John Parsonson
- Actor
- Director
- Production Manager
John's Los Angeles directorial debut netted two award wins and nine
nominations (The Ovation Awards, The LA Weekly Awards and The NAACP
Theatre Awards). The project was Camelot Artists' production of "The
Island," a play devised by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona.
He started his career as a contract player with a provincial theatre
company in South Africa. Cast as the lead in "Call Me Kelly," he became
one of South Africa's first popular stars when the show's ratings came
in just ahead of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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