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Lynn Nichols

Lynn Nichols

Lynn Nichols, Ph.D. in Theatre, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA in Theatre-Acting, Emporia Kansas State College; BA in English, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

Senior Instructor.  On the CU faculty since 1994 and is retired as General Manager of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.  Previously, Instructor in Theatre and Speech, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 1990-1992.

For the Dept. of Theatre and Dance, Lynn currently teaches the BFA in acting course Studio 3: Acting Shakespeare, directs one show a year and coaches voice and speech..

His Ph.D. dissertation is titled “The Evolution of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

Directing Credits

  • Tartuffe, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, spring 2015.
  • Quilters, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, spring 2014.
  • As You Like it, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, spring 2013.
  • Then ‘til Now: Words That Made the Last Half Century, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, fall 2010.
  • The Country Wife, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, 2010.
  • Twelfth Night, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, 2009.
  • Cloud 9, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, 2008.
  • All That I Have Lost: War in Poetry, Prose & Theatre (Original script), University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance, Boulder, CO, 2006. KCACTF Certificate of Merit for Direction & Ensemble Acting.
  • The Learned Ladies, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, 2006. KCACTF Certificate of Merit for Ensemble Acting.
  • Frankenstein, (original script), University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance, Boulder, CO, 2005.
  • Mother Courage and Her Children, University of Colorado Dept. of Theatre & Dance, Boulder, CO, 2003.
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO, 2002.
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance, Boulder, CO, 2002.
  • As You Like It, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, 2001.
  • Curse of the Starving Class, University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance, Boulder, CO. 2001.
  • Quilters, Fine Arts Guild, Estes Park, CO.  2000.Shakespeare’s Women, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO. 1999.
  • Quilters, Actors Ensemble and Chautauqua Association’s 100th Anniversary, Boulder, CO.  1998. Awarded Denver Drama Critics award for best direction.
  • The Illusion, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1998.
  • Return to the Forbidden Planet, Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1997.
  • Tartuffe, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1997.
  • Me And Jezebel, Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1997.
  • Dancing At Lughnasa, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1996.
  • Othello, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO.  1996.
  • A Caucasian Chalk Circle, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1996.
  • A Flea In Her Ear, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1995.
  • The Nerd, Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1994.
  • On The Verge, Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1993.
  • Shirley Valentine, Creative Ensemble Theater, Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO.  1992.
  • Once Upon a Mattress, University of Denver, Denver, CO.  1992.
  • The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Creative Ensemble Theatre, Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO.  1991.
  • The Woolsack Mikado or Broccoli Japonaise, a satirical musical review by the Boulder County Bar Association, Broadmoor Hotel, Colo. Springs, CO & at the Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO.  1990.
  • The Butterfingers Angel, Mary and Joseph, Herod the Nut, and the Slaughter of Twelve Hit Carols in a Pear Tree,  Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1989.
  • Miss Julie and Talking With . . . (nominated by Denver Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress), Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1988.
  • Cloud 9, Actors Ensemble, Boulder, CO.  1987.
  • Candide, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1986.
  • Master Harold . . . and the boys, South African Awareness Week, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO.  1985.
  • Crimes of the Heart, University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Boulder, CO.  1984.