Nick Corley is one of those special people that you love instantly upon meeting. I first worked with Nick in 2008 when a New York Musical Festival show that he was directing lost its stage manager in the middle of the rehearsal process. My friend Barbara Walsh was in the cast (apologies for the name dropping, but hey, this is how the story goes!) and suggested me as a last-minute replacement! Nick was an incredibly fun, free-spirited director and we had a blast! A year l

In 2009, I was lucky enough to stage manage a beautiful production of Sweeney Todd at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. I had never worked regionally before - when Nick Corley called and said that he was directing a production of Sweeney Todd starring Emily Skinner and Jeff McCarthy, I practically ran to the airport! Emily and Jeff had been friends for years, having starred together in the original production of Side Show in 1997! They had an incredible chemistry onstage and