Raphael Parry (Maitre D')
Detroit, Michigan

Highlights: Producing Artistic Director of Shakespeare Dallas, for which he has directed Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a world premiere adaptation of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2; performed in Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Lear; co-founder and former co- Artistic Director of Undermain Theatre where he directed and acted in more than 40 productions, including Goose and Tom Tom, Ghosts, Disgrace, Camino Real, The Deatherians, Sarajevo (toured Macedonia) and a trio of plays by long-time collaborator Erik Ehn: The Red Plays, Beginner and Shiner; Director of Texas Bound - Arts and Letters Live, a literary series presented at the Dallas Museum of Art; creator of WRR's Awesome Opera programs.

After The Merry Widow: Directing Othello, playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, both for Shakespeare Dallas.