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Alexander V. Nichols

 
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Bio:
ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS has provided scenic, video, and lighting designs to theater companies including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep and the National Theater of ... (read complete bio)
 
Alexander V. Nichols Headshot

Bio:
ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS has provided scenic, video, and lighting designs to theater companies including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep and the National Theater of ... (read complete bio)

Stage Credits

Productions

 
[Regional (US), 2018]
Projection Designer
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Production Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Video Designer
Projection Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Projection Designer
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Projection Designer
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Projection Designer
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Projection Designer
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer

Alexander V. Nichols Biography

ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS has provided scenic, video, and lighting designs to theater companies including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep and the National Theater of Taiwan. Off Broadway credits include "Bridge and Tunnel" by Sarah Jones, "Los Big Names" by Marga Gomez, "Horizon" by Rinde Eckert and "Taking Over" by Danny Hoch. Designs for dance and music have been set on companies including San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Hong Kong Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, ODC/SF, Kronos Quartet, Bill Frisell and the Paul Dresher Ensemble. Mr. Nichols is resident visual designer for the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and served as resident lighting designer for the Pennsylvania Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and American Repertory Ballet, as well as lighting supervsor for American Ballet Theatre. Other credits in the dance world include designs for choreographers Christopher d'Amboise, Val Caniparoli, Ann Carlson, Sonya Delwaide, Marguerite Donlon, Dominique Dumais, Jean Grand-Maitre, Joe Goode, Bill T. Jones, Graham Lustig, Mark Morris, Matjash Mrozewski, David Nixon, Kevin O'Day, Kirk Peterson, Stephen Petronio, Dwight Rhoden, and Michael Smuin. Mr. Nichols' recent projects include video direction for "Life-A Journey Through Time" in collaboration with Philip Glass and Frans Lanting, the structural and lighting design for the touring art installation "Circle of Memory" in collaboration with Eleanor Coppola and the visual design for "Other Suns", a collaboration between Margaret Jenkins and the Guangdong Modern Dance Co.

Alexander V. Nichols Awards and Nominations

 
The Lortels - 2018 - Outstanding Projection Design
Alexander V. Nichols, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me

Alexander V. Nichols News

Review: THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T. Tells a True Crime Tale That Hits Close to Home Photo Review: THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T. Tells a True Crime Tale That Hits Close to Home
by Jim Munson - Feb 17, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T.? BroadwayWorld Christopher Chen's beguiling true crime tale that also serves as a love letter to San Francisco, running now through March 5th.

Review: THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre Photo Review: THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Feb 16, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre?

ODC/Dance Presents Its Annual Home Season DANCE DOWNTOWN Photo ODC/Dance Presents Its Annual Home Season DANCE DOWNTOWN
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2023

​​​​​​​ODC's flagship dance company, ODC/Dance, has announced program details for DANCE DOWNTOWN, the company's annual home season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Dance Downtown runs Wednesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 2. In conjunction with Dance Downtown, the company's annual Gala will take place on Friday, March 31.

Review: NEXT@90 FESTIVAL - BLANC / SCHREIER / POSSOKHOV PREMIERES at San Francisco Ba Photo Review: NEXT@90 FESTIVAL - BLANC / SCHREIER / POSSOKHOV PREMIERES at San Francisco Ballet Presents a Trio of Striking Dances Set to Glorious Music
by Jim Munson - Jan 27, 2023

What did our critic think of NEXT@90 FESTIVAL - BLANC / SCHREIER / POSSOKHOV PREMIERES at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the 3rd program of San Francisco Ballet's 'next@ 90 festival' of world premieres, running through February 7th. It's a consistently transporting evening of dance.

West Coast Premiere of THE HEADLANDS to be Presented at American Conservatory Theater Photo West Coast Premiere of THE HEADLANDS to be Presented at American Conservatory Theater in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

American Conservatory Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Obie Award-winning Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen’s The Headlands.

San Francisco Opera Presents New Production Of Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE Photo San Francisco Opera Presents New Production Of Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2022

San Francisco Opera presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's eighteenth-century masterwork Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) from November 15–December 1.

San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update For Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE Photo San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update For Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2022

San Francisco Opera announced a cast change for its upcoming new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice), opening November 15. Soprano Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At Krystina Alabado, KC Dela Cruz, Angelica Maria Beliard & M Photo VIDEO: Get A First Look At Krystina Alabado, KC Dela Cruz, Angelica Maria Beliard & More In Pre-Broadway KISS MY AZTEC! at Hartford Stage
by Stage Tube - Jun 20, 2022

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the East Coast Premiere of the hilarious Kiss My Aztec! An upbeat musical comedy, Kiss My Aztec! features a book by comedy legend John Leguizamo and acclaimed director Tony Taccone; music by Benjamin Velez; lyrics by David Kamp, Leguizamo and Velez; and choreography by Mayte Natalio.

BWW Review: KISS MY AZTEC!  at Hartford Stage Photo BWW Review: KISS MY AZTEC! at Hartford Stage
by Ariana Straznicky-Packer - Jun 14, 2022

Kiss My Aztec! Is a hilarious musical based on Latin American history “…. Very loosely!” This upbeat show is a real party with entirely original music, bold and bright-colored sets and costuming, as well as an exceptionally multitalented cast that keeps the energy up from start to finish.

