Nick Kepley, Director of Marketing & Communications
(he/they)
Born and raised in Asheville, NC, Nick Kepley (he/they) has spent the past 20 years working as a professional in the performing arts. In 2010, he founded MOTION Dance Theatre, a summer choreographic residency program based in Asheville that provided a creative home for eight choreographers and more than 20 dancers from across the U.S., over the course of five seasons. From 2015-2018, Nick served as Dance Lab/New York’s first Director of Marketing & Development where they produced and hosted the In Step podcast, and launched the company’s first Summer Choreography Intensive. Additionally, Nick has worked in the marketing departments of New York City Ballet, Manhattan Theatre Club, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Explore Asheville.
From 2023-2024, Nick served as Managing Director of Stewart/Owen Dance, the resident company of Asheville’s Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. During his tenure, the company nearly doubled its operating budget, tripled its fundraising, and launched a three-year winter intensive collaboration with University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Performance credits: Ballet Austin II, Kansas City Ballet, Mary Poppins (Broadway), Camelot (NY Philharmonic), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce Theatre), SMASH (NBC). Choreography/Directorial credits: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway, Asst. Choreographer), Waitress (Broadway, Asst. Choreographer), Working (Off-Bway, Assoc. Choreographer), Travels with My Aunt (Off-Bway, Assoc. Director), Cake Off and Other Desert Cities (Bucks Co. Playhouse, Assoc. Choreographer/Director).
You can contact Nick by calling 413.243.9919 x078 or emailing nkepley@jacobspillow.org.