“If ever the overused term "tour de force" applies, it is with The Fool's Lear It should be performed in rep with King Lear whenever possible. It is that good!"
Talkin' Broadway
About Us
Nomad Theatrical Company made its’ debut offering in 1994 with three late night performances of Artistic Director Grant Neale’s existential one act comedy You Won’t Be Eating Them, They’ll Be Eating You at the One Dream Theater in TriBeCa, New York City. Since then we have presented innovative productions of both classical plays and new works with a particular emphasis on creating a unique physicality for the world of the given play, and metamorphic scenic designs. We have made full productions of plays by Tennessee Williams, August Strindberg, William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Vaclav Havel. It is also part of our mission to help develop new plays and to that end we have had over one hundred developmental and public readings of new plays including those of Kari Floren, Edward Einhorn, Cynthia Hanson, John Robert Tillotson, Sarah Lynn Brown, Amy Berryman, Randy Neale, Michael Patrick Kane, and many others. We have also developed full productions of new plays by Sharr White The Last Orange Dying, John Robert Tillotson’s Residual Effects, Randy Neale’s solo show Chaos Theory,and The Third Policeman freely adapted from the Flann O’Brien novel by Stephen Jobes and Grant Neale, a commissioned work by Randy Neale The Fools Lear which premiered at PURE Theatre in Charleston, toured the East Coast and had a New York run with Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, and the solo show Polanski Polanski by Saviana Stanescu which performed at HERE, PS 122, The Chain Theater, and toured to Romania playing Teatrul Odeon in Bucharest, The Sibiu Festival, and Transylvania International Film Festival.
"The technical credits were impressive, with subtle lighting (by Evan Ritter) and good sound effects (design by Elizabeth Rainey) -- swords and slaps and music."
The Off Off Broadway Review, The 3rd Richard
Nomad Theatrical, Fellow Travelers
“strumming a ukelele and singing original lyrics by Katie Down, a sound designer and composer working in the downtown NYC scene for many years.” Charleston Today on The Fool’s Lear
"Joyce Liao’s lighting is very effective. Haunting at times," Theater Pizzazz, on POLANSKI POLANSKI
“The perfect costumes by Ramona Ponce and the lighting by Jay Ryan contribute greatly to the overall impact." Talkin' Broadway on THE FOOL'S LEAR
"The technical credits were impressive, with subtle lighting (by Evan Ritter) and good sound effects (design by Elizabeth Rainey) -- swords and slaps and music." The Off Off Broadway Review, The 3rd Richard
Here is an imperfect and messy list of some of the Amazing Artists who have lent their time and talents to Nomad Theatrical Company. Special mention must be made of Hillary Spector who was Co-Artistic Director of Nomad for several years partnering with Grant Neale on the creation of many productions as a producer, talented costume designer, and an actress of sublime physical grace and emotional power. Also, Karen Lee Ott was Nomad’s Dramaturg for many years and was instrumental in creating several of our productions and our monthly play reading series which took place for three years at a bar on 26th Street called The Black Door. And Stephen Jobes who has worked on nearly every Nomad production as either a Director or Acting Coach (which we affectionately call the Bot Fly).
Directors: Tamilla Woodard, Victoria Pero, Stephen Jobes, Michael Patrick Kane, Robert Gilbo, Melyssa Hall, Nancy Keegan. Glen DE Kler,
Actors: Christopher Oden, Mark Schulte, Hillary Spector, LeeAnne Hutchison, Kathryn Velvel Jones, Tessa Zugmeyer, James Sterling, Victor Khodadad, Mary Purdy, Juniper Beroltzheimer, Margaret Catov, Sarah Bell, Nathalie Jaggie, Robert Ierardi, Ryan Victor Pearce, Colleen De Salvo, Erik Gratton, Ryan Farley, Chris Clavelli, Okwui Okpokwasili, Ric Sechrest, Aole T. Miller, Shad Ramsey, Todd Licea, John Robert Tillotson, Bairbre Dowling, Julia Watt, Arthur Aulisi, Theresa Gilhulli, Benjamin Freeman, Randy Neale, Craig Smith, Phyllis Johnson, John Gutierrez, Lily Cohen, Tyrese Avery, Caleb Elias-Reyes, Michelle Vo, Cara Feuer, Michael McKenzie, Brenny Rabine, Scott Sowers, Woody Sempliner, Bruce Barton, Anne Newhall, Jodie McClintock, Gilbert Cruz, Sarah Ellen Stevens, Mia Hutchinson Shaw, Vanditt Bhatt, Elda Luisi, Joseph DiSalle, Lynn Guerra, Zach Eisenstat, Steve Chizmadia, Adrian Davey, Alyssa Simon, Emera Felice Kraus, David Cho, Sheryl Dagostino,Victoria Gallucci, Catherine Jhung, Amy E Matthews, Brenton Nicholson, Valorie Donaldson, Darryl Solomon, Charles Rosenblum, Mary Coburn, Patrick Zeller,
Stage Managers: Karen Oughtred, Mark Brystowski, Jordan Isaacs, Matt Hunley, Mikajlo Rankovik,
Designers: Katie Down (Sound Design and Music Composition for many productions), Ramona Ponce (Costume Design for several productions), Allen Spector (Graphics Hero), Richard Curry (Lighting), Hillary Charnas (Sound), Ralph Lee (Puppet Master), Cory Antiel (Props and puppets), Jeffrey Duer (Master Engineer and Carpenter), Jake Witlen (Video Design), Amelia Dumbrowsky (Costume Design), Joyce Liao (Lighting Design), Sara Vandenheuvel (Costume Design), Dan Hansell (Lighting Design), Amy Ritchings (Costume Design), Ben Stanton (Lighting Design), Elizabeth Rainey (Foley Design), Evan Ritter (Lighting Design), Ron Erickson (Scenic Painter), Angela Lucido (Scenic Painter), Judith Braun (Scenic Painter), Holly Moore (Scenic Painter), Ros Sterling (Scenic Painter) Loretta Agro (Scenic Painter).