Nora Casey Email & Phone Number

• Created original copy to promote theater, film, dance, literary talks, visual arts exhibitions, education programs, and community events at America’s oldest continually operating performance venue with an operating budget of over $50 million• Wrote new copy and shaped existing copy to create print and digital ads, video trailers, brochures, webpages, and promotional emails and newsletters sent to over 80,000 people• Proofread, edited, and adapted both in-house and external copy for clarity, style, and brand voice• Managed the Jr. Copywriter, developing their skills through written and verbal feedback• Ensured the copy team delivered quality work, on time, every time• Collaborated with graphic designers, video editors, and marketers to create unique markingidentities and campaigns for special events within the larger BAM brand, such as multimillion dollar productions of Medea with Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale and Cyrano de Bergerac with James McAvoy• Consistently met all deadlines for multiple campaigns across the institution, balancing ongoing demands with last-minute requests• Supported multimillion dollar fundraising efforts by developing and pitching campaign ideas and translating them into taglines, emails, letters, digital ads, videos, and website copy• Carefully crafted newsletters and other crisis communications to respond rapidly and thoughtfully to the Covid-19 outbreak, shutdown of performance venues, and protests for racial justice in 2020• Responded to all institutional copywriting requests while serving as BAM’s sole copywriter from November 2020 to February 2021• Participated in ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshops, affinity group meetings, reading groups, and marketing division strategy meetings in an effort to transform BAM into an anti-racist institution through both individual and institutional actions

San Francisco Bay Area

• Interviewed scientists of all disciplines about key initiatives for The Nature Conservancy ofCalifornia to create short videos for the series “Notes from the Field”• Identified compelling storylines to introduce everyday audiences to complex scientific initiatives• Wrote engaging, accessible scripts that highlight the process and implications of each project• Transformed complex scientific concepts into easy-to-digest key points• Married voice over narration with eye-catching visual ideas and design concepts• Tied together scientific research with The Nature Conservancy’s ongoing mission, both inCalifornia and across the globe, to deepen audience engagement with the organization overall

• Pitched, researched, and wrote informative and accessible blog posts for Formativ Health, a technology-enabled health services company • Transformed technical language and healthcare service issues into engaging articles geared toward a non-expert audience• Synthesized hour-long interviews with healthcare professionals into key points and takeaways, turning them into easily digestible five minute reads

• Assisted Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang on the Broadway revival of M. Butterfly, directed by Julie Taymor and starring Clive Owen• Assisted Hwang on the world premiere of Soft Power by Hwang and Tony award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori, directed by Leigh Silverman

• Wrote 3-5 news articles a week to be published online by Columbia and displayed around campus• Edited and formatted content for the new School of the Arts website • Researched and interviewed alumni, professors, and students to create current coverage of Columbia theater department affiliates in the city

• Wrote and edited Miller Theatre’s season brochure with program descriptions for approximately 30 performances, covering the diverse styles of contemporary music, jazz, and early music • Wrote bimonthly newsletters, semiannual appeal emails, and targeted email offers and managed the sending of emails to over 16,000 subscribers• Supervised 3 student staff members each semester, training them to write marketing content, to layout documents in InDesign, and to update the website • Managed the creation and publication of events and information on Miller Theatre’s website• Collaborated with teachers across the university to create outreach events bringing together students and professional musicians

• Read, evaluated, and responded to approximately four script submissions each week• Wrote seven dramaturgy articles for Berkeley Rep’s show programs• Mentored two teen playwrights, providing dramaturgical feedback rough drafts to production • Led post-show discussions, moderating conversation between casts and thirty to fifty audience members

• Assistant directed two main stage productions providing rehearsal notes and support• Wrote, edited, and laid out a 30 page magazine to accompany seven main stage productions• Dramaturged two main stage shows, creating actor packets, education lobby display, and program notes • Evaluated script submissions and helped select plays for a new work development festival

• Wrote over 40 published obituaries and biographies for the Encyclopedia Britannica based on rigorous research from archives, libraries, and newspaper sources

• Researched national databases and archives to compile and suggest material for Outrage!, an Emmy nominated feature documentary film

• Wrote over 30 articles for a daily paper, including investigative reports, first-person features, and reviews • Communicated with local politicians, businesses, and civilians to create well-researched articles representative of the community

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Playwriting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters