After earning her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Montclair State University in New Jersey, Nicolette Vajtay apprenticed at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky, then continued her training at the American Repertory Theater’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. She made her off-Broadway debut in 1992, then spent decades performing as an actress before turning to writing in 2003, studying at UCLA Extension, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Creative Rites, and other programs.
She has written more than two dozen plays—both short and full-length—shaped by a deep spiritual curiosity and an enduring desire to understand the human experience. Her work has earned multiple honors and has been produced, workshopped, or read in cities across the U.S. She recently completed The Lone Pine, a multigenerational family saga and her first novel of commercial fiction. While she continues to write plays, Nicolette is also outlining a new science fiction novel.
After completing a play, she wonders if she will ever write another original word. But, somehow, thanks to her magical muses, a new idea starts to percolate; she types, Act I, Scene I, and begins again.
If you would like to read or produce any of Nicolette’s plays, please contact her directly.