Nikki Hevesy
Director  stagefilmvideo
Los Angeles, California  NikkiLH@gmail.com  310-207-6095 cell  www.NikkiHevesy.com
STAGE - Plays (representative)
Title
Position
Venue / Other
Staged Readings
Director
Absurd Person Singular
Catching Heaven’s
Horse
Be Aggressive
Director
Director/
Writer
Director
Genome Games
Director
The Musical Comedy
Murders of 1940
Impostors
A Midsummer Night's
Dream
Love Falls
Twelfth Night
Cupid's Beau/
Breakers One
The Shunning
Inspecting Carol
Abraham & Sarah
Director
Director
Director
Several New Works at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Moving Arts,
ALAP, First Stage, and others including "Upfronts & Personal"
with Wendie Mallick, Ed Asner, Jenifer Tilly & Jason Alexander.
Morgan Theatre, Santa Monica, CA (current production)
Toured Los Angeles/Orange County under equity contract.
Wycliffe Productions.
Valley College (Guest Director), Los Angeles, CA. Original
workshop at Mark Taper - New Works Festival
West coast premiere. Moving Arts, Los Angeles Theatre Center
(critically acclaimed: LA Weekly/Back Stage West, extended run).
Curtis Theater/Brea Civic Center, Orange County, CA (critically
acclaimed: LA Times).
World Premiere. Moving Arts, Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Cast A Players, Los Angeles, CA.
Director
Director
Director
Gene Bua Theatre, Burbank, CA (recommended by LA Weekly).
Massman Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Theatre Geo, Los Angeles, CA (Critic’s Pick).
Director
Director
Director
Finalist in Jerome Lawrence One-Act Playwrights Festival, LA, CA.
Mt SAC Theatre, Walnut, CA.
Toured in San Francisco Bay Area with five-character play.
STAGE - Musicals (representative)
Title
Position
The Pirates of Penzance Director/Chor.
Zach
Director/
Creator
Guys and Dolls
Director/Chor.
Philemon
Producer/
Director
The Lion, The Witch,
Producer/
and the Wardrobe
Director
The Kids of Bristol
Director/
Producer
Seven Days
Producer/
Director/Writer
We're On Our Way
Director/Writer
The Frogs
Bay Area Revels
Godspell
Choreographer
Assoc. Director
Producer/
Choreographer
The Third Day
The Power & the Glory
Musical Revues
Director
Director
Director/Chor.
Venue / Other
Curtis Theater/Brea Civic Center, Orange County, CA.
Wrote and directed one-person book-musical for the National
Theatre of Uganda, Africa.
Bing Theatre, USC, Los Angeles, CA. Sold out Final 2 weeks.
W. Coast Premiere, Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt musical. Victoria
Theatre, San Francisco, CA (SF Chronicle “Front Row’’ listing).
Gill Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Sold out 6 weeks (mid-size
theatre).
Musical on the life of George Mueller. 5 week run 500-seat
theatre, San Francisco, CA.
Original Musical at Lone Mountain Theatre (700 seats), San
Francisco, CA. City Light Performing Arts Co.
Original Musical at McAteer Theatre (500 seats), San Francisco,
CA. City Light Performing Arts Co.
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Annual production in 1700-seat theatre, cast of 107, Oakland, CA.
Critically acclaimed update. Sold out 6 week run in 500-seat
theatre. Moved to 1300-seat theatre in downtown San Francisco,
CA and ran 6 more weeks. City Light Performing Arts Co.
New musical. American Musical Theatre Co., Los Angeles, CA.
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
Numerous revues at clubs, schools and events around California.
"Nikki Hevesy directs with a sure hand."
--LA Weekly (Impostors)
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STAGE - Additional Experience (representative)
Title
Position
Venue / Other
The Cherry Orchard
Asst. Director
Hedda Gabler
Asst. Director
Cherished Christmas
Classics
The Merry Wives of
Windsor
Be Aggressive
Asst. Director
Dir. Martin Benson, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Orange
County, CA.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA. Assisted Dir. M.
Burke Walker
VITA Shakespeare Festival, Saratoga, CA. Dir. Art Manke.
Asst. Director
Dir. Alan Hendrick. Royal Shakespeare Co. Produced at Bing
Theatre, USC.
Literary Assistant New Works Festival, Los Angeles, CA, Mark Taper Forum.
Responsible for research /dramaturgical assistance
The Heart of Biddy Mason Asst. Director/
(With Ted Lange) Fully staged presentation. Los Angeles
Casting/Stage Mgr Theatre Center (LATC).
I’m Getting My Act
Casting
Musical at Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach, CA.
Together….on the Road
Birthmark
Asst. Director
Dir. Tim Douglass. New Works Festival, Los Angeles, CA.
Mark Taper Forum.
The House on Lake
Dramaturge/
World premiere play at Los Angeles Repertory Co. with Vox
Desolation
Casting
Humana Theatre Co.
The Mother-Son Story
Producer
Part of West Coast regional conference at Doubletree Hotel,
Pasadena, CA. The Casey Foundation.
American Splendor
Stage Manager
Original LA production. Theatre, Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
Eastern Standard
Stage Manager
Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA.
Multi-Image Showcase
Stage Manager
Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA.
"Nikki Hevesy skillfully directs…a delightful bit of farce…. The performers are
excellent…Hevesy wrings a lot of laughs." --LA Weekly (Genome Games)
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FILM and VIDEO (representative)
Title
Position
Venue/Notes
Bridge of Promise
Joined Together?
