Stephen
Nachamie
Stage and Film Director - SDC
Stage and Film Director
Stephen Nachamie is an award-winning stage and film director. He has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regionally and Internationally. Stephen develops and directs new works on stage and film. His work ranges from intimate plays to large scale musicals, concerts and TV events.
Over his career, he has had the pleasure of working with celebrities such as Alan Menken, Kellie Pickler, Mickey Guyton Josh Groban, Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski, Sutton Foster, John Wesley Shipp, Peter Gallagher, Kaye Ballard, Faith Prince, Nikki M. James, Whoopi Goldberg and Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer among many others.
Photo: Dorice A. Madronero
OPENING IN JANUARY!
STEPHEN NACHAMIE DIRECTS THE NYC and OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE of
KEN LUDWIG’S DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE -
playing at 59e59 January 18 - February 16th!
REVIEWS FROM THE CO-PRODUCTION in 2024 at Shadowland Stages and Penguin Rep!
“Michael Liebhauser and Alexandra Fortin’s highly disciplined, high octane performances – with due credit to savvy director Stephen Nachamie – serve to offset that the actors don’t lock gazes (save for one emotion-charged moment). Rest assured that the breathless ending will not disappoint." - BROADWAY WORLD
"Director Stephen Nachamie does a superb job of keeping the characters' interactions organic and the connections meaningful. ... Nachamie keeps spirits high throughout the story of Louise, an aspiring Broadway actress, and Jack, an Army doctor stationed across the country in Medford, Oregon. ...Director Nachamie ensures a smooth stylistic transition, and little "suspension of disbelief" is required. His blocking effectively, physically places the characters in the appropriate proximity to mirror the thrust of their conversations."
- TALKIN' BROADWAY
"With loving attention to detail, Director, Stephen Nachamie has sculpted a performance that brings out the warmth and joy, humor and poignancy of the budding relationship. Played in the round in the intimate space of Sbadowlands' Stages - The Studio, Nachamie utilizes every inch to its maximum potential." - AISLE SEAT
Carolee Carmello and Craig Colclough - Photo by Gary David Gold for Opera Saratoga
SWEENEY TODD at OPERA SARATOGA
"Colclough, Carmello superb in Opera Saratoga’s inventive ‘Sweeney Todd’"
"This production reveled in finding creative visual ways to keep the action fast paced and lively. Give credit for that to director Stephen Nachamie for his excellent blocking."
- THE DAILY GAZETTE
BECOMING DR. RUTH by Mark St. Germain at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park - featuring Anne O’Sullivan as Dr. Ruth K. Westhheimer.
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer highly recommends BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park!
“(Dr Ruth) arms Mr. St. Germain, and Anne O’Sullivan, the actress who plays her in Stephen Nachamie’s well-directed production, with a surprising, eventful biography, a distinctive sound, a penchant for humor and an animated personality... In the end, the play morphs into a moving meditation on the meaning of home, not sex.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Becoming Dr. Ruth (Penguin Rep)
Anne O’Sullivan as Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. Photo by Mikki Schaffner
My Name is Asher Lev (Penguin Rep)
“Stephen Nachamie, the director, also understands that heritage; the world... is so comfortably expressed, so specifically nestled into his efficient and organic staging… This is good theater, folks..”
THE NEW YORK TIMES