Jeremy Nickolai

 


Directors Bio

 

Artistic Director- Jeremy Nickolai

Jeremy graduated from Carroll University in 2004, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama and music with an emphasis in stage direction and vocal performance. Jeremy has studied music and performed in Italy, Franc, Spain, and Austria. He has been trained under the direction of Emmy Award winning actors and New York Metropolitan Opera singers.


Jeremy has lead workshops in musical theatre choreography as well as acting and auditioning master classes throughout southeastern Wisconsin. He provides vocal training in conjunction with The White House of Music, as well as teaching private vocal lessons. He continues to further his education in vocal pedagogue. Several of his former students have gone on to Hollywood and Broadway.


Jeremy has been involved with Main Street since it’s inception and is the root of our creative direction and motivation for our troupe. He is the exclusive vocal director of Main Street Song & Dance Troupe. Under is direction the troupe has performed at venues throughout the Milwaukee area including the Riverside Theatre, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Milwaukee Center for the Performing Arts, Summer Fest, and in the summer of 2011 he will be taking the troupe to perform at Disney Magic Music Days in Orlando FL.


Jeremy has directed and choreographed musicals for High Schools, Colleges and Community Theatres throughout Wisconsin. He has also created the choreography for the Carroll University Madrigal Dinners for the last 13 years.


Some of his directing credits include: Bye, Bye Birdie, The King and I, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and The Sound of Music.
Performance credits include: (Pontius Pilate) Jesus Christ Superstar, (Lun Tha) The King and I, (Levie) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, (Adam) Children of Eden, (Adam) The Apple Tree, (Steve) Hair, (Perchik) Fiddler on the Roof, (Bickle) Footloose, (Principal Dancer) in Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, (Principal Dancer and Ensemble) in Strauss’s opera Die Fledermaus and (Papagano) in Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute.