James C. Nicola
JAMES C. NICOLA has been artistic director of New York Theatre Workshop since 1988. Under his guidance, NYTW has remained steadfast to its commitment of nurturing emerging and established artists, promoting collaboration and experimentation with theatrical forms. Mr. Nicola initiated an extensive series of workshop opportunities and has forged a unique community, The Usual Suspects, a group of theatre artists who form the core of NYTW’s development activities. Before joining NYTW, Mr. Nicola spent nine years at Arena Stage, first as a National Endowment for the Arts Directing Fellow and later as a Producing Associate. From 1975 to 1980, Mr. Nicola was a casting coordinator for the New York Shakespeare Festival where he developed his continuing, passionate commitment to new voices in the theatre. Founded in 1979 by Stephen Graham, New York Theatre Workshop has emerged as a premiere incubator of important new theatre and innovative adaptations of classic repertory. NYTW supports artists in all stages of their careers by maintaining a series of workshop programs including work-in-progress readings, summer residencies, and minority artist fellowships. Plays developed and staged at NYTW include Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Claudia Shear’s Blown Sideways Through Life and Dirty Blonde, Tony Kushner’s Slavs! and Homebody/Kabul, Doug Wright’s Quills, and Caryl Churchill’s Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Mad Forest, Far Away, and A Number. In 2000, NYTW was designated to be part of the Leading National Theatres Program by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Bio as of February, 2005. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Off-Broadway - February, 2005 - Watch now. SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) 2003 Symposium: Adventurous Producers - June, 2003 - Listen Now.