Nicole Orabona (Catherine in Fragments of Outside) is an award-winning actor, director, producer, and committer to the bit. Previous WAM Theatre Credits: Nora in The New Galileos (Fresh Takes), Teaching Artist (devising theatre online) TV: Law & Order (recurring), Fleishman is in Trouble (Hulu) Theatre: POV: You Are an AI Achieving Consciousness (cirqueSaw), World Builders (Opera House Arts), Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Emit Theatre) Directing: Lady Scientists (also writer with Nathan Leigh), No Mercy, For Your Consideration (Moxie Arts), Let’s Start a Zine (to-by-for). Creative Inspiration: Nicole is inspired by the power of a stupid idea, exploring the intersections of digital and analog, and by works that challenge the traditional spectator and performer relationship. Membership/Affiliation: Co-Founder and producer of cirqueSaw Productions, Proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and Ring of Keys. Selected Training: Boise State University (BA), Frantic Assembly, SITI Company, Punchdrunk Enrichment. Awards/Proudest Achievements: For “POV: You are an AI Achieving Consciousness”: Young-Howze Theatre Award for Immersive Production of the Year 2023 (winner), No Proscenium: Editor’s award for Special Recognition for Merging Technology & Immersive Performance (Winner), Best Immersive Experiences of 2023 (listed), Outstanding Remote Experience and Reader’s Special Award (nominated) 2024 Young-Howze Creatives of the Year (with Nathan Leigh) 2023 R.Evolución Latina Doreen Montalvo “Do It Anyway” scholarship finalist Member of 2024 A4A Pittsfield Capacity Building Grant Cohort. Final Word: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” – Carl Sagan. Connect: www.nicoleorabona.com // IG: @knuckle_sando