Annika Nori
Theater Artist . Writer . Website Designer
Annika Nori is a theater artist, writer and website designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She tells stories in many forms, and always has.
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Theater
Annika Nori is an internationally produced playwright, director and performer. She has worked in professional theaters, great halls and black boxes, and has worked collaboratively and individually to devise and develop plays. She is a character actor who loves the psychological discovery of roles, the collaboration of theater and the simple joy of performing for a live audience. Her experience as an actor comes in handy as a director, where she guides the actor through exercises and coaching to discover the character beneath the words. She is also interested in professional experience in writing, directing and acting for film and television.
She has a B.F.A. in Theater and Original Works: Play-Writing and Directing from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Washington.
She received her M.A. in Shakespeare & Creativity from the University of Birmingham and the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and has worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
DIRECTING
The Seagull (Anton Chekhov) The Shakespeare Institute Players,
Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
Lavender Rose (A. A. Grimm) Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Aaron and Sophie (A. A. Grimm) Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Lavender’s Body (Leah Webster) Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard) Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Mountain View, CA
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare) Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Mountain View, CA
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare) Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Mountain View, CA
ASSISTANT DIRECTING AND STAGE MANAGING
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Mountain View, CA
Fiddler on the Roof (Joseph Stein) Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Mountain View, CA
Almost, Maine (John Cariani) Waldorf School of the Peninsula,
Mountain View, CA
The Man Who Turned Into a Stick (Kobo Abe) Waldorf School of the Peninsula,
and No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre) Mountain View, CA
As You Like It (William Shakespeare) San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Palo Alto, CA
PLAYWRITING
The Seagull reading Épine Noir Society, 2021
Lavender Rose production Cornish College of the Arts, 2017
Aaron and Sophie reading Cornish College of the Arts, 2016
Funeral of a Contradiction production Cornish College of the Arts, 2015
Griffen production Waldorf School of the Peninsula, 2012
COLLABORATIVE PLAYWRITING
Fourplay production The Shakespeare Institute
Co-writers Fiona McGregor, Lauren Bates and the Royal Shakespeare Company, UK, 2018
ACTING
The Little Foxes Alexandra City Lights Theater Company, 2020
(Canceled due to COVID-19) Dir. Mark Anderson Phillips
The Wolves #14 City Lights Theater Company, 2019
Dir. Kimberly Mohne-Hill
The Taming of the Shrew Tranio The Shakespeare Institute Players, 2018
Dir. Juliano Zaffino
Fourplay Hermione The Royal Shakespeare Company , 2018
Dir. Lorna Jinks
The Brother’s K Bet Chance Book-It Repertory Theater, 2016
Dir. Myra Platt
Harrison, Texas Dolores Henry Cornish College of the Arts, 2014
Dir. Kelly Kitchens
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Dramatists Guild (Fall 2023) completed October 7, 2023
Instructor: Steve Harper
Dragon Theater Playwriting Intensive (July 2021-September 2021) completed September 2021
Instructor: Bridgette Dutta Portman
University of Birmingham (2017-2018) MA Shakespeare & Creativity received December 2018
Theater Practice and The Shakespeare Ensemble: Abigail Rokison-Woodall
Shakespearience and Shakespeare in Society: Ewan Fernie
Shakespeare’s Craftsmanship: Will Sharpe
Shakespeare and Early Modern Playhouse Culture: Simon Smith
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Penelope Freedman
Cornish College of the Arts (2012-2016) BFA received May 2016
Acting: Marya Sea Kaminski, Lisa Norman, Timothy Piggee, Robin Lynn Smith, Annette Toutonghi, Amy Thone
Voice: Alyssa Keene, Rhonda J. Soikowski, Terri Weagant, Kate Myre
Movement: Ellen Boyle, Keira McDonald, David Taft
Stage Combat: Geoffrey Alm
Playwriting: Elizabeth Heffron, Stephanie Timm
Directing: Kathleen Collins
Voiceover
My Voiceover Reel is below, please listen and feel free to contact me!
