NICO GRELLI (They. Them, Theirs)--is a writer, director, filmmaker, and award winning actor. Nico identifies as Non-Binary, and is Italian American. Based in Brooklyn, originally from San Francisco. Also lives and works in Chicago. 

ACTOR-Winner of a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Leading Actor, and Equity Joseph Jefferson Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor. Nico recently starred in  'hand foot hand' by LM Feldman, directed by Jessi D. Hill as part of The Playwright Realm's: Beyond The Realm Festival Sept 26-29th 2024. Nico will be appearing in Betrayal at The Goodman this Feb/March, directed by Susan V. Booth and starring Helen Hunt, Ian Barford, and Robert Sean Leonard. 

Past Credits include: the West Coast Premiere of 'Honey Brown Eyes' at SF Playhouse, 'Animals Commit Suicide' by C. Julian Jimenez with terraNova Collective,  'Superior Donuts' at Dorset Theatre Festival, 'The Rose Tattoo' at Shattered Globe, 'The Jamb' by JStephen Brantley (directed by Obie Winner David Drake), 'Saturn Nights' by Jess Barbagallo and directed by Meghan Finn, 'The Boat In The Tiger Suit' at The Brick, 'The Foreplay Play' and 'Magic Trick' by Jack McCarthy, and workshops and readings at places like Labyrinth, EST, Lookingglass Theatre Chicago, The Lark, Pipeline, New Georges, Intar, and more. Film: "It Had To Be You," by Sasha Gordon (produced by Chris Columbus) and numerous short films. 

NYC/LA/ATLANTA: UIA TALENT.  

AGENTS--Christopher SIlveri, Aaron Sanko, Heather Young, and Nicole Redifer,

CHICAGO:  Grossman & Jack Talent. 

AGENTS-Heather Olofson, Robert Schroeder

FILMMAKER & WRITER-Most recently, Nico has been the Dramaturg and Translator for playwright J. Nicole Brooks (Mellon Grant Playwright In Residence) new play: Black Moon Lillith, supported by Howlround Theatre Commons. Nico has been developing a feature film with J. Nicole, adapted from one of their optioned plays--a historical crime drama about Chicago's first female Mayor--with support of Micro Grants from Howlround. Nico has a TV Pilot and a Short Film on Coverfly's Red List, and is writing their first solo Feature--a queer, crime gone wrong dark comedy called "Per Un Sacco Di Soldi". Nico collaborated on a Pilot with Nidia Medina-- 'The Triumph Tatty Bojangles--which was recently a Finalist  for Orchard Project's Episodic Lab. Nico's short films include "Nutella" and "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" and numerous segments for Pier Valentino's: Show Without End! Nico directed episodes of the acclaimed webseries 'BULK' by C.Julian Jiminez and Deneen Reynolds Knott. 

THEATREMAKER-Nico has written several full length plays, short plays, and solo plays. Residencies with The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Tank and The Grange Hall Cultural Center. Nico's work has been presented often by NY Madness, One Minute Play Festival, Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, So-Fi Festival, and more. Nico directed Nidia Medina's "Every Love Story Ends in Tears" at the NYC Fringe, and has collaborated on multiple projects with Nidia. Nico has also staged violence and movement in numerous Off-Broadway, Regional, and School productions.

EDUCATOR-Nico is the recipient of multiple Arts in Education Roundtable Grants for their work as a teaching artist, with The 52nd St Project, Epic Theatre Ensemble, and The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and Marymount Manhattan College. Nico  was a mentor at NYU's Playwrights Horizons Theatre School this Fall, and taught a filmmaking class with Aimé Donna Kelly at Marymount Manhattan College this past summer. 

Nico trained at NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing and graduated wiht a BFA in 2005, and also studied for years with acclaimed Master Teacher Maggie Flanigan. Apprenticeships with Labyrinth Theatre Co, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Nico has studied TV and Screenwriting with Andrea Ciannavei, Jeff Howard, and filmmaking at London Film School.