Louis Parnell

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Louis is pleased to return to San Francisco Playhouse, where he most recently played Selsdon Mowbray in Noises Off and served as assistant director for A Chorus Line and My Fair Lady. He has acted in or directed over twenty productions at the Playhouse including their inaugural production. Favorite roles there include Waitress, The Nether, Cabaret and Follies. He has been an actor and director for close to fifty years with numerous theatre in companies in the Bay Area including American Conservatory Theater, Marin Theatre, Magic Theatre, Center REP, Theatre Works Silicon Valley, and many smaller companies, as well as working in New York and Los Angeles. He has been nominated for San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle awards fifteen times (winning five) and has been honored with various other awards. He has performed numerous film, commercial and television roles and is a member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association.