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Michael Nishball

Principal, New England

As our principal theatre equipment designer, Michael has overall responsibility for providing clients with efficient, cost-effective systems and safe workplaces. Since 1995, Michael has provided stagehouse design, stage equipment details, and specifications for hundreds of performance spaces. His work includes on-site review of structural systems, rigging equipment, and stage machinery to identify field deficiencies affecting project quality and timely completion.

Before joining Theatre Projects, Michael worked for the rigging contractor Pook, Diemont and Ohl, Inc. for seven years. Michael has worked for many theatre companies in numerous capacities including stagehand, production designer, and I-mag video camera operator. He supervised lighting and rigging for the Wooster Group, touring many cultural capitals and major international festivals. Michael also worked with the Boston Shakespeare Company, the American Repertory Theater, and several modern dance companies in Boston. He has lectured in technical design at the Yale School of Drama.  

Michael received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art in the Studio for Interrelated Media, and his Associate of Science in television production from Grahm Junior College. He is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute with a certificate in Construction Document Technology and a member of the ESTA Technical Standards Program – Stage Machinery Working Group.

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Michael in action

AT&T Performing Arts Center, Wyly Theatre

Chase Center

The Han Show Theatre

AT&T Performing Arts Center, Winspear Opera House

Tempe Center for the Arts

New World Center

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Bard College, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Overture Center for the Arts

New Amsterdam Theatre

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Goodman Theatre

Auditorio Telmex

Kimmel Cultural Campus

The Music Center at Strathmore

Our Team

It takes a village to create a special place for a community to call home. Our team brings together specialists with backgrounds in the performing arts, architecture, mechanical engineering, lighting design, acoustics, and more to offer a holistic approach to creating, renovating, or repurposing all forms of storytelling spaces. We understand the decisions that need to be made at every stage of the project and we know how to make a performance space work for artists, audience, and production teams.

Jim Niesel

Jim Niesel

February 25, 2022 Principal, New England
Robert Young

Robert Young

February 28, 2022 Principal, New England
Richard Pilbrow

Richard Pilbrow

February 25, 2022 Founder, New England
Daniel Ordower

Daniel Ordower

May 17, 2020 General Manager, New York
Dave Agnew

Dave Agnew

May 17, 2020 Senior Consultant, London
Hazem Al-Saheb

Hazem Al-Saheb

May 17, 2020 Associate, New England
Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth Allen

April 29, 2022 Office Manager, New England
Richard Borkum

Richard Borkum

May 17, 2020 Senior Consultant, London
Nick Broad

Nick Broad

May 17, 2020 Senior Consultant, London
Gena Buhler

Gena Buhler

May 11, 2019 Associate, Denver
Thomas Bukovac

Thomas Bukovac

May 3, 2022 Associate, New York
James Casciato

James Casciato

February 18, 2022 Proposal Manager, New England
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