Sonja Parks

An accomplished actor/writer/director/activist & educator, Sonja has worked both nationally and internationally at many notable venues including: The Public Theatre, The New Victory Theatre, Playwrights' Horizon, The Kennedy Center, The Boston Center for the Arts, The Guthrie Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company-London, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Seattle Children's Theatre, The Wallis Annenberg Center, Penumbra Theatre, The Walker Art Center, Links Hall-Chicago & The Playwrights' Center. A respected professional in her field, she's served on many national panels with other distinguished artists and newsmakers including: Kerry Kennedy of The Kennedy Center, journalists Nicholas Kristof & Ann Curry; film producer Julius Tennon of JuVee Productions (a joint venture with his wife, Viola Davis); Swedish actor/director Josette Bushell-Mingo; British Theatre Historian, Nike Jonah & noted American Theatre Historian, Todd London. She was an original member of poet/playwr