, Oslo, The King and I, Act One, Macbeth. Off-Broadway credits include: Pipeline, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, The Babylon Line, Oslo, The Royale, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Shows For Days, The Mystery of Love & Sex, The Oldest Boy, The City of Conversation, Domesticated. Jessica graduated from Yale University with a degree in Psychology.
Mike is currently the Company Manager of the national tour of Hello, Dolly!. His Broadway Company Management credits include: Three Tall Women, Skylight, Fish in the Dark, A Delicate Balance and This Is Our Youth. He also managed the national tour of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.
Chris is currently the Company Manager of Hillary and Clinton. Past Broadway credits include: The Waverly Gallery, Carousel, The Glass Menagerie, The Front Page and The Humans. As Associate Company Manager he has worked on Aladdin, The Testament of Mary, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman and Reasons to be Pretty. He has previously held positions at Disney Theatrical Group, Stuart Thompson Productions, Jeffrey Richards Associates, Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Royal Court Theatre and Westport Country Playhouse. Chris holds an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University.
Past Broadway credits include: Skylight, Big Fish, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Arcadia, The Blonde in the Thunderbird. He has also managed the national tours of Bright Star, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, HAIR, Spring Awakening, Spamalot, Altar Boyz and Chicago. He has also worked Off-Broadway in multiple management positions on Here Lies Love, Altar Boyz, Dr. Sex, Three Travelers, Bash’d: A Gay Rap Opera, It Shoulda Been You, Little Dancer, Love Sucks, Annie, Chicago, Wonderful Town. David has previously held positions at 101 Productions, Ltd., Martian Entertainment, and NAMCO. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from University of Miami and graduate study in Arts Administration at NYU.
Dylan is currently the Assistant Company Manager of King Lear. Past Broadway credits include: Carousel, Three Tall Women and 1984. He has also served as Assistant Company Manager on the national tours of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Disney’s The Lion King. Prior to joining the Parnes Office, Dylan worked with Allied Live Chicago. He graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in Theatre Management.
Celina is currently the Assistant Company Manager of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus and Hillary and Clinton. Past Broadway credits include: The Waverly Gallery, Hello, Dolly! and Meteor Shower. She previously worked as a Management Assistant at the Parnes Office on A Doll's House, Part 2, Hello, Dolly!, The Glass Menagerie, The Front Page, The Humans, Shuffle Along, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Bright Star and Blackbird. Before joining the Parnes Office, Celina worked at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Atlantic Theater Company. Celina is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center with a degree in Theatre Design and Production.
Katie is currently the Assistant Company Manager of the national tour of Hello Dolly!. Past Broadway credits include: The Ferryman, Angels In America, Dear Evan Hansen, The Crucible, A View From The Bridge, The Visit and You Can’t Take It With You. She is a graduate of Colorado College with a degree in Environmental Science.
