NICK SANDYS         STAGE DIRECTOR                                            
Recent Projects have included:                        
  • ELEKTRA  by Richard Strauss for The Dallas Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Houston Grand Opera, as Revival Director of an original production by Sir David McVicar​                                                                                                   
World Premieres of                         
  • SHAW VS. TUNNEY by Douglas Post, for Grippo Stage Co.  (Chicago, IL),  based on the book The Prizefighter and The Playwright by Jay R.Tunney
  • HOWARDS END by Douglas Post, adapted from the classic novel by E.M. Forster, for Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)--Joseph Jefferson Nomination
  • PUFF: BELIEVE IT OR NOT by Eugene Scribe in a translation by Ranjit Bolt, for Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)           
  • FUTURE PERFECT,  a new opera by David Shenton, libretto by Christine Steyer, for  Bellissima Opera Co. (Chicago, IL)                    
The US premiere of
  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Tanika Gupta, from Dickens' novel, co-directed with Lavina Jadhwani, in a co-production between Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. and Silk Road Rising (Chicago, IL)
An Invited Reading of 
  • THE FEAST OF THE HUNGER MOON, a new musical by Dori Erwin Collins, at Porchlight Theatre Studios (Chicago, IL)                    
and student productions of 
  • ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD  by Tom Stoppard and INHERITORS by Susan Glaspell for The Theatre School @ DePaul University, Chicago         
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 Theatrical Direction: includes
Elektra  by Richard Strauss                                                   The Dallas Opera                                                                             February 2024
                  Revival Director, original production by Sir David McVicar                                                                                                                       
Shaw vs. Tunney    by Douglas Post                                    Grippo Stage Co. @ Theater Wit (Chicago, IL)                             May 2023
                    A world premiere based on the book The Prizefighter and The Playwright by Jay R.Tunney
Future Perfect  by David Shenton, libretto by Christine Steyer  Bellissima Opera Co. (Chicago, IL)                                               June 2022
                  A world premiere
Howards End     by Douglas Post,                                          Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                    October 2019
                       A world premiere adaptation of the novel by E.M. Forster   (Joseph Jefferson Nominations for Outstanding Direction & New Work)
Elektra    by Richard Strauss                                                   Lyric Opera of Chicago                                                                 January 2019           
                  Revival Director, original production by Sir David McVicar
Elektra    by Richard Strauss                                                   Houston Grand Opera                                                                   January 2018
                  Revival Director, original production by Sir David McVicar
Puff: Believe It Or Not    by Eugene Scribe                        Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                     November 2017
                  in a world premiere translation by Ranjit Bolt
Great Expectations     by Tanika Gupta                             Remy Bumppo Theatre Co./Silk Road Rising                              May 2017
                      from the Dickens novel; US premiere, co-directed with Lavina Jadhwani
Pirandello’s Henry IV                                                     Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                      October 2016
                  translated by Tom Stoppard
The Life of Galileo   by Bertolt Brecht,                              Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                      March 2016
                   translated by David Hare
Travesties   by Tom Stoppard                                              Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                      March 2015
                    (Joseph Jefferson Nominations for Outstanding Direction & Production)
The Merry Wives of Windsor   by Shakespeare             First Folio Theatre (Oakbrook, IL)                                                 July 2014
                 
Our Class    by Tadeusz Slobodzianek                                   Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                      March 2014
                  (Joseph Jefferson Nominations for Outstanding Direction & Production)
Bedroom Farce   by Alan Ayckbourn                                 Eclipse Theatre (Chicago, IL)                                                          July 2013
                 
Seascape     by Edward Albee                                           Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL)                                       September 2012
                 
Romeo & Juliet  by Shakespeare                                     First Folio Theatre (Oakbrook, IL)                                                 July 2011
 
Macbeth    by Shakespeare                                               First Folio Theatre (Oakbrook, IL)                                                  July 2009
 
American Ethnic: thinkTank 2009                            Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)                           March 2009
                devised by Usman Ally, Kelly Tsai, & Idris Goodwin
365Days/365Plays: Week50   by Suzan-Lori Parks       Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)                           October 2007

​Fiction    by Steven Dietz                                                    Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)                           October 2007

Twelfth Night   by Shakespeare                                       Noble Fool Theatricals (St.Charles, IL)                                         July 2006
 
Hamlet      by Shakespeare                                                Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park                                           June 2001
 
Much Ado About Nothing     by Shakespeare              Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park                                            June 1996
 
Breaking The Code     by Hugh Whitemore                    Stage West  (Fort Worth, TX)                                                        July 1993

A Walk In The Woods     by Lee Blessing                      Stage West  (Fort Worth, TX)                                                        March 1990           
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