“She loves story as much as she loves movement and it shows in her delightfully clear and witty work.”
Cassie Nordgren (she/her) is a director, choreographer, and teaching artist who specializes in musical theatre, physical storytelling, and dance. She is a two-time finalist for the Capezio A.C.E. Awards for Choreographic Excellence and was the SDCF Observer for Tony nominated and Emmy winning choreographer Josh Bergasse for the 2014 Broadway Revival of ON THE TOWN. Her choreography can be seen in two feature films: WAITING IN THE WINGS, THE MUSICAL (featuring Shirley Jones) and its sequel, STILL WAITING (featuring Seth Rudetsky, & Chita Rivera).
As a lifelong advocate for arts accessibility with a true passion for theatrical movement, Cassie started ThruLines, a dance theatre initiative dedicated to exploring physical storytelling and dance as a unifying tool for diverse and isolated audiences. Under the ThruLines banner head, Cassie has created two original works: ALEXA, a new immersive dance experience created with Roddy Kennedy and Ali Marconi at the Inwood Art Works Pop-Up Culture Hub in NYC; and THE LAST BITE, which Cassie conceived, choreographed, and directed at the 3,400-seat United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights. Cassie also served as the Artistic Director of the Danza Highbridge Festival, an annual dance concert staged in a drained, Olympic-size wading pool that is offered free each year for the Washington Heights community.
Cassie has worked with theatres across the country. Favorite credits include New York New Works Festival on Theatre Row, The Neighborhood Playhouse, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Cabrillo Stage, and Center REPertory Theatre, where she earned a Theatre Bay Area Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for David Ives’ play THE LIAR.
Cassie holds a B.S. in Theatre for Social Change from CUNY/BA and in August of 2023, Cassie graduated with an M.F.A. in Directing from Baylor University.