Nevada Conservatory Theatre

Nevada Conservatory Theatre With more than 15,000 attendees each year, the Nevada Conservatory Theatre is among the most notable and best-attended in LV.

Covered parking available within walking distance to theatre venues. With more than 15,000 attendees each year, we are among the most notable and best-attended performing arts organizations in Las Vegas. What makes us distinct is the way we feature professional actors, designers, and directors working alongside advanced graduate and undergraduate students recruited from around the country. We are

a model of how to build a professional theatre while keeping expenses and ticket prices low. The conservatory is in an ideal position to make a professional theatre happen in Las Vegas.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
06/08/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community.

Congratulations to J.D. Anderson on earning his MFA in Costume Design! A proud Pacific Islander and native of Guam, J.D. was active in community and university theatre on the island for seven years as both an actor and costume designer before establishing residency in Las Vegas. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and English as a Second Language from the University of Guam and is a 2024 graduate of the L Makeup Institute in Summerlin, where he became a certified and licensed makeup artist and hair stylist. His NCT credits include Mr. Burns, A Christmas Carol, La Ronde, and The Seance Room.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
06/08/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community.

Congratulations to Mitchel Aram Statler on earning his MFA in Technical Direction! A graduate of California State University Fresno with a Bachelor's in Theater Technology: Scenic Design, Mitchel closed out his time at NCT with his fifth and final show with the company. His NCT credits include Murder on the Orient Express, A Skeptic and a Bruja, Mud, and Cinderella: A Panto. We are so proud of everything Mitchel has built — literally and figuratively!

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
06/08/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community.

Congratulations to Andrew Taylor on earning his MFA in Scenic Design! Originally from Grayslake, IL, Andrew is a theatre artist specializing in Scene Design. His credits include scenic and projection design for Shorts: The Worker and Murder on the Orient Express, and scenic design for Hedda Gabler and The Underpants at Nevada Conservatory Theatre, as well as scenic design for Pirates of Penzance and Mayo Buckner at The Seagle Festival. He is also set to return as scenic designer for Seagle Festival's 2026 season.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
06/08/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community.

Congratulations to Savie Moore on earning her MFA in Costume Design! A graduate of the University of Florida with a BFA in Costume Design, Savie loves projects that blend reality with the esoteric, bringing magic and whimsy to the stage. Her costume design credits include Merry Wives of Windsor and Wolf Play at Nevada Conservatory Theatre and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with The Florida Players. She also performs with her puppetry work with Loose Thread Puppet Cult in Las Vegas. To see more of her work, visit saviemooredesign.com.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
06/08/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community.

Congratulations to Cameron Cox on earning his MFA in Stage Management! Originally from Orem, Utah, Cameron holds an MA in Media and Performance Studies and a BA in Theatre Arts Studies with emphases in Stage Management, Dramaturgy, and Directing. His credits include Stage Management for Murder on the Orient Express, Mud, and Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, Silent Sky and The Pavilion for A Public Fit, and was part of the stage management team for Particle Ink at the Luxor and Menopause: The Musical at Harrah's. Prior to UNLV, Cameron stage managed theatre, ballet, and opera for Nevada Ballet Theatre, Utah Metropolitan Ballet, BYU Arts Production, and the Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Visit his work at cameronrcox.com.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
05/29/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community

Autumn Simone Morgan, born and raised in Vallejo, California, around 7 years old she moved on from wanting to be a pediatrician to wanting to be a cartoon. She was in all the church plays growing up, but did not have access to the arts growing up. After theor army careers Autumn and her husband moved to Las Vegas. Fall 2020 is when Autumn started in the theatre program as undergrad at UNLV. For the first time in her adult life she was around people who “got” her.
She performed in her first show ever through the student ran Second Stage (now warehouse theatre) in an original work Antigone: The House of Oedipus as Ismene in Spring 2022. After earning her B.A., she was asked to come back to join the graduate program!

The last three years have been a wild ride. Among the characters Autumn has explored, she had the privilege of gaining the new role of mother to her beautiful daughter.
She has had the privilege to work on shows through NCT with so many amazing artists and people she now considers family: Pride and Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet, Hedda Gabler as Juliana Tesman, Passage as H, Murder on the Orient Express as Mary Debenham, Mr. Burns as Maria/Bart, A Christmas Carol 1941 as Mrs. Fezziwig/Kate, American La Ronde as the Student, Violet as Landlady/Lula Buffington, She Kills Monsters as Vera/Evil Gabbie among others

Autumn has also served as an instructor for Advanced Scene Study courses and T.A. for advanced acting styles like Comedy of Manners. She taught Introduction to Acting in her last semester.

“Thank you UNLV, NCT, and the theatre community in Las Vegas for giving me an opportunity to experience things beyond my wildest imagination.”-Autumn
Simone Morgan

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
05/29/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community

I am proud of my time here at UNLV. It was a long journey and yet it already feels like a lifetime ago. I grew up in a small town in Arizona where I first fell in love with performance, starting acting in 6th grade. I got my bachelors at Utah Tech in St. George UT, where I got many wonderful opportunities such as performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. After college I left the deserts of the southwest for the first time to move to Seattle where I spent nearly a decade performing as an actor, a clown, an aerialist, a burlesque artist, and even beginning my journey as a stuntman.

I want to thank UNLV for its wonderful support, its mentors, and for the opportunity to expand my skill set. During my time I was lucky enough to be supported by the university in continuing my training as both a stage combatant and as a stuntman, attending many workshops and earning certifications from the Society of American Fight directors, Dueling Arts International, and even was afforded the time away from my studies to work as an actor/stuntman in an upcoming film: Norse Game. I plan to take the skill that i honed here and pursue work in the New York and regional markets.

Andrew Scott Bullard

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
05/26/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community

Katya Critchfield is honored to have earned her third graduate degree through UNLV’s Department of Theatre. During her time at UNLV, Kate appeared in Cinderella: A Panto (Stepmother), MUD (Mae), Pride and Prejudice (Miss Anne DeBourgh), Mr. Burns: A Post-electric Play (Colleen/Lisa), Wolf Play (Robin), Murder on the Orient Express (Mrs. Helen Hubbard), The Underpants (Gertrude), and A Christmas Carol: 1941 (Mrs. Cratchit).
In addition to her performance work, Katya served as the department’s Outreach Coordinator, helping connect local students with theatre through educational programming and outreach initiatives. A passionate advocate for communicating the human experience through emotionally grounded storytelling, she looks forward to continuing to create bold, human-centered work onstage and beyond.

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our grad...
05/26/2026

Welcome to the Spotlight for Graduate Cohorts, where we celebrate the achievements, journeys, and milestones of our graduate community

Drew could not be more thankful and grateful for the time he spent here at UNLV. Drew acted in numerous productions on the NCT stage, including Lloyd in Mud, Colonel Arbuthnot in Murder on the Orient Express, and Eilert Lovborg in Hedda Gabler, to name a few. During his time at UNLV, Drew was fortunate enough to work as the Fight Director for the Shorts all three years, while also assisting Sean Boyd on violence for almost every NCT production during his stay. Drew was afforded incredible opportunities thanks to UNLV, like certifying to Intermediate Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and writing and producing (with lots of help) his own play at the CFA Art Walk Festival in 2025. Drew would like to thank his family for believing in him, and his partner for her unwavering support and encouragement. After graduating, Drew is currently recording an audiobook to be released in late June, and looking forward to contributing to the Las Vegas arts community before moving to Chicago with his partner, dog, and two cats in 2027.

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