Nadja Simmonds

I am originally from Cincinnati, Ohio where I started performing with Cincinnati Black Theatre company and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Summer Program. After that I moved to Milwaukee and attended Marquette University, with a focus in Theater Arts, Digital Media, and Spanish. ​ Some of my recent work includes acting/directing with Florentine Opera Company, Next Act Theater, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Forward Theater, First Stage Children's Theater, Northern Sky Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival, and working with the Summit Players, Wisconsin's premiere traveling Shakespeare troupe. ​ During the height of the pandemic, I moved back to Cincinnati and worked on virtual productions with CATCO, First Stage Children's Th