Meet the Pansies
Who We Are
Mason Alexander Park
Creator/Star
MASON ALEXANDER PARK IS A NONBINARY PERFORMER/WRITER KNOWN BEST AS ‘IAN’ ON NBC’S QUANTUM LEAP, AND AS ‘DESIRE’ ON NEIL GAIMEN’S THE SANDMAN FOR NETFLIX. PREVIOUS SERIES INCLUDE NETFLIX’S LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION OF THE HIT ANIME COWBOY BEBOP AND AMAZON'S CRITICAL ROLE: THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA. THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING PRAISE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AS 'CARRIE' IN NATIONAL ANTHEM. MASON ALSO HAS A VERY ACTIVE THEATRE CAREER—FAVORITE PROJECTS INCLUDE ‘HEDWIG’ IN THE 1ST BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR OF HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, ‘THE EMCEE’ IN CABARET (HELEN HAYES AWARD) WHICH THEY RECENTLY REPRISED IN THE HIT WEST END REVIVAL OPPOSITE MAUDE APATOW, AND ‘CHARLOTTE VON MAHLSDORF' IN THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PLAY I AM MY OWN WIFE AT THE LONG WHARF THEATRE, FOR WHICH THEY ADAPTED THE SCRIPT ALONGSIDE ORIGINAL PLAYWRIGHT DOUG WRIGHT. THEY REGULARLY PERFORM CONCERTS OPPOSITE BOWIE'S PIANO PLAYER OF 40 YEARS, MIKE GARSON.
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Hunter Bird
Creator/Director
HUNTER BIRD IS A DIRECTOR, WRITER, AND MAKER OF NEW WORK. BOOK WRITER: SHE REACHED FOR HEAVEN (OLIVER HOUSER), THE GOLDEN RECORD (ANGELA SCLAFANI), AND THE PANSY CRAZE (MASON ALEXANDER PARK). DIRECTING CREDITS INCLUDE BRONCO BILLY: THE MUSICAL (TIMEOUT 5* RECOMMENDED) AT LONDON’S CHARING CROSS THEATER AND NEW WORK AT ARS NOVA, ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY, CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER, 5TH AVENUE THEATER, MCKITTRICK HOTEL, SIGNATURE THEATRE, VILLAGE THEATRE, GETTY VILLA, 59E59, NAMT FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, AND SKYLIGHT THEATER. DEVELOPER CREDITS INCLUDE XY (OLIVER HOUSER, RELENTLESS AWARD FINALIST), CRASHLIGHT (CELESTE MAKOFF), THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE (ANGELA SCLAFANI), AND ELSEWHERE (NIKKO BENSON). ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CREDITS INCLUDE BROADWAY, MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB, CENTER THEATER GROUP, LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, NATIONAL THEATER OF SCOTLAND, AND THE NATIONAL TOURS. JONATHAN ALPER DIRECTING FELLOW (MTC, 2017 & 2019), CIVILIANS R&D GROUP (18/19), SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN ASSISTANTSHIP (MTC, 2015), SDCF OBSERVERSHIP, UCLA EMERGING DIRECTOR AWARD, AND THE GILBERT CATES FELLOWSHIP, LINE PRODUCER ANT FEST 2018 AT ARS NOVA. WWW.HUNTER-BIRD.COM
