Nik Whitcomb

Nik Whitcomb is a lifelong theatre artist who has worked in various capacities with nonprofit arts institutions across the nation such as Guthrie Theater, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Omaha Performing Arts among others. Nik has also worked on Broadway with producers, general managers, and other industry leaders as Program Director of the Black Theatre Coalition. He is a proud Associate Member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society and is a reader on the Distinguished Play Committee for the American Alliance for Theatre & Education. Nik is a vocal advocate for equity, access, and inclusion in the entertainment industry and consults with creative organizations of all sizes on strategic community development and implementation of human first creative models. Some favorite directing credits include Ella Enchanted (Rose Theater, Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award for Best Musical), Smart People (Union for Contemporary Art), When The Snow Melted Down in Chicago (Collaboration Theater), Now Becomes Then (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and his work as Resident Director with The Twenty-Sided Tavern which has been seen Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago. He is an Ensemble Member with the Performing Arts Collective at The Union for Contemporary Art, an Advisory Council Member of The Stillwell Institute for Contemporary Black Art, the Entertainment & Community Strategist for The House of Afros, Capes, & Curls, and was named a “Theatre Worker You Should Know” by American Theatre Magazine.