With a hand in nearly three decades of new works development on both coasts, Kent Nicholson is currently Senior Vice President for Acquisitions and Artistic Services for Broadway Licensing. He has overseen the early development and production of the TONY winning musicals MEMPHIS, and A STRANGE LOOP (which also won the Pulitzer Prize). Recent positions include Associate Producer of Musical Theatre at Playwrights Horizons. He served as the New Works Director for Theatreworks, Silicon Valley creating the New Works Initiative and their New Works Festival, an annual festival now in its 20th year. He co-created The Uncharted Writers Group at Ars Nova, and has served on the boards of The Playwrights Foundation, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and Musical Theatre Factory. His directing work has been seen around the country at South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory and The Old Globe, among many other companies both in NYC and regionally.
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