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Timothy Britten
Parker
Timothy Britten Parker has previously appeared on Broadwy in The Visit, Runaways and The Innocents. His forty-nine off- and off-off- Broadway credits include Night and Her Stars, Machinal, The Cherry Orchard, RENT, and Jonatahan Larson's Superbia. He is a founding member of Naked Angels Theatre Company. Favorite roles there have included parts in Summer Winds, Suffering Coloenel, Heartsick Pioneer, Perfectly Happy, Claus and Chelsea Walls. He was seen in the films Quiz Show and Joey Breaker. On television he has appeared in Law & Order and New York Undercover.
Timothy Britten Parker: I knew the real Gordon, a friend of Jonathan's who died of AIDS. When we did Superbia at the Village Gate, he worked with costumes and did various other things backstage. That's also how I met Pam, who I later went out with, and who also died of AIDS. It's less that I feel I have a responsibility to portray Gordon and more to show the pain and hurt of his being gone. His point of view in the support group is an important one, because everyone else is so accepting, one day at a time, no regrets, and Gordon says "F*ck that, I have lots of regrets." These moments in RENT have become meaningful, powerful moments, landmarks of my life.
