Photo by Liv Rhodes.
“Nina Goodheart’s guignol production does wonders...” — Helen Shaw
“A preternatural master of mood…”
— Juan A. Ramirez, theatrely
Nina Goodheart (she/her) is a director and producer based in New York. She is passionate about creating theater that builds community, centers people of marginalized genders, and demands an emotional response. Her theater company Good Apples Collective, which she co-founded with playwright Sophie McIntosh, was recently hailed in HowlRound as part of "the next great leap in theatre."
Recent directing credits include Road Kills by Sophie McIntosh (recommended by The New Yorker and The New York Times), cunnicularii by Sophie McIntosh (recommended by New York Magazine), Wakeman by Jenn Grinels (developmental reading of a new musical for TBD Theatricals), cityscrape by Sophie McIntosh (world premiere, Arts on Site), before the flood by Emily Bice (world premiere, Chain Theatre), The Wolves, Fun Home, and Man of La Mancha.
Recent associate credits include Gabriel Byrne’s Walking with Ghosts on Broadway (resident director), Fiddler on the Roof starring Jason Alexander (La Mirada Theatre, dir. Lonny Price), and Mindplay by Vinny DePonto and Josh Koenigsberg (Arena Stage, dir. Andrew Neisler).
She has had the pleasure of working with directors such as Diane Paulus (Jagged Little Pill, Broadway), Lila Neugebauer (Mary Page Marlowe, Second Stage Theater), Lonny Price (Scotland, PA, Roundabout Theatre Company, Walking with Ghosts, and Fiddler on the Roof), and Andrew Neisler (Mindplay), as well as organizations including the American Repertory Theater, NYMF, New York Stage & Film, Virgin Voyages, and Climan Producing. She currently serves as Creative Associate to director Whitney White and studies opera directing at Juilliard with Stephen Wadsworth. BA Yale.
Nina is represented by Noah Ezell at Michael Moore Agency.
noah@michaelmooreagency.com
Contact Nina directly at ninagoodheart@gmail.com.
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