Jay Nickerson is an accomplished actor known for his talent and versatility across a range of genres. With years of experience in both theater and film, Nickerson has showcased a range of performances that highlight his ability to embody complex characters with nuanced portrayals, which have captivated audiences and critics alike. Jay Nickerson's classical training, professionalism, and dynamic presence on stage and screen make him a standout figure in the entertainment industry, from intense dramas to light-hearted comedies.
Jay Nickerson has appeared onstage off-Broadway and in theaters around the country, touring in dramas, comedies, and musicals. He has performed in film, television, commercials, and voiceover work.
Critics consistently praise Nickerson’s acting abilities, with such accolades as:
“Brilliantly performed” - San Diego Union
“First rate” - City Pages
“Exceptionally good . . . an arresting performance” - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Jay Nickerson
Jay Nickerson
Exile From Main Street: A Portrait of Sinclair Lewis
by Lance S. Belville
“Exile From Main Street: A Portrait of Sinclair Lewis" is a solo play about the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the author of twenty-four novels, among them Main Street, Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, and It Can’t Happen Here. Sinclair Lewis was a natural subject for a one-man show, a tremendous mimic who never just told a story but acted out all the people in it, colleagues, friends, and family, sometimes mercilessly. In "Exile," Lewis impersonates a dozen pivotal figures of the mid-twentieth century.
Jay Nickerson brings the brilliant, witty writer to life in a ninety-minute performance without intermission.
“A bravura performance . . . a very fine one-character play, a real achievement for its genre.” - Minneapolis Star and Tribune.
“[A] restrained coup de theatre for Nickerson ” - St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch.
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Jay Nickerson has been acting for fifty years, onstage, in films, television, commercials, radio, voiceover work, and video games. He was the founder and Artistic Director of The North Star Summer Theatre in Minnesota before acting roles brought him to New York City. He has appeared on Off-Broadway stages in New York and in touring companies across the U.S. and Canada in musicals, comedies, dramas, and his solo show, Exile From Main Street: A Portrait of Sinclair Lewis.
He has performed in plays by William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, Neil Simon, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, Friedrich Schiller, Patrick Hamilton, and Christopher Fry, to name a few, in roles as diverse as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, Junius Brutus Booth in The Brothers Booth, Inspector Ascher in Perfect Crime (the longest-running non-musical play in New York City history), Matthew in The Cotton Patch Gospel, Henry Higgins in Pygmalion, Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical version of A Christmas Carol, and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Scott and Zelda:: The Beautiful Fools by Lance S. Belville.
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Jay Nickerson has been acting for fifty years, onstage, in films, television, commercials, radio, voiceover work, and video games. He was the founder and Artistic Director of The North Star Summer Theatre in Minnesota before acting roles brought him to New York City. He has appeared on Off-Broadway stages in New York, and in touring companies across the U.S. and Canada in musicals, comedies, dramas, and solo shows. He has performed in plays by William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, Neil Simon, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, Friedrich Schiller, Patrick Hamilton, and Christopher Fry, to name a few, in roles as diverse as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, Junius Brutus Booth in The Brothers Booth, Inspector Ascher in Perfect Crime (the longest-running non-musical play in New York City history), Matthew in The Cotton Patch Gospel, Henry Higgins in Pygmalion, Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical version of A Christmas Carol, and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Scott and Zelda:: The Beautiful Fools by Lance S. Belville.