Nicole Schiro is the Co-Founding Managing Director of Door 98 LLC and is a Texas based SAG-AFTRA and AEA actor, writer, and producer working in film and theatre. She has appeared in several independent short films as well as the Warner Brothers film The Replacements, directed by Howie Deutch. Her stage work includes playing two first ladies: Mary Todd Lincoln at the historic Fulton Theatre and Lady Bird Johnson at ZACH Theater. Her New York theatre credits include productions at LaMama, Queens Theatre, and The Barrow Group. Nicole’s film producing credits include Mothers & Daughters, which she also wrote, and Bare Knuckle, Ted Magee’s Columbia University MFA thesis film. She also served as the Associate Producer on Ted’s pre-thesis film The Ranch. Her theater producing credits include Andromache at the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO, Brooklyn, and Sticky Rice Queen, which she also directed. Sticky Rice Queen was an official selection for the New York International Fringe Festival and theatre critic Jonathan Warman named it as one of the top ten plays of 2002. Nicole holds a BFA in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin and trained in New York City with the late Wynn Handman. She also holds an EdD in Organizational Leadership from St. Edward’s University. Her research for her dissertation, Thriving Women Leaders of Higher Education, focuses on practices that advance women in leadership roles in higher education. She lives in Austin with her husband, director Ted Magee, and their daughter, animation artist Alma Magee.