Nick Stuccio

Nick Stuccio is the Emeritus Producing Director of FringeArts, and is the co-founder of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 1997.

His career in the Philly arts world began as an apprenticeship with the Pennsylvania Ballet company, where eventually he became a corps member and danced for eight years.

Nicks's many production credits include co-founding Shut Up and Dance, the annual benefit that showcases work choreographed and performed by dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet and benefiting the Metropolitan Aids Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA). Nick was also the original curator of the Wilma Theater's Dance Boom series, and in 2005 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by the University of the Arts.