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Dennis Parichy is an American lighting designer. He won the 1980
Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...
for ''
Talley's Folly ''Talley's Folly'' is a 1980 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. The play is the second in ''The Talley Trilogy'', between his plays '' Talley & Son'' and '' Fifth of July''. Set in an boathouse near rural Lebanon, Missouri in 1944, it is ...
'' and the
Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...
in 1981.


Career

Parichy has designed lighting for 25
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productions since 1976, including: '' The Price'', '' The Tenth Man'', ''
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'', ''
Burn This ''Burn This'' (stylized as ''Burn/This'' for the 2019 revival) is a play by Lanford Wilson. Like much of Wilson's work, the play includes themes of gay identity and relationships. Plot summary The play begins shortly after the funeral of Robbie, ...
'', '' The Nerd'', ''
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Angels Fall ''Angels Fall'' is a play by Lanford Wilson. It premiered off-Broadway at the Circle Repertory Company in 1982. The play ran on Broadway in 1983 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Characters *Niles Harris: a cynical, middle-aged ...
'', ''
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall. It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange ...
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Crimes of the Heart ''Crimes of the Heart'' is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. In 1986, the p ...
'', ''
The Water Engine ''The Water Engine'' is a 1977 play by David Mamet that centers on the violent suppression of a disruptive alternative energy technology. Plot Charles Lang works at a menial job at a factory and lives with his blind sister Rita in an apartmen ...
'', and ''
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''."Dennis Parichy Credits and Awards"
playbillvault.com, accessed September 4, 2015
He has designed for
Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
and regional theatres as well. His first Off-Broadway show was ''Little Eyolf'' at the Actors Playhouse in 1964; he was the lighting designer for the
Lanford Wilson Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937March 24, 2011) was an American playwright. His work, as described by ''The New York Times'', was "earthy, realist, greatly admired ndwidely performed."Margalit Fox, Fox, Margalit"Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-Wi ...
plays '' Ludlow Fair'' at
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in 1965 and ''Book of Days'' in a Signature Theatre Company production in November 2002."Dennis Parichy Off-Broadway Credits"
lortel.org, accessed September 4, 2015
Parichy has been nominated three times for a
Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
, for his work on '' Redwood Curtain'' (1993), ''
Fifth of July ''Fifth of July'' is a 1978 play by Lanford Wilson. Set in rural Missouri in 1977, it revolves around the Talley family and their friends, and focuses on the disillusionment in the wake of the Vietnam War. It premiered on Broadway in 1980 and was ...
'' (1981), and ''
Talley's Folly ''Talley's Folly'' is a 1980 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. The play is the second in ''The Talley Trilogy'', between his plays '' Talley & Son'' and '' Fifth of July''. Set in an boathouse near rural Lebanon, Missouri in 1944, it is ...
'' (1980), for which he won a 1980
Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...
. He was the resident lighting designer for
Circle Repertory Company The Circle Repertory Company, originally named the Circle Theater Company, was a theatre company in New York City that ran from 1969 to 1996. It was founded on July 14, 1969, in Manhattan, in a second floor loft at Broadway and 83rd Street by direc ...
where he worked with director
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on the first productions of plays by many American playwrights. He lit many productions for the
Manhattan Theatre Club Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) is a theatre company located in New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has gr ...
, such as ''
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'' (1984), ''Bloody Poetry'' (1987) and ''Aristocrats'' (1989). He has had a long working relationship with
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. He designed the lighting for Fugard's ''Scenes from Soweto'' (Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978), ''Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act'' (Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978), ''
Boesman and Lena ''Boesman and Lena'' is a small-cast play by South African playwright Athol Fugard, set in the Swartkops mudflats outside of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, that shows the effect of apartheid on a few individuals, featuring as characte ...
'' (Off-Broadway, 1992), ''Playland'' (1993) (Manhattan Theatre Club), and ''My Children! My Africa!'' (Off-Broadway, 1989). At the
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, Princeton, New Jersey, he was the lighting designer for ''The Captain's Tiger'' (1998); at
Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Repertory Theatre (familiarly known as "The Rep") is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center. It is a member of Theatre Puget SoundPeople's Light and Theatre Company People's Light is a professional, not-for-profit theatre in Chester County, Pennsylvania . About People's Light Founded in 1974, by Dick Keeler, Ken Marini, and Meg and Danny Fruchter, People's Light serves as one of Pennsylvania's largest prof ...
, Malvern, Pennsylvania, and has provided lighting for many shows there since 2004. He was the lighting designer for People's Light production of ''Nathan the Wise'' starring David Straithairn in September 2009. Among his many works in regional theatre he designed the lighting for the Repertory of St. Louis Repertory Theatre and Hartford Stage production of Lanford Wilson's ''Book of Days'' in 1999, starring
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. He was the lighting designer for the
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production of ''Tally's Folly'' in 2001. He was the lighting designer for the
Pittsburgh Public Theater Pittsburgh Public Theater, or The Public for short, is a professional theater company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the retirement of longtime Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas, The Public began the 2018–2019 season with a new ...
production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' in 1999, starring
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. He received the 1981
Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...
for sustained excellence in lighting design. Parichy teaches Theatre Design/Technology at
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. He is a graduate of
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
.Faculty Design/Technology"
purchase.edu, accessed September 4, 2015


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