BWW Review: MALA Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary at The Old Globe Photo BWW Review: MALA Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary at The Old Globe
by E.H. Reiter - May 13, 2022

MALA written and performed by Melinda Lopez is a beautiful and personal memory play about her journey as her parent's caretaker and brings beauty, empathy, and humor to an intensely difficult period.  MALA is playing through June 12th.

Alexander V. Nichols Videos

VIDEO: Get A First Look At Krystina Alabado, KC Dela Cruz, Angelica Maria Beliard & M Videoplay
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Krystina Alabado, KC Dela Cruz, Angelica Maria Beliard & More In Pre-Broadway KISS MY AZTEC! at Hartford Stage

by Stage Tube - Jun 20, 2022

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the East Coast Premiere of the hilarious Kiss My Aztec! An upbeat musical comedy, Kiss My Aztec! features a book by comedy legend John Leguizamo and acclaimed director Tony Taccone; music by Benjamin Velez; lyrics by David Kamp, Leguizamo and Velez; and choreography by Mayte Natalio.

Video: First Look at KISS MY AZTEC! at La Jolla Playhouse Videoplay
Video: First Look at KISS MY AZTEC! at La Jolla Playhouse

by Paul Smith - Sep 19, 2019

The world premiere of Kiss My Aztec! is currently running at La Jolla Playhouse through October 13th following a previous run at Berkeley Rep. Get a first look at clips below!

VIDEO: Get A First Look At John Leguizamo's Musical KISS MY AZTEC at Berkeley Rep Videoplay
VIDEO: Get A First Look At John Leguizamo's Musical KISS MY AZTEC at Berkeley Rep

by Alan Henry - Jun 14, 2019

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Kiss My Aztec! Check out the video! John Leguizamo teams up with Artistic Director Tony Taccone for this musical comedy, following their collaboration on the hit one-man show Latin History for Morons, which received its world premiere at Berkeley Rep before heading to Broadway. Leguizamo will serve as co-writer and co-lyricist only for Kiss My Aztec! - 11 other talented actors will perform in this production. Taccone will also direct.

VIDEO: On This Day, November 15- John Leguizamo Schools Broadway On LATIN HISTORY FOR Videoplay
VIDEO: On This Day, November 15- John Leguizamo Schools Broadway On LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2018

On this day in 2017, John Leguizamo returned to the Broadway stage with his latest one-man show, Latin History for Morons!

BWW TV: John Leguizamo Invites Dreamers to Broadway's LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Videoplay
BWW TV: John Leguizamo Invites Dreamers to Broadway's LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

by BroadwayWorld TV - Nov 30, 2017

Twenty Dreamers attended last night's Latin History For Morons performance on Broadway and stayed after the show for a Q&A with John Leguizamo. Go behind the scenes in the video below!

VIDEO: 'LATIN HISTORY's John Leguizamo Reveals He Was a 'Moron' About His Heritage Videoplay
VIDEO: 'LATIN HISTORY's John Leguizamo Reveals He Was a 'Moron' About His Heritage

by Caryn Robbins - Nov 24, 2017

On this week's LATE SHOW, actor John Leguizamo revealed that he found out how little he really knew about his heritage while doing research for his new Broadway play, LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS. Watch the appearance below!

BWW TV: Class Is In Session! Go Inside Opening Night of LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Videoplay
BWW TV: Class Is In Session! Go Inside Opening Night of LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

by TV - Opening Night Special - Nov 25, 2017

LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, written and performed by John Leguizamo, officially opened last night, November 15, 2017 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). BroadwayWorld was on hand for the festivities and you can go behind the scenes below!

BWW TV: Learn from John Leguizamo in Highlights from LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, Openin Videoplay
BWW TV: Learn from John Leguizamo in Highlights from LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, Opening Tonight on Broadway

by BroadwayWorld TV - Nov 15, 2017

LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, written and performed by John Leguizamo, officially opens tonight, November 15, 2017 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). This show is a strictly a limited engagement through Sunday, February 4, 2018. BroadwayWorld has highlights from the production below!

BWW TV: Watch John Leguizamo School the Audience in LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Off-Broadway
by BroadwayWorld TV - Mar 28, 2017

The Public's New York premiere of Latin History for Morons, created and performed by John Leguizamo, and directed by Tony Taccone, opened last night Off-Broadway. Watch highlights from the production below!

STAGE TUBE: Director Richard E.T. White Talks Berkeley Rep's 'VANYA AND SONIA'
by Stage Tube - Sep 5, 2013

Berkeley Repertory Theatre kicks off its 46th season this September with Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. The hilarious Broadway blockbuster from three-time Obie Award-winner Christopher Durang begins previews in the Roda Theatre on September 20, opens September 25, and runs through October 20. Click below to watch Director Richard E.T. White introduce the show!


Alexander V. Nichols Frequently Asked Questions

What awards has Alexander V. Nichols been nominated for?
Outstanding Projection Design (The Lortels) for Ernest Shackleton Loves Me .