Will Parker is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Texas. He is also an award-winning musician and teaching artist from Texas. He’s traveled the country performing original music for kids and adults, and he teaches workshops on songwriting, improvisation, and the intersection of creativity with social-emotional learning, mental health, and spirituality.

Will holds a B.A. in Theatre and an M.A. in Teaching from Trinity University. After college, he taught theatre at KIPP University Prep High School for four years. At the time, he was also deeply involved in San Antonio’s improv scene where he performed as a founding member with the city’s first musical improv troupe, When Can Do. He also worked with the Magik Children’s Theatre as an actor in their touring troupe, a coach for their youth improv group, and a teaching artist for their X-celerated Theatre program for incarcerated youth. 

​In 2018, he moved to Connecticut to attend Yale Divinity School, where he earned his M.Div and a certificate in Educational Leadership Ministry.

In 2021, Will received a grant to create a musical improv troupe that also incorporates spiritual reflection as a part of its process. The troupe (Public Universal Friends, aka PUF) performed around New Haven at various venues, including bookstores, coffee shops, and churches. Their performances also included talk-back discussions with the audience centered around the connections between improvisation and spirituality. 

​Will returned to Yale Divinity School in 2023 to pursue a Master's in Sacred Theology in Religion and the Arts through the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. There, he worked on an extension of his M.Div. thesis on musical improv and the Divine.

After graduating, Will worked as an interfaith educator with Jerusalem Peacebuilders. He was ordained to the priesthood on January 31, 2026, and he serves as the curate at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Houston. In October 2025, Will started a missional community called Ludamus (‘let’s play’ in Latin), which uses theatrical and musical improv to explore spirituality and faith. They meet weekly for prayer and play. He also a member of Station Theater’s musical improv house troupe, Noteworthy.

​Will is married to Cecelia Bellomy Parker. Together, they love to play board games, travel, and perform shows as their band, BlueRaspberry.