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Nicholas does stuff. 

12/2021 

The Bottoming Process will be developed as part of Victory Gardens' Ignite Chicago Festival of New Plays. See the in-person staged reading on December 10

11/2021

I will be in residence at the Geffen Playhouse for the 21/22 season as part of The Writers' Room

10/2021 

if all that You take from this is courage, then I've no regrets was presented in IAMA Theatre Company's Pass the Mic Festival

09/2021
The Bottoming Process had a reading with Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco
Inquirer.net did a feature on if all that You take from this is courage, then I've no regrets

08/2021        
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids was a semi-finalist for the Morgan-Wixson New Works Festival
I was appointed as the new Director of IAMA Theatre Company's Under 30 Playwrights Lab

07/2021
The Bottoming Process was featured in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival's PlaySlam
I was as a semi-finalist for Theater Mu's playwright incubator Mu Tang Clan
I moderated a conversation on new play development for the Artists at Play Podcast                              

06/2021        

I'm featured on the Artists at Play Podcast performing my monologue Wine Not?

05/2021        

The Bottoming Process was an a finalist with honorable mention at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival

02/2021        

Dealing was named One of the Best Podcasts of 2021 by Music Times

12/2020        

My holiday song Ho Ho Ho by Becky and Baldwin is now streaming on all platforms

10/2020        

I launched the Artists at Play Podcast with Artists at Play featuring stories on AAPI theatre

09/2020        

The Bottoming Process was featured in an Impakter article about virtual theatre

08/2020        

My monologues headlined Becky and Baldwin's virtual festival Other Monologues

07/2020        

The Bottoming Process was presented in the IAMA Under 30 Playwrights Lab Series

05/2020        

I produced a virtual developmental reading of (Un)Rivaled by Rosie Narasaki                    

I produced a virtual developmental reading of Fear & Wonder by Jason Tseng

04/2020        

Dealing is back for season two!

03/2020        

The Bottoming Process had a virtual reading in The New Cosmopolitans' development series

02/2020        

Performed my short play Fame Failure at Artist at Play ... at Play!

01/2020        

I was a guest on the Wed and Woke Podcast talking about Dealing

12/2019        

Dealing signed with the podcast network Accidental Information

10/2019        

I just launched a new podcast with Becky and Baldwin called Dealing

09/2019        

I've been invited to artEquity's 2019 cohort in Atlanta for an EDI intensive for the arts
I was awarded an Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights 2019-20 Diversity Fellowship

I will be in residence with IAMA Theatre Company in the Under 30 Playwrights Lab

08/2019        

I produced the Los Angeles premiere of The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh

06/2019       

I'm a new contributor for Total Beauty writing about skincare! Read my monthly posts

05/2019        

I was featured in the Washington Post in a story about workplace microaggressions
I was spotlighted and interviewed about my work in theatre on VoyageLA

04/2019        

I produced a reading of Preston Choi's This is Not a True Story with Artists at Play

03/2019        

I got hired to teach yoga at CorePower Yoga. Take my class Saturday and Sundays!

02/2019        

Taught a special event yoga class at LAB's Great Vibes: A Yoga + Music Event

Performed my short play Hold On at Artist at Play ... at Play!

10/2018        

I produced the co-world premiere of Two Mile Hollow by Leah Nanako Winkler

09/2018        

I was a special guest on episode four of the Not So Ancient Podcast

08/2018        

I produced a staged reading of Preston Choi's This is Not a True Story at ConFest 2018
I co-lead the panel "The Room Where it Happens" at ConFest 2018
darby milo released a new song inspired by the book A Little Life called "jude"

07/2018        
My song written for "BAES Welcome" screened at FAC's Filmmakers Night 

06/2018        
I Don't Love You is now available to watch online! Watch it here

05/2018        
Celebrity Trash had a staged reading in The Vagrancy's Blossoming New Play Series

04/2018        
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids had a staged reading with Artists at Play
Inquirer.net did a feature on me about playwriting and my upcoming plays
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids was KPCC's Theater Pick of the Weekend

03/2018        
Celebrity Trash had another workshop with The Vagrancy
A Day in the Life my new web series with Becky and Baldwin premiered

02/2018        
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids was an OC-centric New Play Festival Finalist

01/2018
Celebrity Trash was workshopped in The Vagrancy's First Read
My tweets on the 2018 Golden Globes were featured on Paper Magazine and Inquisitr

12/2017
Becky and Baldwin released my original Christmas song "Ho Ho Ho"

11/2017
I wrote the parody song "Horny" for the web series "BAES Welcome"

10/2017
I Don't Love You is an official selection of the Los Angeles Philippine Film Festival
I directed episode three of the web series "BAES Welcome"

09/2017
I've been accepted into The Vagrancy Playwrights Group for a second season

08/2017
zoë is an official selection for the 2017 North Portland Unknown Film Festival
zoë is a semi-finalist for the 2017 Marquee on Main Film Festival in North Carolina

07/2017
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids had a staged reading at The Vagrancy

06/2017 
I Don't Love You got rave reviews from That's My Entertainment and Philippine News

05/2017
I Don't Love You is an official selection for Fil-Am Creations: A Filmmaker Movement
I was featured on "Showbiz Tonight" on TFC talking about I Don't Love You
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids had another workshop with The Vagrancy
I Don't Love You premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

04/2017
I was a guest on "Kababayan Today" on LA18TV promoting I Don't Love You
Before and After had a workshop production at the Fountain Theatre

03/2017
zoë is an official selection for the 2017 Miniature Film Festival in Canada
My one-minute film zoë premiered at the 2017 Outfest FUSION

02/2017
Before and After won the Fountain Theatre's Rapid Development Series
Young Dumb Broke High School Kids was workshopped in The Vagrancy's First Reads
I performed my short play Wine Not? in Artists at Play ... at Play!

01/2017
Before and After had a staged reading at the Fountain Theatre

11/2016
Meow, Meow, Hiss was performed in Becky and Baldwin's Other Plays
My song "My Girl (Sweet as Pie)" is featured in the short film BASTARD

10/2016
Barf Me Out was performed in Samuel French's Monologue-A-Looza
I produced East West Players' After Orlando: an international theatre action
I produced a developmental reading of Two Mile Hollow by Leah Nanako Winkler at OSF

09/2016
I was accepted into the 2016/17 Playground-LA Writers Pool
I joined The Vagrancy's Playwrights Group for the 2016-17 season
Trust was released. I executive produced/co-wrote this EP by Michael Barnum

08/2016
My essay "Asian Americans Blow Shit Up" was featured on Angry Asian Man
My essay on diversity and representation was featured on @This Stage Magazine
I was a guest on episode 145 of the Off and On Podcast with Bernardo Cubria