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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, a member of the ESTA Technical Standards Program – Stage Machinery Working Group, and a full member of the American Society of Theatre Consultants.

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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.

Dawn Chiang

Dawn Chiang

February 25, 2022 Senior Consultant, New England
Hazel Clover

Hazel Clover

February 25, 2022 Senior Consultant, London
Fabrizio Filippi

Fabrizio Filippi

February 28, 2022 Lead Acoustics Consultant, London
Theo Farringdon

Theo Farringdon

February 28, 2022 Consultant – Lighting Systems Lead, London
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Jake Groft

February 28, 2023 Consultant, Denver
Andrew Hagan

Andrew Hagan

February 28, 2022 Associate, New England
David Hamer

David Hamer

February 28, 2022 Senior Consultant, London
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Greg Hanson

October 5, 2022 Consultant, New York
Chris Holland

Chris Holland

February 28, 2022 Consultant, New York
Chris Hunt

Chris Hunt

February 28, 2022 Senior Consultant – Acoustics, London
Lora Karam

Lora Karam

February 28, 2022 Project Coordinator, New England
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Ashley Keen

September 19, 2022 Senior Consultant, Denver
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