Teague M. Parker (he/him) is an actor, playwright, improviser, producer, and teaching artist. After graduating from Western Washington University (WWU), he founded Come Up Productions (Come Ups), where he began freelance teaching his original theater technique, Improv for Wellness: a wellness and performance tool using improvisation as groundwork to help people uncover their creativity, cultivate awareness and self-worth, and learn to love their unique identity on- and off-stage.

Fusing his extensive acting education including Suzuki, Grotowski, Viewpoints, Linklater, Stanislavski, Chekov, Devising, Commedia dell’arte, and Alexander Technique, his fourteen years of improv experience, ten years of teaching, and training with ArtsWa through the Teaching Artist Training lab, Teague’s work quickly took off.

Backed by his practical experience serving as both artistic and education director of WWU’s nationally-recognized improv team, The Dead Parrot Society, and his time as an ensemble member at Jet City Improv, Teague brought his improv masterclasses to regional theaters such as Seattle Rep, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre, and Jet City Improv. This work soon spread to the graduate students at the University of Florida, theater majors at WWU, heart-centered business conferences with Worth the Journey, and institutions such as the Museum of Pop Culture. Teague continues to share his class series and workshops through arts residencies with the drama, health, and English departments at schools including Roosevelt High School, Everett High School, Open Window Middle School, Connections Homeschool, and Lakeside School.

Teague has performed around the country and internationally in plays such as Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks for the Teatro UNAM Festival in Mexico City, won the The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VII Award for best full-length play, ranked within the top three improv teams at the College Improv Tournament national competition in Chicago, has served on the teaching artist cohorts of Seattle Rep, Seattle Theatre Group, and Seattle Children’s Theatre, and utilizes Come Up Productions to bring free theater and live events to the Washington community.

Uniting artist and audiences to form mindful communities, he believes creativity is everyone’s birthright, and that we all deserve to reclaim our self-worth.