Louis Parnell

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Louis is pleased to return to San Francisco Playhouse, where he last performed as Joe in Waitress and was assistant director for A Chorus Line and My Fair Lady. Louis has acted in or directed over twenty productions at the Playhouse including their inaugural production, It Had To Be You. Favorite onstage roles here include The Nether, Cabaret, and Follies. He has also acted and directed for close to fifty years with numerous theatre companies in the Bay Area including American Conservatory Theater, Marin Theatre, Magic Theatre, Center REP, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and many smaller companies here and in New York and Los Angeles. Louis has been nominated for San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle awards fifteen times (winning five) and has been honored with other awards for his work. He has played numerous film, commercial and television roles and is a member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association.