Tanja Raaste, Producer
Tanja Raaste has worked in the UK, the US, Spain, Finland and France, and has produced both new and traditional work in theatre, dance and opera. Tanja's credits include the recent site-specific play Quality performed in a shoe-store; ambitious site-specific Center for New Theater's King Lear; several shows for the BAC's Octoberfest; Karen Coonrod's The Visit - with a cast numbering over 70 actors; and the award-winning adaptation of Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog. Tanja is currently based in London.
Languages: Finnish, English, Spanish, French
Training: MFA Theatre Production, California Institute of the Arts, California
"[Tanja’s] knowledge of the contemporary field is breathtaking, and her ability to judge what’s before her, no matter how new or unforeseen, is consistently empathetic, curious, generous, and accurate."
Erik Ehn
Playwright, Dean of Theatre School – California Institute of the Arts
"[Tanja] has a rare gift for sussing out a situation and applying the appropriate solution."
Carol Bixler
Producer, REDCAT, Director of Design and Production and Head of Producing, CalArts School of Theater. Producing Director, Center for New Theater at CalArts
"Working with [Tanja] was one of the greatest pleasures of my professional career."
Michael Franco
Producer / Writer / Director, Zoo District Theatre Company
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Matteo Plachesi, Assistant Producer
Matteo has worked in Italy and Spain, and has a background in communication and video production. He has been involved, both as a writer and as part of the production team, in various projects spanning music, theatre, cinema and comics. Matteo is part of the Nordic Nomad team and was co-producer of Quality.
Languages: English, Spanish, French‚
Training: First Level Degree in “Sciences of Communication” from University of Bologna (Italy);
Currently working towards an MA in Arts and Culture Management (University of Bologna/ University of Greenwich).
Tony Lepore, Producer
Tony Lepore has been involved in theatre for the last seven years as a playwright, producer, lighting designer, tech director, and stage manager. As Managing Director of Angry Bubble Productions, he has produced over forty plays in ten cities around the US, UK, and Canada. He is best known as producer of the women’s theatre project Angry Jellow Bubbles, which began in New York and has since been performed over 200 times with 85 different women around the world, including as the exclusive performance at the United Nations for the world delegates on International Women’s Day 2001. He currently resides in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Other producing and tech directing credits: ScrewBall by Douglas McFerran, Eldon Corvet by Rick Pagano, award-winning South African playwright Reza de Wet’s African Gothic, American TV with Dolores Diaz and Eva Minemar, WET - The New Opera with renowned composer Anne LeBaron at Barnsdall Theatre Gallery and RedCat (Walt Disney Concert Hall), Naked TV with the Naked Angels Theatre Company, Basic Training (Barry Josephson/20th Century Fox, producers) and The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival.
Nordic Nomad also has an international network of collaborating producers on whom we can call for specific projects.