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Productions

 
[Washington, DC (Regional), 2014]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Lighting
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 1989]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Lighting Designer

Awards and Nominations

Helen Hayes Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerTom Walker

Helen Hayes Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerThe Waiting Room

Helen Hayes Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerA Small World

Helen Hayes Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerIn Living Colors

Helen Hayes Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerTroilus and Cressida

Helen Hayes Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerThe Time of Your Life

Helen Hayes Awards - 1991 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerThe Caucasian Chalk Circle

Helen Hayes Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerTwelfth Night

Helen Hayes Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerThe Glass Menagerie

Helen Hayes Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerA Lie of the Mind

Olivier Awards - 1989 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerPlayboy of the West Indies

Olivier Awards - 1989 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerAunt Dan and Lemon

Tony Awards - 1989 - Best Lighting Design

Nancy Schertler, Largely New York

Helen Hayes Awards - 1988 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerThe Winter's Tale

Helen Hayes Awards - 1988 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerCrime and Punishment

Helen Hayes Awards - 1987 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerRomeo & Juliet

Helen Hayes Awards - 1987 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Nancy SchertlerOld Times

News


Cast Set for DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! At Children's Theatre Company

Children's Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team for DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!, featuring Reed Sigmund as the Grinch and direction by Peter C. Brosius. Learn how to purchase tickets.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL To Return To A.C.T. For The Last Time In Its Current Version

Experience the timeless tale of 'A Christmas Carol' as it returns to A.C.T. for the last time in its current version. Catch the limited engagement from November 25th to December 24th. Book your seats now and celebrate the holiday season with this beloved production.
Riverside Native Peter Brosius To Direct DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! For Children's Theatre Company

Riverside native Peter Brosius is the director of 'Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' at Children's Theatre Company. Learn more about his distinguished career and this production.
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Returns To Children's Theatre Company This Holiday Season

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the complete cast and creative team for the hotly-anticipated return engagement of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which will run from November 7, 2023-January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show here!
Cast Set For SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD at Village Theatre

Village Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the first show of their 2023–2024 season, Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood. 
A CHRISTMAS CAROL to Return to the American Conservatory Theater Stage for the First Time in Three Years

American Conservatory Theater will usher in the holiday season with the in-person return of its celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol performs at A.C.T.’s Toni Rembe Theater November 30–December 24, 2022. 
Concert Versions Of PIPPIN and BRIGADOON Celebrate Two Classic Musicals At Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Center announced the full ensemble for its two-weekend concert presentations of Pippin (April 1-3) and Brigadoon (April 8-10).
McCarter Presents Anthony Shaffer's SLEUTH

In a remote manor in the British countryside, a celebrated murder mystery writer drafts his next great detective novel. But when he invites his wife's lover to his home for a glass of scotch, it suddenly becomes unclear where the fictional plot ends and the real game begins. Sleuth will keep you on the edge of your seat with a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse filled with plotted murder, jealousy, and revenge. The production runs March 10 through March 29 in McCarter's Matthews Theatre. More about the production at mccarter.org.
ACT Ushers in the Holidays with A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns as American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) presents its celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
BWW Review: MATILDA at Olney Theatre Center- A Wondrous Musical Fit for Families to Enjoy

Let me admit when I saw MATILDA on Broadway in 2013 (winner of 5 Tony Awards), I did not enjoy it. I just could not understand the character of the buffoon Miss Trunchbell, the Olympian hammer throwing athletic principal of Matilda's school. He was the villain of all villains.
BWW Review: QUEEN'S GIRL IN THE WORLD and QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA - Performed in Repertory at Everyman Theatre

