Who even is dhp?

DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • WRITER • PERFORMER • CULTURAL WORKER

With over 10 years in the industry under their belt, DAVID H. PARKER (they/them) has directed or collaborated with Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning actors. David was an inaugural Cody Renard Richard Scholar, shadowed on Hadestown on Broadway, worked as Associate Director on the Broadway Transfer of Fat Ham in LA, and recently published an video interview and publication with André De Shields in Southern Magazine.

Intersectionality informs the base of David's work, with emphasis on HIV and its subsequent stigmas, gender, and the social tensions created through the lens of Black, Queer, and Southern identity. David holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Their leadership and directing practices are rooted in systems of consent and wellness, which bloom from Leah Lakshmi's radical care; Dr. Carolina San Juan’s critical kindness; Dr. Tricia Hersey’s The Nap Ministry, a text that identifies "rest as a revolutionary act."

As a Type-A Virgo whose only real claim to fame is how they once won a beautiful baby contest... they need a surprising number of naps.