Nicholas G. Rinaldi, Ph.D., AEA 

Theatre veteran, Dr. Nicholas G. Rinaldi recently retired as Visiting Professor of Theatre at the University of Central Florida. Before coming to Florida, he was Chairman of the Theatre Department at Ramapo College in New Jersey. Associated with the late Richard Rodgers and with Harold Prince, Dr. Rinaldi stage-managed the original Broadway productions of a number of Tony Award winning plays and musicals including; Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Carnival, Baker Street, Any Wednesday, Superman, Educating Rita and the revival of Rogers and Hart''s I Married an Angel.
He served as Production Manager and Stage Director for several venues at Walt Disney World: the Disney Hollywood Studios, where he directed The Great Movie Ride and the Marketplace, where he directed The Glory and Pageantry of Christmas.
Dr. Rinaldi's directing credits span every venue including Off-Broadway, national and international tours (he directed Hair in Russia, the Ukraine and Estonia.)
He has also directed historical outdoor dramas; at regional, dinner and community theatres, and more than fifty college and university productions.