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Jen "JP" Parkhill (they/she) is an ATX, LA, and NYC based actor, director, writer, producer, first generation Cuban-American, and proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

JP earned their BFA in drama at the Tisch school of the arts, NYU, with minors in both creative writing and film production. Their primary training at NYU was at The Atlantic Theater School where they studied the Practical Aesthetics Technique created by David Mamet and William H. Macy, as well as Suzuki, Viewpoints, Voice, Speech, Dialect training, Sketch Comedy, and Performance techniques. They later studied abroad in Florence, Amsterdam, and Berlin to focus on Devised Theater, Experimental Theater Training, Stanislavsky, Brecht, and studied with global conservatory students at the FIND Festival, Berlin, with workshops led by Schaubuhne Artistic Director, Thomas Ostermeier. They finished their studies at NYU's Stonestreet Film & Television Studio with focused training on acting for the camera and voice over work.

JP vacillates between work both behind and in front of the camera, often integrating their work as a spoken word artist into their film projects. Most recently JP was awarded the grand poetry prize for their poem "Yellow" by Moleskine & Vocal for Pride Month's "True Colors" Challenge.

They are the Co-writer of the short film Honey & Milk, writer/director of short film Crying Wolf, and writer/star of the short film Far Rock, winner of the Russell Hexter Film Grant. Jen is a founding member of Here Artist Collective, a New York theater company dedicated to championing queer stories.

Recent acting credits include Honey & Milk (short), directed by Dash Donato, Listen (feature film), directed by Omri Bezalel, LOCKED UP BITCHES!; The Flea Theater NYC, Women and Sometimes Men, (feature film - Chelsea International Film Festival); Bound, (Chain Film Festival NYC); Dance Nation, (workshop performance - Atlantic Theater Company), directed by Lee Sunday Evans; The Seagull, at Atlantic Stage 2, directed by Adrienne Campbell Holt; The House of Bernarda Alba, at Atlantic Stage 2, directed by Lauren Keating; Bones by Dael Orlandersmith, (staged reading - the Flea Theater), directed by Niegel Smith.

Recent directing credits include Girl Next Door, Brunch Theater Co, Lady from the Sea at Atlantic Stage 2; a series of commercials for the innovative sofa company, Burrow; Dream Big, Princess for the Disney Channel; Medical Marijuana Miracles, a docu-series for 420 TV.

JP's writing has appeared in a variety of literary magazines, including BrUNch Mag, Eggy Pan, Emotional Alchemy, and Mercer St. for which her essay, "Repairer" was selected as Editor's Choice. Her poems have appeared in the films Far Rock and 100 Years or Less, among others.

 Artist Statement: "I was born with a tremendous thirst for stories that widen our curiosity and capacity for empathy. I am passionate about creating work that queers the lens so that we may break down the boundaries within our imaginations and allow for an expanding of love in all its forms. My work is deeply personal and rooted in themes of queerness, relationship, addiction, shame, and the courage it takes to live an authentic life in the face of limiting societal belief systems. I believe in the power of story."

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