KANSAS CITY, MO.: Unicorn Theatre has named Ernie Nolan their new inventive director. He’ll assume the function on July 1 forward of manufacturing inventive director Cynthia Levin’s retirement.

“I’m thrilled with the result of our nationwide seek for a brand new inventive director,” Unicorn’s president of the board of administrators, Sally Everhart, stated in a press release. “Ernie’s inventive imaginative and prescient completely aligns with Unicorn Theatre’s, and his management model, coupled together with his heat persona, will make sure the theatre stays a hub of inventive collaboration and development in Kansas Metropolis.”

Nolan is a playwright, director, and choreographer who beforehand served because the inventive director of Emerald Metropolis Theatre. He has served on the theatre college at DePaul College and can be transitioning to Unicorn from his function as the chief inventive director of Nashville Youngsters’s Theatre. In 2007, Nolan choreographer Unicorn’s manufacturing of La Cage Aux Folles. He holds a BFA from the College of Michigan and an MFA from DePaul.

“I can’t wait to hitch Kansas Metropolis’s vibrant and thriving inventive neighborhood,” Nolan stated in a press release. “Like Unicorn, my profession has been about growing new tales or remixing acquainted tales for modern audiences. I can’t wait to proceed that work at my new inventive residence.”

Unicorn Theatre is a nonprofit performing arts group in Kansas Metropolis that produces modern performs and musicals. The corporate strives to be one of many preeminent houses for brand spanking new performs within the nation. As of 2023, the theatre had an approximate price range of $914,805.

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