Meet the Pansies
Who We Are
Mason Alexander Park
Creator/Star
MASON RECENTLY STARRED IN BACK TO BACK JAMIE LLOYD PRODUCTIONS OF THE TEMPEST AS ARIEL (OPPOSITE SIGOURNEY WEAVER) AND MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AS MARGARET (OPPOSITE TOM HIDDLESTON AND HAYLEY ATWELL) IN THE WEST END. THEY ALSO PLAYED THE EMCEE IN THE CURRENT WEST END REVIVAL OF CABARET, AND CAN BE SEEN AS DR. IAN WRIGHT IN NBC'S QUANTUM LEAP SEQUEL SERIES, GREN IN THE NETFLIX LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION OF COWBOY BEBOP, DESIRE IN THE SANDMAN, AND IN AMAZON'S CRITICAL ROLE: THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA. THEY PLAYED THE TITULAR ROLE IN THE BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR OF HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THEY CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE FILMS NATIONAL ANTHEM, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, AND SUCH TV SHOWS AS BROADWAY OR BUST AND BECOMING AND ARTIST ON PBS, OR ICARLY AND BUCKET AND SKINNER'S EPIC ADVENTURES ON NICKELODEON. THEY RECENTLY EARNED A HELEN HAYES AWARD FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL, AND STARRED IN THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PLAY I AM MY OWN WIFE AT THE LONG WHARF THEATRE JANUARY-MARCH 2020.
AS A WRITER, MASON CREATED THE PANSY CRAZE WHICH CAN BE KEPT UP WITH ON WWW.THEPANSYCRAZE.COM
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
