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Directing

My work as a director focuses on ensemble-building, dynamic, physical performances, and experimental theater. My approach to plays is informed by my own background as a performer trained in physical theater like commedia dell'arte, Shakespearean performance, and devised performance, and by my primary practice as a dramaturg working across a wide variety of styles.

Echo

The Arctic Group @ The Tank, 2018

By Ran Xia

Scenic Design: Ran Xia

Lighting Deisgn: Ariella Axelbank

​​Echo was a devised piece, based on audio interviews that Ran Xia conducted with dozens of people across the world that examined themes of loss, memory, and love. These recordings, which were the jumping-off point for our devising process and featured heavily in the play, can be listened to as an album here.

Peach, or Pig Land

Tandem Theatre Collective, 2014

By Georgia Williamina Zildjian

Scenic Design: Meg Anderson

Lighting Design: Sarah McKenney

Puppetry Design: Shannon Wade

Under Milk Wood

Wesleyan University Second Stage, 2013

By Dylan Thomas

Scenic Design: Emmie Finckel

Lighting Design: Natalia Powers-Riggs

Costume Design: Jenna Weinstein

© 2025 by Nicholas Orvis.

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