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Denice Hicks (Artistic Director) has been working for The Nashville Shakespeare Festival since 1990, and has held the position of Artistic Director
from 1998-2002 and since 2005.
Local audiences might know her best as an actress, having worked on Nashville stages since 1980. For Shakespeare in the Park, she directed the Asian-influenced Macbeth, as well as lively versions of The Tempest, and Twelfth Night. For The Festival's Winter Shakespeare at Troutt Theater, she has directed Hamlet and most recently the critically acclaimed Vaudeville-styled Richard the Third. An avid advocate for empowering students with Shakespeare, Denice has edited and directed touring productions of Shakespeare’s works, developed workshops for students of all ages, and created the Festival’s Apprentice Company Training Program.
Educated at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa, she moved to Nashville in 1980 to perform at Opryland. Denice was an original company member of the Tennessee Repertory Theatre, and was among the founders of both the Darkhorse Theater and of People’s Branch Theatre. An Ingram Fellowship award winner, her work has been praised by the Tennessean, Nashville City Search, and The City Paper, among other publications, from which she has received “Best Actor” and “Best Director” acknowledgments.
Nicole Sibilski (Development Director) holds a BFA in Theatre from Millikin University and a JD from DePaul University College of Law. She has worked in professional theatres throughout Chicago, including Northlight Theatre and The Neo-Futurists. As an attorney, she practiced criminal defense with the Cook County Public Defender and worked in private practice as a real estate attorney before relocating to Nashville. She had been actively involved in fundraising for several non-profits throughout the Nashville area before joining the Festival.
 Robert Marigza (Operations Manager) first became involved with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival as a cast member in the 1994 Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over the last fifteen years, he has variously served the Festival as actor, stage manager, technical director, crew, production assistant, teacher, and volunteer. In the summer of 2005, he was appointed Interim Managing Director for the company. He has served as producer for Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Richard the Third, Shakespeare's Case, The Taming of the Shrew, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Tempest and the 2007 Shakespeare Theatre Association of America Conference. As a professional actor, Robert has worked with Nashville Children’s Theatre, Mockingbird Theatre, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, People’s Branch Theatre, Actors’ Bridge Ensemble, and Broadaxe Theatre, as well as in commercials and independent films. As a teacher, he has taught Shakespeare and Creative Drama at Nashville Children’s Theatre. Robert received training at Shakespeare & Company and Mary Washington College.
 Beki Baker (Education Director) received an M.F.A. in Directing from Baylor University in 2009 and a B.F.A. in Performance in 2004. She also obtained K-12 Theatre Teaching Certification in 2006 and has several years of high school and college teaching experience. Beki has served one year as Education Director for the Festival and is currently an adjunct professor in the Lipscomb Theatre Department. For the Festival, Beki directed the 2011 winter production of Shakespeare's Case and Assistant Directed the Shakespeare in the Park production of Love's Labor's Lost. Beki is looking forward to serving as director for the 2012 production of Julius Caesar.
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