Hey y’all! Welcome to the Theatre Artist Podcast | Diving Into the Craft and Business for Theatre Artists. 

Today’s conversation is with Maurice Parent. Maurice grew up in Prince George’s County Maryland, attended Carnegie Mellon where he received his B.S. in Business Administration, attended NYU where he received his M.A. in Vocal Performance, and studied at Dance Theater of Harlem before moving to Boston. His first Boston gig was Ragtime at New Repertory Theatre and he has since gone on to act and direct in many shows around Boston as well as teach at numerous universities and schools in the area. Maurice came into one of my classes in the fall to do a mock audition, so I was so grateful to have had him on the podcast since then and sing his praises. Like in last weeks episode with Dawn Simmons, his partner at Front Porch Arts Collective, Maurice was so willing to get real with these topics of discussion and we get into things such as the gig economy, color blind vs color conscious casting, making space for underrepresented people in plays vs musicals, and shattering the glass ceiling.

*This episode was recorded in April. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did and I’ll check back in for a fact check and recap and reinforce later. But for now, here’s my conversation with Maurice Parent.

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