Welcome to my website. I tell stories and create art to initiate dialogue and increase empathy with others in our society. As a person and an artist, I have an appetite to encounter the world and its mysteries.

         I believe that art is made for its time and for its culture. Our art is made for now. Furthermore, I believe that artists have a social responsibility to make our world better. With an eye toward new work and a fresh look toward classic work, I strive to share stories which resonate with our society's zeitgeist and form a strong connection with audiences.

         Human relationships and the turning points we share inspire much of my work. The word "inspire" has many meanings, but I like to think of it in this way: IN-SPIRE literally means to take in breath. Emphasizing a collaborative process, my fellow theatre makers and I bring a story to an audience, and together we all share a few moments of our lives. These moments are as vital and alive as breath.

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BIO

Nic McMinn is professional stage director, intimacy director, and theatre artist. With an interest in new scripts in development, he has directed the premieres of Exit Daphne, pursued by a god and Gramarye of the Macabre, all-new productions at Inkspark Theatre Company. Other premiers include I Love You, Honey Bunny, No Season, Elf Help, and If I’m Good among others. As an artist-educator, he has directed and taught at secondary and collegiate levels. He also has several dozen productions to his credit as an actor as well as a professional lighting, sound, and scenic designer. He is currently a full-time professor at Dallas College.

 

Along with Nathan Autrey, Nic McMinn formed Inkspark Theatre Company, an independent company dedicated to producing new community-oriented works and furthering artist development. He is also a founding member of FTP Comedy Troupe and an executive ensemble member of Rite of Passage Theatre in Dallas, Texas. His education includes the MFA Professional Director Training Program at Illinois State University and the BFA Performance program at Baylor University.

 

Nic's most recent directing projects include the aforementioned Exit Daphne, pursued by a god and Gramarye of the Macabre, at Inkspark. Prior to this, he directed a new adaptation of Plan 9 from Outer Space at Dallas College and Much Ado About Nothing with The Classics Theatre Project. While he was the Visiting Instructor of Theatre at Tarleton State University, he directed David Ive’s The Liar. Other projects in the last several years include Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky, Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, classic opera works The Telephone and Gianni Schicchi, and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night.

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