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​THE SAINTLINESS OF MARGERY KEMPE
by John Wulp  |  directed by Austin Pendleton
JULY 5 – AUGUST 26,  2018  |  THE DUKE ON 42nd STREET

"The great Frances Sternhagen played Margery in the original Off Broadway production in 1959, opposite Gene Hackman as her put-upon husband, John...the standard for those roles hasn’t slipped a millimeter... these are actors whose names on a cast list are a tipoff: If they’re in it, exciting performances are likely afoot...Ms. Nichols and Mr. O’Connell are delicious to watch. I kept wanting to put them in a Charles Ludlam play... Ms. Nichols imbues the scheming Margery with the radiant expressiveness of a silent-movie star... No matter how ridiculously self-dramatizing Margery is — and she definitely is that — Ms. Nichols never lets you forget her yearning for a life beyond the one she’s expected to live." – The New York Times (Full Review HERE)

"Nichols shines. She brings a Molly Shannon-esque guilelessness, innocent and cunning at once, to Margery, who uses the limited tools at a medieval laywoman’s disposal to lead a free life.." – Elizabeth Vincentelli, The New Yorker
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A LESSON FROM ALOES
by Athol Fugard | directed by Darko Tresnjak
HARTFORD STAGE​ | MAY 17–JUNE 10

"Mr. Tresnjak’s staging of “Aloes” is noteworthy for its poetic unity: Every element of the production locks together into a seamless whole... The cast is up to the challenge of filling this disorienting space, especially Ms. Nichols, who first came to my notice six years ago when she starred in the title role of Bedlam’s small-scale off-off-Broadway revival of “Saint Joan,” proving herself then and thereafter to be an actor of extraordinary force and focus. The impression that she made in Bedlam’s radically reconceived revivals of the classics was no fluke: Ms. Nichols’s work in “Aloes” is so formidable that it might threaten to throw the show out of balance were it not for the fact that her co-stars are so accomplished."  – Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

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RISE | NBC
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EPISODE 107: This Will, God Willing, Get Better

From Jason Katims, writer and executive producer of "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood," and "Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller comes a heartening new drama about finding inspiration in unexpected places. When dedicated teacher and family man Lou Mazzuchelli (Josh Radnor) sheds his own self-doubt and takes over the school's lackluster theater department, he galvanizes not only the faculty and students but the entire working-class town. Inspired by a true story.

Click HERE to see excerpt.
 


​THE GOODMAN THEATRE | CHICAGO​ | A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | directed by IVO VAN HOVE
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​Visionary Belgian director IVO VAN HOVE injects a raw, pulsating energy into Arthur Miller’s 1955 classic about familial betrayal and fighting for the American Dream. Recipient of 2016 Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play and Best Director.














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