Nichole Gantshar

Nichole Gantshar is a former dramaturg turned arts administrator. She's provided interim staffing for Louisville Ballet, Theatre Bay Area, Playmakers Repertory Company and now Marin Theatre Company. She spent five years as Executive Director of Rochester City Ballet and also worked for Tulsa Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Prior to her administrative career, she worked for Richmond Ballet, Syracuse Stage, Hangar Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Milwaukee Ballet. Nichole received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and MFA from the University at Stony Brook. Among her awards, she was twice nominated as an Outstanding Young Woman of America and received a LMDA residency grant to serve as the production dramaturg for the Atlanta Ballet’s production of The Great Gatsby.