Alexander V. Nichols
Renée Fleming, Isabel Leonard and More Set for Washington National Opera's 2026-2027 Season (May 15, 2026)
Jacob Ming-Trent's HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Folger Theatre (May 15, 2026)
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Berkeley Rep (Dec 3, 2025)
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 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.
Productions
Awards and Nominations
Alexander V. Nichols, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
and Outstanding Projection Design (The Lortels) for Ernest Shackleton Loves Me.
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