Nancy Dobbs Owen has performed throughout the United States, with both ballet and modern
companies and then as a ballerina and a Meg cover in the National Tour of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Regional theater includes productions at American
Musical Theatre of San Jose, The Magic Theater, 42nd St. Moon, and Berkeley Opera. LA
theatre includes Theatre of Note, The Alex Theater, The Hudson Theater, The Santa Monica
Playhouse, and Lucy in the Production Company’s critically acclaimed Sweeney Todd.
Additional Los Angeles credits include starring in the West Coast premiere of The Bridge Club at
Deaf/West Theatre and a ballerina role in Nixon in China with the LA Philharmonic at Disney
Hall.
Film and television work includes Sia’s directorial debut; Music as well as Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,
American Princess, VEEP, the 2019 Deadwood feature, and Netflix’s Ratched.
Choreography credits include Skeleton Stories (Best Choreography Nomination,
BroadwayWorld.com), Have You Seen Alice, and Welcome to the White Room (Outstanding
Choreography, Small Theater) at Theatre of NOTE, Assassins with Sight Unseen Theatre, M.
Butterfly, Sweeney Todd (Seven Ovation nominations), Working (Outstanding Choreography,
Small Theater) and Enron (Outstanding Choreography, Small Theater), all at the Production
Company, The Snow Queen (Memorable Choreography, Small Theater) at the Fremont Centre
Theatre, Where's Charley for 42nd St. Moon, as well as additional choreography for I’d Rather
Be Right at the Hudson Theater, Dolls! at the Santa Monica Playhouse and Pacific Opera
Project's The Mikado. She served as the resident choreographer for the Marina Del Rey
Symphony’s Summer Dance Concert, creating 4 original ballets.
Film and video choreography includes the music video for the Band Pie's gorgeous song Yo Se,
a flash mob scene for the hot web series Squad 85, My Life on the F List, the feature films
Hollywood Fringe and Ghost Light, and Lullaby, a Zombie Musical. Commercial work includes
four national spots for Big Lots and a web video for Poise. With Weyward Sisters Productions,
she created two dance films; Surrender to the Mystery and Nevada Line. The 2018 dance film
Too Many Bodies, has been accepted into over 30 film festivals including SF International
Dance Film Festival, the Santa Barbara International Dance Film Festival, and the Sedona
International Film Festival. It has won numerous best of awards. Films released in 2022;
Floating Falling Flying and Fragmentary Evidence; Detritus were also featured at multiple
festivals, winning awards for best choreography, direction, and best dance film.
She made her LA directorial debut in August 2012 directing and choreographing SkyPilot
Theatre's smash hit War Bride, which received rave reviews, an extension and 7 StageScene
LA awards, including Outstanding Direction of a Play. She made her Fringe Festival Directorial
debut in 2015 with Skanky Me From Kankakee, which received a producers' encore
presentation. 2019’s Rewind, a New 80’s Pop Musical, earned the same honor. She has also
worked with Fierce Backbone and Fresh Produc'd on new works.
Nancy is a dedicated dance educat
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