Kent
Nicholson
Kent Nicholson directed the UC Davis March 2006 production of Death of a Salesman,
which won a Wrtiers' Choice Award for best theatrical production on a
university campus from the Sacramento News & Review. His
Off-Broadway directing credits include Wet by Liz Duffy Adams for The Summer Play Festival and Five Flights by Adam Bock for Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. His San Francisco production of Five Flights
for Encore Theatre was named one of the top ten cultural events of 2002
by the San Francisco Chronicle. Other credits include the World
Premiere of Dog Act, also by Liz Duffy Adams; the long running Sacrament! which he co-adapted with novelist Dave Eggers from Eggers’ book; and All My Sons by Arthur Miller and Vincent in Brixton
by Nicholas Wright for TheatreWorks, where he serves as New Works
Director. Previously, Kent served as Associate Artistic Director of the
Magic Theatre where he directed the World Premiere of Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue and the American Premiere of Stones in His Pockets
by Marie Jones. He is the editor of the anthology Breaking Ground:
Adventurous Plays from Adventurous Theaters. He serves on the board of
directors of The Playwrights Foundation and The National Alliance for
Musical Theater.
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