Nick Chase, he/him, (Director), Nick Chase is Local Theater Company’s co-artistic director. He began his career staging productions at a number of celebrated downtown New York venues, including The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, where his critically-acclaimed theatrical series SHELLS ran for 3 years. SHELLS was subsequently presented in Los Angeles (Show at Barre) and on Virgin Voyages. Additional selected credits: BURTKA, DAVID (book, dir. Neil Patrick Harris, 54 Below, NYC), BECKY AND HER LUNG TRANSPLANT (director, Durango PlayFest; playwrights William Missouri Downs and Lucy Wright), DRAKE (screenplay, dir. Chiemi Karasawa), BLUE (screenplay, producer Karen Tenkhoff). With Local: POP THE HOLIDAYS (writer/director), WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLE (co-director), STOCKADE (director, Local Lab 13 workshop; playwright Andrew Rosendorf with Carlyn Aquiline), 237 VIRGINIA AVENUE (co-director, world premiere; playwright David Myers), BATS#!T (director, Local Lab 14 workshop; playwright Steven J. Burge), Local Listens: Queer Lineage (director, Works-in-Progress Celebration). Nick is proud to serve Local in collaboration with a small and fierce team responsible for the discovery, development, and production of 70+ new plays.