About

Nick Richardson sings, acts, and moves.
He’s a dramaturg and a theatre scholar.
¡Y habla español!

Performer

Nick’s performance credits span musical theatre, opera, and film. He also has experience devising original works. He has performed with Virginia Stage Company, Virginia Opera, Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Musical Theatre, Zeiders American Dream Theater, and local community theaters.

Dramaturg

Nick is currently working on Threads, a new musical in development by Wanderlust Arts about the 1929 Loray Mill strike in Gastonia, North Carolina.
He recently completed a presentation on mid-century American opera for The Douglas Moore Fund, which was presented at the National Opera Association’s 2024 annual conference.
Nick has worked in dramaturgy and supertitles for The Glimmerglass Festival since 2019. His supertitles have been seen at Washington National Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Virginia Opera, Opera Southwest, and Opera Santa Barbara.

Scholar

Nick’s primary scholarly interests include queer studies, dance/movement studies, and musical theatre.
His case study on Channing Tatum’s performance on the popular American TV show Lip Sync Battle appears in the 1st edition of Routledge’s Dance in US Popular Culture (2023), edited by Jennifer Atkins. Other writings have appeared in Southern Theatre magazine and in multiple publications by The Glimmerglass Festival.
He has presented original scholarship at Song, Stage & Screen; Mid-America Theatre Conference; and Southeastern Theatre Conference, who named Nick their Undergraduate Young Scholar in 2016.

Nick holds an M.A. in Theatre Studies from Florida State University, where he also earned his B.A. in Theatre and Spanish minor. He studied performance at Theatre Academy London.