Nick Lehane is a Brooklyn based puppet artist and theater maker. His puppet play Chimpanzee premiered at HERE Arts Center through Basil Twist’s Dream Music Puppetry Program, with the support of The Jim Henson Foundation and Cheryl Henson. It has since been presented at the World Puppet Theater Festival in Charleville-Mézières, by Casteliers at Théâtre Aux Écuries in Montreal, and by The London International Mime Festival at The Barbican Centre. His collaboration with Derek Fordjour, Fly Away, ran in 2020 at Petzel Gallery as part of Fordjour’s premiere solo exhibition, SELF MUST DIE. Lehane has collaborated with PigPen Theatre Co. as puppet designer for The Tale of Despereaux (The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep co-directed by Marc Bruni), as puppet designer for The Phantom Folktales (Virgin Voyages), and as the understudy for The Old Man and The Old Moon. He will be puppet designing Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn’s Hood (Asolo Rep., dir Mark Brokaw). His original work has shown at St. Ann’s Warehouse, Puppet BloK at Dixon Place, The Jim Henson Carriage House, Special Effects Festival at wild project, and Pillsbury House Theatre. Select performance credits are Robin Frohardt’s The Plastic Bag Store and The Pigeoning (HERE Arts Center, international tour), Petrushka (Giants Are Small, New York Philharmonic, Barbican Centre), Islamic Solidarity Games Opening Ceremonies (Baku, Azerbaijan), Doug Fitch’s El Retablo de Maese Pedro (American Symphony Orchestra, Bard SummerScape), James Ortiz’s The Little Mermaid (Glass Bandits Theater, Strangemen Theatre Company), and Lore (Amazon). Lehane provided puppet and movement direction for SeaWife (Naked Angels). He studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School and received his B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. nicklehane.com

Instituto Cervantes of Chicago is a not-for-profit cultural center which promotes the engagement of Hispanic art and culture and the teaching of the Spanish language in the greater Chicago area. We are located at 31 W. Ohio Street in downtown Chicago. Our facility is easily accessible by public transportation (subway, bus, car) and features a large gallery, a 160 seat auditorium, extensive classroom space and one of the largest Spanish language libraries in Illinois. For 25 years, Instituto Cervantes has celebrated the diversity and common ground among all Hispanics in Chicago. Our cultural program is unique, serving as a bridge between the various Hispanic communities where all Chicago area residents, including Mexicans, Central and South Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Spanish-Americans, and non-Hispanics, all come together to share and experience an exhibit, theatrical or dance performance, music concert, literary panel, symposium, workshop or lecture under one roof. chicago.cervantes.es