BIOGRAPHY
Songstress, keyboards/accordion player, actress,
dancer, writer and director, Lisa Parkins grew up
in a
small town outside Pittsburgh listening to
Motown, R &
B, British Invasion, show tunes, and folk and
classical music.
In her teens, Lisa studied dance
at
North Carolina School of the Arts. Relocated to
NYC,
Parkins continued honing her craft working with
an
all-star cast of dancers and choreographers.
Lisa
developed a parallel career as a
singer/songwriter.
Her musical interests let to fronting art-rock
bands
appearing in downtown clubs (CBGB's, Knitting
Factory).
Acting experience and formal theater
studies (MFA Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College, ABD
Performance Studies. Northwestern University)
inspired
Lisa to create, perform and direct multi-media
theatre
pieces that have been presented in the U.S. and
in
Europe.
Music/theatre pieces for children
created by
Lisa include "Ali: The Champ" (Martin Luther King
Cultural Center), "Root for Lucy" and "9/11: The
Musical" (Brooklyn Arts Exchange). Lisa also
adapted
"Roxana" (book, music and lyrics) based on a
novel by
Daniel Defoe.
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