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Force of LMDA. Recent MTC credits include Producer for The Catastrophist, Brilliant Mind, Hotter Than Egypt, and Casting Director for Georgiana and Kitty and MTC shows for the past two seasons. She selected, produced and dramaturged the world premiere coproduction at MTC and A Contemporary Theatre Seattle of Yussef El Guindi’s Hotter Than Egypt, which she also dramaturged at the 2020 Colorado New Play Summit. Other recent dramaturgy includes Heather Raffo’s Noura (MTC/ Golden Thread), Marcus Gardley’s Play On Shakespeare commission of Lear (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and world premiere productions with Betty Shamieh, Marcus Gardley, Lauren Yee, Marisela Treviño Orta, Margo Hall, Torange Yeghiazarian, Naomi Wallace, Arthur Miller, Tom Stoppard, Chay Yew, Polly Pen, Luis Valdez, Culture Clash, Edit Villarreal, Rick Najera, Heather McDonald, Julie Hebert, and Octavio Solis. She is a frequent collaborator on Golden Thread’s ReOrient Festivals of Short Plays and Bay Area Playwrights Festivals. Former Dramaturg and Literary Manager of The Wilma Theater, San Jose Rep, and San Diego Repertory Theatre and Exec. VP Freelance of LMDA, Nakissa received the 2015 Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy for The Lark’s four-city premieres of Gardley’s the road weeps, the well runs dry. MARIN THEATRE COMPANY Marin Theatre Company is the Bay Area’s premier mid-sized theatre and the leading professional theatre in the North Bay. MTC is committed to the development and production of new plays, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes productions of world premieres, readings, and workshops by the nation’s diverse emerging and established playwrights. MTC’s numerous education programs serve more than 4,500 students from over 40 Bay Area schools each year. MTC envisions theatre as a vital space for sharing diverse stories to build a more just and equitable world. MTC is dedicated to inspiring conversation, learning and action to build more inclusive communities. We do this by providing a sustainable home for developing the work of diverse American playwrights and producing innovative theatrical experiences. MTC was founded in 1966 and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

SPECIAL THANKS

Oroad Azarbeygui Jill Green and the Props Department at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Martine Kei Green-Rogers Kimberly Hughes & Steve Moazed The Speakeasy SF