Producer/
Director
Producer/Director
Shear Delight
Producer/Director
Dinnertime
Dueling Masters
Director
Booth Director
Amityville 5
Art Dept. Coordinator
Catching Heaven’s
Horse
Broadway Showtune
Videos
The Barbers of Seville
Director
An American Legacy
Creator
Ben Kitay Stages
Production Booking
Manager
Nickel & Dime
Set P.A. (uncredited)
Sold Out
Our Own
Rosarito Weekend
Writer/Director
Producer/Director
Casting
168 hour film Festival
Casting
Various short films
Director
Promotional DVD short for Holt Adoption Agency Stonegate Media Group. Winner: Silver TELLY award.
Documentary. Aired on PAX-TV; local affiliates. Winner
Best Director - Aurora Awards. Official Damah Film Festival
selection.
Comedy Short. 168 hr film festival (currently in postproduction).
Short film. Produced for cable. Living Way Productions.
Episode #24: Directed character voices for anime cartoon.
Plastic Cow productions, Cartoon Network.
Did budgeting/scheduling for Art dept. on feature film.
Barry Bernardi/Steve White Productions.
Three-camera shoot of equity stage production (Wycliffe
SW).
10 music videos/various titles. U-best Productions with
David Cunningham.
Sitcom pilot presentation. Producer: Sam Denof. Starring
Ron Carey.
Documentary: developed July 4th special for Phil Cooke
Pictures/PAX-TV (not yet produced).
For 3 stages/lighting packages for commercial, film/video
shoots. Clients include: Adam Sandler, “Scary Movie 2,”
MOW’s, Women in Film Awards, Holly Hunter, and others.
Feature film. Hometown Pictures. Starring C. Thomas
Howell.
Non-dialogue video short.
16 mm short film. Black and White.
TLC Productions. Shot independently for cable network.
Cast 2 episodes.
Casting for producers of 13 short films, SLATE
productions.
Numerous short projects on Beta, 16mm, and 8mm during
Master’s program at USC.
Co-Director/
Choreographer
Associate Director
"Director Nikki Hevesy impressively staged the text three different ways,…
creative non-realistic staging choices, which made this performance enjoyable
and compelling." --Back Stage West (Genome Games)
RELATED EXPERIENCE (representative)
Organization
Position
Experience
City Light Performing
Arts Co.
Pepperdine & Concordia
Universities, Mt. SAC
Various theatres and
groups in U.S. & Africa
Backstage West
University of Southern
California
Sidewalk Studios
Founding/Artistic
Director
Professor (Adjunct)
City Light Summer
Institute
New Jerusalem Players
Theatre/Film
Director/Instructor
Founded and directed non-profit theatre company for five
years, San Francisco, CA.
Taught undergraduate theatre, directing, and acting
classes (1996-2001).
Several stage plays and musicals (complete list/resume
available on request).
Articles and reviews for industry trade.
Taught sections of THTR 130 - Stage Management, and
THTR 210 - Introduction to Modern Drama (1995-1996).
Taught private weekly beginning and intermediate classes,
“Acting for Directors,” Burbank, CA (2000).
Developed Summer Training Institute, including teaching,
directing, and acting; San Francisco, CA.
Toured USA and Israel for 18 months doing street theatre.
Various projects (acting resume available on request).
Nikki Hevesy - Director
Writer/Librettist
Writer/Reviewer
Teaching Assistant
Instructor
Writer/Actor
Actor
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EDUCATION and TRAINING (representative)
Organization
Achievement
Details
University of Southern
California
San Francisco State University
Simpson College
Theatre Bay Area
Valley Cable Vision
MFA
Directing for Theatre, Film, and Television, 1996
MA coursework
BA
Internship: Directing
Internship: Directing,
Audio, Lights, Camera
UCLA extension, and American Various workshops
Film Institute
American Conservatory
Acting classes
Theatre, Jean Shelton,
Jeff Corey, others
Various
Dance training
One year towards MA in Theatre
Theology/Biblical Lit. and Communications
6 months
6 months
Writing, directing, and producing
12 yrs jazz, tap, and ballet
TELEVISION DIRECTING OBSERVERSHIPS (representative)
Trained for multi-camera television directing as an “Observing Director” on numerous half-hour sitcoms and
pilots, including the following:
Title
That '70s Show
Network
Carsey-Werner/
FOX
Seinfeld
Castlerock/NBC
Suddenly Susan
NBC/Warner Bros.
8 Simple Rules…
Shady Acres/ABC
Everybody Loves Raymond
CBS
It's Like Ya Know
Dreamworks/ABC
Fired Up (Pilot and episodes) Gramnet/Paramount
Men Behaving Badly
Carsey-Warner/NBC
Townies
Carsey-Warner
Family Matters/Two of a Kind Miller-Boyett/ABC
Union Square (Pilot)
ABC
Jenny (McCarthy) (Pilot)
Paramount/CBS
Lateline
Paramount/NBC
Guys Like Us
Columbia Tri-Star/ UPN
Teen Angel/ Spin City
ABC
Ask Harriet
Columbia Tri-Star/ Fox
Directors
David Trainor
Andy Ackerman
Shelly Jensen, Alan Rafkin
Jamie Widdoes
Steve Zuckerman
John Fortenberry, John White
Jim Burrows, David Lee
Jim Burrows
Pam Fryman
Rich Corral, Jason Bateman
Jim Burrows
Andy Ackerman, Jeff Melman, L. Garner
Ken Levine, J. Sandrich, Jeff Melman
Joel Zwick, Jonathan Prince
Andy Cadiff
Amanda Bearse
AWARDS - HONORS - MEMBERSHIPS
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Lincoln Center Director’s Lab (W), Alumni
Outstanding Young Woman of America
Los Angeles Theatre Ovation Voter
Harvey’s Fellow
Screen Actors Guild
Winner Silver TELLY Award
Winner four Aurora Awards including two “Platinum Best of Show” in Directing
Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (Assoc.)
Finalist in ABC’s New Talent Network Associates program
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