I must applaud Everyman Theatre's Artistic Director Vince Lancisi for having the brilliant idea of ending its season with two plays by Caleen Sinnette Jennings in repertory: QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD and QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA. What a genius!
Roald Dahl's MATILDA THE MUSICAL Gets Resident Premiere At Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Center offers its fourth musical production of the 2018-19 Season on the Mainstage, with the Tony Award-winning Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical (June 21 - July 21, 2019), directed by Peter Flynn, fresh off the rave reviews for his acclaimed revival of Into the Woods at Ford's Theatre. Invited Press Night is Thursday, June 27 at 8:00pm.
BWW Review: CTC Spectacular Style Inhabits Superlative World Premiere THE HOBBIT

On a middle of the month March weekend, Children's Theatre Company (CTC) of Minneapolis on the United Health Group Stage, offered their audiences a Middle Earth journey when they presented the World Premiere The Hobbit.  Based on one of J.R.R. Tolkien's bestselling novels, the British actor, director and playwright Greg Banks adapted and then directed the production, which featured an original musical score by fellow Brit Tom Johnson. The classic story of Middle Earth Dwarves reclaiming their culture and treasure stolen form them by a fire breathing creature imagines adventure and exhilaration galore, enough to last an entire evening and long after the actors leave the stage.
Cleveland Play House Brings Adventure And Arrows With Ken Ludwig's Sherwood

Cleveland Play House (CPH) is raising the swashbuckling stakes on the Robin Hood folklore with an exciting adventure that conjures up joy, romance and merriment. Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, is a lightning speed tale full of playful characters that will take over the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square from February 2nd through February 24th, 2019.  
Photo Flash: A.C.T. Rings In the Holiday Season with A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns as American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) presents its celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Now in the theater's 42nd year of presenting the holiday classic, this version of A Christmas Carol-adapted by Paul Walsh and Carey Perloff-stays true to the heart of Dickens's timeless story of redemption and brings a playful sensibility to his rich language. A Christmas Carol runs December 6-29, 2018, at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco). Press night is Wednesday, December 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets (ranging in price from $10-$120) are available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415-749-2228 or online at www.act-sf.org. Groups of 15 or more save up to 50% and enjoy free tickets for group leaders. For group sales, call 415-439-2424. Ticket prices are subject to change without notice.
Jane Austen's Beloved Characters Return In MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

What happens to the Bennet sisters after the events in Pride and Prejudice? Jane Austen fans can find out for themselves in the romantic comedy MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, beginning at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Oct. 13. The Marx Theatre production runs through Nov. 10 (Opening night is Oct. 18.)
Kimberly Gilbert Leads Ford's BORN YESTERDAY

Ford's Theatre Society announceS full casting and design team for a new production of Garson Kanin's 1940s screwball comedy, Born Yesterday.
Timely Revival of THE CRUCIBLE Set to Open at The Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Center brings Arthur Miller's The Crucible directed by Eleanor Holdridge (Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, Hay Fever, I and You) to the Mainstage April 18 - May 20, 2018.
BWW Review: THE GREAT SOCIETY at Arena Stage - LBJ Comes Alive Again!

Thank you Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith for bringing to the Washington Area the sequel writer Robert Schenkkan's two part series on President Lyndon Baines Johnson. First there was the Tony Winning ALL THE WAY which dealt with Johnson ascending the presidency while THE GREAT SOCIETY picks up at Johnson's State of the Union message in 1965 after his massive election victory.
Photo Flash: THE GREAT SOCIETY Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage

Robert Schenkkan's The Great Society, the second half of the epic drama about President Lyndon Baines Johnson, makes its Washington, D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, following the theater's critically acclaimed 2016 run of All the Way.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Nancy Schertler been nominated for?

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Tom Walker, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Waiting Room, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for A Small World, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for In Living Colors, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Troilus and Cressida, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Time of Your Life, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Twelfth Night, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Glass Menagerie, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for A Lie of the Mind, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Olivier Awards) for Playboy of the West Indies, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Olivier Awards) for Aunt Dan and Lemon, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Largely New York, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Winter's Tale, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Crime and Punishment, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Romeo & Juliet and Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Old Times.

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