now playing: SHIT.MEET.FAN. at MCC. Extended to December 15th.
Nicholas Polonio is a theater director in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Notable productions include THE POLICE (Hangar Theatre), MARY STUART (Strasberg Institute at NYU Tisch), POV: U RUN JOE BIDEN’S TIKTOK (Ars Nova’s ANTFest), WE ARE WOMBATS! (Williamstown Director’s Lab), who’s a good girl (Williamstown Director’s Lab), THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF TODD (Williamstown Director’s Lab), if all that You take from this is courage, then I’ve no regrets (Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Winner) LATE FAME (Rutgers University), and GLORIA (Rutgers University).
Bringing a dramaturg’s approach to new work, Nick has worked in close collaboration with writers developing new plays and musicals at New York Theatre Workshop, Bedlam, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The TEAM, Normal Ave, Asian American Arts Alliance, Sống Collective, and American Playwriting Foundation. A season as a TV writers’ assistant for Hulu and Disney, and the Associate Producer on OFF-BROADWAY (Critics’ Pick).
As Associate Director: JELLY’S LAST JAM (New York City Center Encores!), PUBLIC OBSCENITIES (Soho Rep, Pulitzer Finalist), SLAVE PLAY (West End, Broadway, Center Theatre Group, 12 Tony Noms) X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X (Metropolitan Opera and Tour), A RAISIN IN THE SUN (The Public, Williamstown Theatre Festival), RICHARD III (Shakespeare in the Park, The Delacorte), A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Minetta Lane Theatre and Audible Recording), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Audible Recording starring Audra McDonald), PARIS (Atlantic Theater Company), 17 BORDER CROSSINGS (New York Theater Workshop), HENRY IV, PART I (Shakespeare’s Globe), and RICHARD II (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Alumnus: NYTW 2050 Fellowship, Drama League Directing Fellowship, Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab, Mercury Store Directors Lab, Roundabout Directors Group, Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps, Young Vic Genesis Directors, and the National YoungArts Foundation.
Nicholas trained as an actor at Rutgers Mason-Gross, where he received a BFA.
Currently, he teaches a directing seminar at NYU (Playwrights Horizons) .
let’s make something great: nicholaspolonio@gmail.com