

Written by acclaimed playwright/teacher/actor Melinda Lopez, MR.

Parent’s honesty about just how hard it is really hit home. I was once a HS English teacher and I promise you, it is the hardest, most challenging work I have ever tried to do, emphasis on “tried.” Mr. Parent’s remarkable work on stage but had no idea he moonlighted as a teacher for five years– and my awe and respect for this performer has multiplied exponentially. This one-man show stars Maurice Emmanuel Parent as himself in his real life role as a teacher in an urban public school system by day, actor in Boston area theaters by night. PARENT is a world premiere now playing at The Lyric Stage and it is a MUST SEE–crucial viewing.
