NERVE is a dynamic, cutting-edge ensemble of theater, media and visual artists based in New York City. We create new, multi-faceted live productions that search for the extraordinary in ordinary life. We tell prosaic stories with a spectacular vision.

NERVE’s work:

• maximizes design in the creative process
• emerges through a long development cycle
• is technically ambitious

NERVE artists have worked both on- and off- Broadway for companies such as Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Stage and Film, Moises Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project, Paul Taylor Dance, Variety Magazine, Juilliard, Joe’s Pub, Mary Zimmerman/Lookingglass, The Civllians, Soho Rep, Mark Taper Forum and New York Theater Workshop. Nerve media and visual artists have exhibited internationally and in New York with institutions such as Phillip Morris and The Whitney Museum of Modern Art.

Nerve Ensemble

Alyse Rothman, Director
Sarah Bishop-Stone, Dramaturg/ Artistic Producer

Current / Recent Nerve Artists

Victoria Bradbury, Props Artistry/Sculpture
Gordon Cox, Playwright
Miriam Nilofa Crowe, Lighting
Hal Eagar, Video and Animation
Beck Henderer-Pena, Sound Engineer
Lance Horne, Composer
Rob Kaplowitz, Sound Design
Nathan Lemoine, Props
Tiger Martina, Choreography
Michael V. Moore, Design
Susan Rogers, Design
Lynn Marie Ruse, Choreography
Karlis E. Rekevics, Sculpture/Installation
Seymour, Production Stage Manager
Andrea Varga, Costumes

Current / Recent Nerve Performers

Alexander Brady*
Michael Cusumano*
Stephanie D'Abruzzo*
Aisha de Haas*
Kurt Froman*
Bob Gaynor*
Rebecca Hart*
Neil Haskell*
Julie Jesneck*
Thomas Kelley*
Sabra Lewis*
Michael Lopez
Mayumi Miguel*
Rahsad Naylor*
Kittson O'Neill*
Jennifer Parsinen*
Karine Plantadit-Bageot*
Michael Urie*
Becka Vargus
Todd Weeks*
Teal Wicks*
Marshall York

Nerve Advisory Board

Camilla Adelman, Clinique
Liz Jones, Page 73 Productions
Robert Katz, Senvest International
Moisés Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project
Christian Parker, Atlantic Theater Company
Eric Winick, Playwrights’ Horizons
Karen Wilkin, Curator and Art Critic

Nerve Lead Producers (2006-2007)

Gene Bishop and Andrew Stone
Tom Hulce
Dani Davis and Jason Howland
Jeffrey D.J. Kallenberg
Robert Katz
Mick and Marie Seidl

Nerve Donors (2006-2007)

Kyle Ancowitz
Evelyn Bishop
Joanne Jacobson
Liz Jones
Naomi Leiter, M.D.
Jeremy Matican
Abbey Newman
Anne Newman Bacall
Edgar Pauk
Cara Reichel
Susan Rutledge
Laurie Saft
Leonard Wasserman
Karen Wilkin and Donald Clinton

Foundation / Residency / Other Support

A.R.T./ New York
Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)
Experimental Television Fund
Gertrude Stein Repertory Theater
HERE Artist Residency Program