the Vox Theater team
Matthew Cohn '08 | Executive Director
Matthew Cohn '08 | Executive Director
Matthew Cohn '08 | Executive Director
Matthew is a New York-based, interdisciplinary artist. His work combines printmaking, photography, text, music, and sculpture in the pursuit of creating new theatrical forms. He is also an actor and narrator. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Vox Theater.
Emma Orme '15 | Co-Artistic Producer
Matthew Cohn '08 | Executive Director
Matthew Cohn '08 | Executive Director
Emma is a Brooklyn-based performer and producer with a focus on new theatrical work. Producing credits include: Time Out Critics' Pick Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8 (i am a slow tide); NYT Critics' Pick Red Emma & The Mad Monk (The Tank); Flea Fridays & SERIALS (The Flea); Polylogues (Dixon Place); and NYT Critics' Pick AGNES (Lesser Ame
Emma is a Brooklyn-based performer and producer with a focus on new theatrical work. Producing credits include: Time Out Critics' Pick Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8 (i am a slow tide); NYT Critics' Pick Red Emma & The Mad Monk (The Tank); Flea Fridays & SERIALS (The Flea); Polylogues (Dixon Place); and NYT Critics' Pick AGNES (Lesser America). Performance credits include: The Daughters and Black Dick [readings] (New York Theatre Workshop); Tongue Depressor (Weasel Festival @ The Public Theater); Bad Penny and LOCKED UP BITCHES (The Flea); Napoli, Brooklyn [reading] and Song For A Future Generation (Williamstown Theatre Festival); and The Bacchae (LaMama Experimental Theatre). She is currently the Artistic Producer of VoxFest, works in the Development Departments of Williamstown Theatre Festival and Media Art Xploration, and worked as a video producer for The New York Times and the documentary The Keptocrats. BA: Dartmouth College.
Mykel Marai Nairne '16 | Co-Artistic Producer
Mykel Marai Nairne '16 | Co-Artistic Producer
Mykel Marai Nairne '16 | Co-Artistic Producer
Mykel is a Brooklyn-based dance artist and administrator. Born and raised in NYC, Mykel studied dance at Alvin Ailey for 14 years, where she was a fellowship student. Mykel graduated from Dartmouth with a BA in Film & Media Studies in 2016 and has since collaborated on works that range from experimental theater, as a performer in OKLAHOM
Mykel is a Brooklyn-based dance artist and administrator. Born and raised in NYC, Mykel studied dance at Alvin Ailey for 14 years, where she was a fellowship student. Mykel graduated from Dartmouth with a BA in Film & Media Studies in 2016 and has since collaborated on works that range from experimental theater, as a performer in OKLAHOMA! (Daniel Fish, St. Ann’s Warehouse); to performance art, as a dancer in The Master and Form at the 2019 Whitney Biennial (Brendan Fernandes, Whitney Museum of American Art). Mykel has performed with Dance Heginbotham since 2018 and is currently exploring her own dance-making practice through the utilization of video and sound from personal and familial archives.
Nicolle Allen '16 | Technical Producer
Mykel Marai Nairne '16 | Co-Artistic Producer
Mykel Marai Nairne '16 | Co-Artistic Producer
Nicolle is a tailor and costume designer based in New York City. She works in TV, Film, and Theater. She recently designed costumes for the Bridge Production Group's See You (New Ohio Theater) and The Blue Room (The White Box).
She is currently the Wardrobe Supervisor and Head Tailor for The Amber Ruffin Show, and a tailor for Saturday Night Live.