Parker Esse

After performing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning Fosse, Parker was associate choreographer for Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, A Tale of Two Cities, Follies (pre-Broadway), and 5 Encores! (New York City Center). His credits as choreographer include Oklahoma! 50th anniversary (Arena Stage), and Sondheim and Marsalis’s A Bed and a Chair (New York City Center). His choreography has been featured at the Ed Mirvish Theatre (Toronto), Arena Stage, Goodspeed Musicals, Kennedy Center, Washington National Opera, Omaha Symphony/NBC Holiday Televised Specials, Shaw Festival Canada, Lyrics and Lyricists 92nd Street Y, York Theatre, Signature Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Buck’s County Playhouse, The Rev Theatre Company, and Casa Mañana Theatre. Recent: Light in the Piazza (New York City Center), West Side Story (The Muny), and Fiddler on the Roof (Paper Mill Playhouse). Upcoming: Fiddler on the Roof (The Muny), Beautiful (Maine State & Fulton Theatre), and Million Dollar Quartet (Casa Mañana Theatre). Parker is a proud SDC and AEA Member. When he is not in rehearsals, he can be found gardening in the backyard with his wife, Maria.