Nicki is originally from the Washington D.C. area and went to Salisbury University for her Degree in the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. From there she continued her education at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She has performed in numerous Broadway, Off Broadway Productions, National Tours, Cruise Ship and Regional
Productions. She has performed in South Pacific, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, You're a Goodman Charlie
Brown, Annie, Hello Dolly, Gypsy, On the Town, 42nd Street, Les Miserables, Lion King, Sweeney Todd, Phantom of t
he Opera, and more. She is most well known for her renounced US National Tour of The Wizard Of OZ, starring as
Dorothy.
Nicki has performed with TV and Broadway, and 6 time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald at the Kennedy Center, inWashington DC, on tour as a background vocalist for Grammy Award winner Kenny Rogers. She has also performed
with the likes of Stevie Wonder, *NSYNC's JC Chasez, and Shania Twain. Nicki can be seen in the Feature Film
"Then She Found Me" directed by Helen Hunt and starring Bette Midler, Helen Hunt, Matthew Broderick and Colin
Firth, and in the Blockbuster Film produced, directed and starring Chris Rock, "Head of State."
Nicki has been seen in a number of National commercials for Disney, Universal, Tire Plus and Publix, and Monday
Night Football Ad.
Nicki has been teaching dance, voice, acting, and music theater in the New York, Maryland and Orlando area for a
number of years. Prior to that, she started the CCPC's Children's Theatre in her hometown of Bowie, MD. in 1999
where she choreographed and directed numerous musicals. She is also certified through the Music Together Program.
Nicki has been awarded the Dance Educator Excellence Award and World Dance Championship Recipient. Nicki has
recently choreographed for Grammy Award winning, musical group, Train as well as ABC's The View to choreograph,
when they are on location in the Orlando Area.
Her newest endeavors has been co-creating the Twinkle Star Dance program for Encore Dance Studio. It is specifically developed for our tiniest dancers, to learn ballet and tap technique in a fun and creative way. Since it's started, Encore's preschool aged students have
tripled in size making it one of our most "in demand" classes, expanding to offer it to other preschools in the
Orlando area.