my name is nicHi.
i spell my name this way because to embrace my difference.
i am a performer.
i am a writer.
i am an artist.
i am an activist.
i have a BFA in Drama from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.
i teach there now, in the Playwrights Horizons Theater School studio. i am the Head of the Movement Department.
i deeply value the opportunity i have been given to hold educational space with my students at Tisch. i am so thankful for the education i have received in my life, and pour every ounce of that gratitude into my teaching responsibilities.
i make experimental theater.
some “traditional” titles that describe what i do include director, choreographer and playwright; but i like to think of myself as a Maker. and i am grateful to Ars Nova for creating space in this industry for artists like me.
i have been dancing for over 20 years.
i have been choreographing for about that long, too.
i have a Masters in Creative Writing from The New School.
i make Black theater.
this means that my target audience is Black folkx.
all are welcome; Black folkx are prioritized.
i am particularly proud to celebrate Black womxn & femmes in everything that i make.
i believe in children.
if i could do anything else in this life, i think i’d be a full-time preschool teacher.
i started a small business called BK Play! in 2016. BK Play! is currently a roaming art collective that encourages imaginative play for children ages 2-10. one day, i hope to open a brick and mortar storefront in my neighborhood of Crown Heights.
it can't hurt to articulate again: i am an artist.
as such, i believe it is my responsibility to project hope into the world through everything that i make.
i hope my art contributes to the legacy of artists that have come before me:
Lucille Clifton
Gwendolyn Brooks
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Alvin Ailey
Adrienne Kennedy
Katherine Dunham
Ntozake Shange
Nikki Giovanni
Suzan Lori Parks
bell hooks
Faith Ringgold
Tracy Chapman
and Claudia Rankine.
nicHi douglas resume
nicHi douglas | 973.634.7479 |
STAGE
(pray)
Playwright, Director & Choreographer
Commissioned by Ars Nova (U.S. premier TBA); featured in Prelude Festival 2018
SKiNFoLK
Choreographer
Directed by Mei Ann Teo for The Bushwick Starr and presented with National Black Theatre
where love lies fallow
Playwright, Director & Choreographer
Commissioned by The Shed for Open Call 2019;
featured in Prelude Festival 2019 and the Under The Radar Festival 2020
Olay Live: The Road to Glow
Choreographer
Directed by Shelby Bartelstein for Olay/Gallery Media Group
Last Stop on Market Street
Choreographer
Directed by David Mendizabal for Atlantic Theater Company for Kids
Girl From the North Country
Associate Choreographer
Directed by Conor McPherson for The Public Theater
they told us not to pray
Director & Choreographer
Directed & Choreographed by nicHi douglas, Devised in collaboration with the cast at Playwrights Horizons Downtown
A Time Like This: Music for Change
Stage Director
Directed by nicHi douglas at
Carnegie Hall
ONTHEFLOOR
Principal Dancer
Choreographed by Ani Taj for
The Dance Cartel at American Repertory Theatre/OBERON
BLACK GIRL MAGIC SHOW!
“The Professor”
Written, Directed & Choreographed by nicHi douglas at Ars Nova ANT
Fest 2017 and JACK (Fall 2017)
Primer for a Failed Superpower
Choreographer
Conceived by The TEAM and
Directed by Rachel Chavkin at Roulette
Runaways
Associate Choreographer/
Associate Director
An Encores! Presentation Directed by Sam Pinkleton at City Center (NYC) & The Delacorte/The Public Theater
STAGE WORKSHOP
The Visitor
Choreographer
Dir. Dan Sullivan/The Public Theater
(Untitled Immersive Project)
Choreographer
Dir. Jenny Koons/Denver Center
(Untitled Dance Project)
Co-Creator
w/ Sam Pinkleton/The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep
RESIDENCIES
The Public Theater
Devised Theater
Working Group
2019-2020
The New Victory Theater
LabWorks
2019-2020
Berkeley Rep
The Ground Floor
Summer 2019
Ars Nova
Makers Lab
2018-2019
Fresh Ground Pepper
PlayGround PlayGroup
2016-2017
SCREEN
‘”Be Sensitive”
“The Red Jar Tango”
“Never Settle”
Choreographer
PureWow x Olay
MSNBC - The 5th Annual Revvies
Choreographer/Feat. Talent
Politics Nation
Late Late Show w/ James Corden
Featured Dancer
CBS
TRAINING
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts -- BFA, Experimental Theatre Wing -2009
Wits University, School of the Arts -- Johannesburg, South Africa – 2008
The New School, Creative Writing Graduate Program – MFA - 2013
SPECIAL SKILLS & INTERESTS
Modern/Hip-Hop/Jazz/Tap dance and choreography, French, Spanish, basic Trumpet, Bouffon-style clown work, dialects upon request