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​​Nick Sandys
​Fight Directing Resume










​MACBETH, Lyric Opera of Chicago 2021 - 
photo: Ken Howard
             NICK SANDYS                                               
                           •   A.E.A.  •   S.A.G./A.F.T.R.A.  •  A.G.M.A.  •                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                   
                            Fight Director and Certified Teacher -- The Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), 1995-present       
           First Aid & CPR Certification (renewed 2021)

Joseph Jefferson Award 2008--Outstanding Fight Choreography
Joseph Jefferson Nomination  2008, 2010, & 2011—Outstanding Fight Choreography


Professional credits include:                                                                                                       
Lyric Opera of Chicago - over 50 productions including
Macbeth 
 (dir. Sir David McVicar)                                            West Side Story  (dir. Francesca Zambello)                           Don Giovanni  (dir. Robert Falls)              
​Jesus Christ Superstar  (dir. Timothy Sheader)                    Bel Canto (world premiere) (dir. Kevin Newbury)                 Wozzeck  (dir. Sir David McVicar)                          

The Metropolitan Opera, NYC 
Prince Igor  (+ HD)  (dir. Dmitri Tcherniakov)                         Giulio Cesare    (+ HD) (dir. Sir David McVicar)                       Il trovatore (dir. Sir David McVicar)                         

                               
Steppenwolf Theatre                                                                                                  
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  (dir. Pam MacKinnon; also Broadway; Tony Award 2012 - Best Revival)
Hot L Baltimore  (dir. Tina Landau)                                     
The Seafarer (dir. Randall Arney)                                            Valparaiso (dir. Frank Galati)                                      


Goodman Theatre - over 25 productions including
Gem Of The Ocean   (dir. Chuck Smith)                              The Iceman Cometh (dir. Robert Falls; also BAM 2016)          Stage Kiss  (world premiere, dir. Jessica Thebus)       
The Sins Of Sor Juana (dir. Henry Godinez).                     The Long Red Road  (dir. Phillip Seymour Hoffman)              Ruined  (world premiere, dir. Kate Whoriskey)           
House & Garden  (US premiere, dir. Robert Falls)            Seven Guitars (world premiere, dir. Walter Dallas)                 Black Star Line (dir. Tazewell Thompson)                      

 
Northlight Theatre
​The Lieutenant of Inishmore (dir. B.J. Jones)                    Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (dir. Jessica Thebus)                             Lady   (world premiere, dir. B.J. Jones)                            
and
Shakespeare in the Park, Ft. Worth TX        
                       14 seasons including:   Hamlet, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Othello, Henry V, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet Quarto 1, 
                                                             Henry IV parts I & II, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming Of The Shrew,
 & Macbeth
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TEACHING
includes
The Theatre School at DePaul University, Chicago -- 1995 to present               
              Excellence in Teaching Award (Adjunct), The Theatre School @ DePaul University, 2019      
              Instructor:         Stage Combat  (Theatre 381), Fall 1995 - present                                                                   
                                          Stage Combat  (Theatre 281), Spring 1995 - present                                                             
                                          Advanced Stage Combat (Theatre 596), Spring 2000 - present
                                          SAFD Skills Proficiency Testing 2000--present
Ball State University, Muncie IN            
              Instructor (Equity Guest Artist): Stage Combat, Spring 1994    
 
 WORKSHOPS: include                                                                                                                          
MACE Advanced Combatant Intensive @ Winter Wonderland Workshop, w/ Richard Ryan, 2012, 2015
Winter Wonderland Workshop, Society of American Fight Directors--Chicago, January 1996-2007, 2022
SAFD Recertification in Single Sword and Rapier & Dagger: Chicago, August 2010
“Smallsword Smackdown: The Masterclass”: Remy Bumppo Theatre Co., Chicago, April 2010
"Introduction to Stage Combat for Comedy":  Second City Training Center, Chicago, May. 2007.
"Intro to Stage Combat & The SAFD": Southwest Theatre Conference, Dallas TX, 1990.
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Educational production credits include:    
The Theatre School @ DePaul Univ.--       
                            over 70 shows including              The Rover                                                                           dir.: Melanie Queponds
                                                                                    Neighborhood 3: Requisition Of Doom                           dir.: Mallory Metoxen
                                                                                    Luchadora                                                                          dir.: Michelle Lopez-Rios
                                                                                    Falling                                                                                  dir.: Ben Raanan
                                                                                    Joe Turner’s Come And Gone                                           dir.: Phyllis Griffin
                                                                                    Thieves Like Us                                                                   dir.: Kimberley Senior
                                                                                    1001                                                                                      dir.: Carlos Murillo 
                                                                                    Hurrah For The Next Who Dies                                         dir.: Damon Kiely    
                                                                                    Hamlet                                                                                 dir.: Lisa Portes
                                                                                    Echo Boom                                                                          dir.: Robert O'Hara
                                                                                    Othello                                                                                 dir.: Henry Godinez
                                                                                    Insurrection: Holding History                                            dir.: Phyllis Griffin   
                                                                                    The Servant of Two Masters                                             dir.: Dexter Bullard 
                                                                                    Polaroid Stories                                                                  dir.: Lisa Portes       
                                                                                    Julius Caesar                                                                      dir.: Henry Godinez         
                                                                                    Les Liaisons Dangereuses                                                 dir.: Nick Bowling 
                                                                                   The Beaux' Stratagem                                                        dir.: Michael Maggio    
                                               
                                    
also: productions at Lyric Opera’s Ryan Center, College of DuPage, Notre Dame University, Ball State University, IN, Southern Methodist University, among others  
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Teaching @ The Theatre School @ DePaul University (1995-present). photo: Joe Mazza/bravelux
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Teaching @ The Theatre School @ DePaul University (1995-present). photo: Jeff Carrion/DePaul University

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Podcast Interview:
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​The Creative Muscle
​@ LowRes Studios, 6/28/2019

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lyric-opera-fight-choreographer-nick-sandys-makes-violence/id1220676318?i=1000443049452
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"Lyric Opera Fight choreographer Makes Violence Look Real... for the good of the World."

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