Co-Founder & Director of Production

Nilou cares about a synthesis of quality in process and product above all else. She will ensure you are thrilled with the production value of the work and feel both nurtured and creatively challenged during our collaboration. She will definitely indulge you in her passion/obsession of style and skincare tips too. Nilou graduated from Columbia University and has been working as a producer in NYC for over a decade. Nilou’s many theatre credits include work with Juilliard and the award-winning, Off-Broadway Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. She has also served as the President of the Board of Directors for Noor Theatre for the past six years. Nilou’s film career began at Levantine Entertainment (Associate Producer for AMREEKA, 2009) where she served as VP of TV and film development and production for 3 years. Independently, she focuses her attention on work that highlights global and culturally diverse issues, helping to bring people together through the arts. Nilou currently has a feature film, JULIA BLUE (2016), an IFP fellowship film and Gotham Award winner, in post-production and two others in development.

Co-Founder & Director of Creative Development

Nancy believes that great work comes from lively collaboration, respect for the multiplicity of voices in the room, and having baked goods handy. She is currently Producing Literary Programs at PEN America, where she has created a new podcast and full-scale digital strategy to respond to the current crisis. Previously, she was Creative Producer for the Pop Culture Collaborative and Fuel Change; she worked in Script Development at TV Land; she founded and served as Producing Artistic Director of Noor Theatre, producing Food and Fadwa (New York Theatre Workshop, 2012), The Myth Project (2013, 2014), and the Highlight Reading Series. As a writer, she has developed multiple TV series, and is writing on Medium. Past dramatic writing includes the commission and production of Tips to Avoid Rap(e) (NYU Steinhardt, 2015), Coal, the Musical (Little Globe, Santa Fe), Losing Her, a full-length play, Running with Sharks “Pilot,” adapted from her 2013 short film. She earned her M.F.A. in Theatre (Columbia University, School of the Arts), and a B.A. in English (Oakland University, Honors College).