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, 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.
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
A Chorus Line - Helen Hayes Award Winner (Olney Theatre)
“I sort of thought I was over A CHORUS LINE. Stupid of me! Stephen Nachamie's production reminded me why you should never get over it.” Peter Marks - THE WASHINGTON POST
Rounding Third (Penguin Rep)
“Under the direction of Stephen Nachamie, the actors give meticulously shaded performances.” THE NEW YORK TIMES
Camelot (Olney Theatre)
“Director Stephen Nachamie manages to evoke the musical's medieval pageantry and militarism without fuss and clutter.... The actors make room for their characters to change and grow -- in the process underscoring the wonder and aching sadness in this very human mythic tale.”
THE WASHINGTON POST