Meet the Parent hosted by Anika Larsen

A discussion series that informs, inspires, and entertains adults as caretakers and theater lovers.

NYCCT’s Meet the Parent hosted by Anika Larsen is a discussion series created to provide programming for adult members of the NYCCT community that informs, inspires, and entertains them as caretakers and theater lovers.

About Anika

Anika Larsen has performed on Broadway in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Avenue Q, Xanadu, All Shook Upand Rent. Off-Broadway, she was in Zanna, Don’t!, Myths and Hymns, Closer Than Ever, Miracle Brothers, How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes, Disaster! and Unbroken Circle. Anika wrote and performed in a musical called Shafrika, The White Girlabout her childhood growing up in Cambridge, MA with nine brothers and sisters from different races and countries. She released an album of lullabies for all ages called Sing You to Sleep. Anika majored in theater at Yale University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Anika is currently playing the mom in Broadway’s Almost Famous the Musical.

“We theater artists are used to doing interviews about our work, but once we become parents, there’s this whole other side of our lives that is just as consuming and meaningful to us, and people rarely ask about it in depth. I’m so excited to have conversations with these amazing guests about the joyful and exasperating truths of being artist parents!”

Anika Larsen

Board Member and Host of Meet the Parent

Our Next Event

Meet the Parent Hosted by Anika Larsen
with Special Guests Drew Gehling and Jacques C. Smith

Monday, February 13th at 7:30pm
Streaming Live on YouTube
Free Admission but Reservation Required

Join New York City Children’s Theater for Meet the Parent, hosted by parent Tony-Award Nominee, and NYCCT Board Member Anika Larsen! At this free, live event, Anika will welcome special guests Drew Gehling (Almost Famous) and Jacques C. Smith (Book of Mormon)!