Nicole Orabona (she/her) is a queer, Latinx theatre-maker with a passion for interactive, immersive, and devised new works. She splits her time between Berkshire County and a boat in NYC. Current role with WAM: actor (Nora in The New Galileos) WAM Theatre:  debut. Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer (Emit Theatre), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Jenny Wiley), meg, jo, beth, amy and louisa (Tier5/Hollywood Fringe), Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec (Bated Breath) TV: Inkblot (Netflix), Fleishman is in Trouble (Hulu). 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 untold stories of women in the past, present, and future, and by works that challenge the traditional audience/spectator and performer relationship. Community Engagement/Activist work: Frequent collaborator of The People’s Puppets of Occupy Wall Street. Membership/Affiliations: Company member of Emit Theatre, Infinite Variety Productions, and Live in Theater. Member of the 2022 Moxie Arts Incubator cohort. Co-Founder (with Nathan Leigh) of CirqueSaw Productions. Selected training: Boise State University (BA), Frantic Assembly, SITI Company, Punchdrunk Enrichment. Awards: Best Actor (nominated); Best Immersive Experience (won) Nellie and the Women of Blackwell (2020/2021 Broadway World Awards). Best Ensemble (nominated) Ministry of Mundane Mysteries (2022 NoPro Audience Choice Awards) Final word: “We are made of star-stuff.” – Carl Sagan. Connect: nicoleorabona.com