Nicky Jasper (She/Her/Hers)
Certified Teacher & Advanced/Intermediate Actor/Combatant Representative
Nicky Jasper (she/they) is a Chicago-based actor, choreographer, and teacher. She graduated from East Carolina University with a BFA in Professional Acting in 2013. She has been training in stage combat since 2010 and is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors.
After graduating, Nicky was a part of the cast at Horn in the West, where she also served as Fight Swing. She later spent two summers in the cast of Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, where she not only served as Fight Captain and Assistant Fight Choreographer, but was also the first female-identifying actor to have an on-stage featured fight in the show’s long history. Other theatre credits include Gruesome Playground Injuries (Carolina Actor’s Studio Theatre), The Tale of the Little Gentleman (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte), Detroit (Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte), Wasteland Hero (Reutan Collective), and Fight Quest 2 & 4 (Otherworld Theatre Company).
Nicky has had the privilege of serving on staff at stage combat workshops around the country, including The Winterland Workshop (AI), The Tourist Trap (AI), The Left Turn (AI), The Louisiana Tech Stage Combat Workshop (TA), Lonestar Smash (TA), The Virginia Beach Bash (TA), and The A-Town Throwdown (TA). She most recently served as Head Intern for the 2021 National Stage Combat Workshop in Ruston, LA.
Nicky has been a “Kevin” (TA) for FM Chuck Coyl at the Actor’s Gymnasium In Evanston, IL since 2017. She is a founding member of Open Gate Movement Arts, a stage combat and movement company in Chicago whose mission is to provide accessible and quality stage combat training to movement artists. Nicky also works as a part of the motion capture team at Raven Software.
Nicky currently serves as the Advanced/Intermediate Actor/Combatant Representative on the Governing Body of the SAFD. She can be reached in this capacity at adv.int.rep@safd.org.
Skill Proficiency History
Date | Weapon | Location | Grade |
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Spring SPR Workshop
Mar 6, 2022 | Unarmed | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Mar 6, 2022 | Broadsword and Shield | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Mar 6, 2022 | Quarterstaff | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Single Sword SPR
Jan 23, 2022 | Single Sword | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
2021 National Stage Combat Workshop
Aug 6, 2021 | Knife | Ruston, Louisiana | Recommended Pass |
Aug 6, 2021 | Small Sword | Ruston, Louisiana | Recommended Pass |
Summer Renewal
Jun 20, 2021 | Rapier and Dagger | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Jun 20, 2021 | Broadsword | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Private Class
Sep 7, 2019 | Knife | Chicago, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Actor's Gym Fall 2018
Dec 2, 2018 | Unarmed | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Dec 2, 2018 | Quarterstaff | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
2018 NSCW - AACW & Interns
Aug 10, 2018 | Single Sword | Ruston, Louisiana | Recommended Pass |
Aug 10, 2018 | Broadsword and Shield | Ruston, Louisiana | Recommended Pass |
Small Sword Actor's Gym June 2018
Jun 3, 2018 | Small Sword | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Jun 3, 2018 | Unarmed | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Actor's Gym Spring of 2017 Knife
Jun 4, 2017 | Rapier and Dagger | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Jun 4, 2017 | Broadsword and Shield | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Broadsword Spring of 2017
Mar 19, 2017 | Broadsword | Evanston, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Knife SPT and multiple other SPTs/SPRs
Jul 29, 2016 | Rapier and Dagger | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Jul 29, 2016 | Broadsword and Shield | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Jul 29, 2016 | Quarterstaff | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Jul 29, 2016 | Knife | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Winter Wonderland Workshop
Jan 9, 2016 | Rapier and Dagger | Rosemont, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Tecumseh!
Aug 1, 2015 | Unarmed | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Aug 1, 2015 | Broadsword | Chillicothe, Ohio | Recommended Pass |
Elon University
May 13, 2015 | Single Sword | Elon, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
Rat Pack Productions and Horn in the West
Jul 28, 2013 | Broadsword and Shield | Boone, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
Jul 28, 2013 | Quarterstaff | Boone, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
East Carolina University
May 4, 2013 | Broadsword | Greenville, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
May 4, 2013 | Rapier and Dagger | Greenville, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
May 4, 2013 | Unarmed | Greenville, North Carolina | Recommended Pass |
Apr 30, 2011 | Unarmed | Greenville, North Carolina | Basic Pass |