Terrence J. Nolen

Terrence J. Nolen (born 1964), usually called Terry Nolen, is an American theater director and the producing artistic director of the Arden Theatre Company, a professional regional-theatre company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his work.

Early life Nolan was born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania to Raymond J. Nolen Jr. and Anaise Nolen and had six siblings. While in high school, he became involved in theatre and graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1981. He participated in Upper Darby Summer Stage before studying theatre at Northwestern University, where he met future co-founder of Arden Theatre Company Aaron Posner. He graduated in 1986 with his Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Career In 1988, Nolen co-founded the Arden Theatre Company with Amy Murphy and Aaron Posner with just a $70,000 budget. Under his leadership, the company has produced 60 productions and . received 182 Barrymore Award nominations and win 35 awards.

Notable productions at Arden directed by Nolen include a 2001 revival of The Baker's Wife and a 2005 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for both which he won a Harold Prince Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical. In 2006, he directed Michael Hollinger's play, Opus, which won him a Barrymore Award for Best Director, eventually transferring Off-Broadway, where his direction garnered him a 2008 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Director. He won two further Barrymore Awards for directing in 2008 for Bruce Graham's play, Something Untangible and in 2018 for Fun Home

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