Nigel Semaj will be developing a new adapation of Henrik Ibsen’s Classic “An Enemy of People.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University has named its 2025–26 Visiting Fellows. This year’s group includes journalists, artists, faith leaders, social scientists, democracy and human rights advocates, and policy experts. Each brings a record of work that deepens public understanding, strengthens civic life, and connects lived experiences and academic research with real-world impact.

Nigel Semaj is this year’s inaugural Artist in Residence at the SNF Agora Institute. In this role, they will explore how performance and embodiment can create space for civic dialogue, collective memory, and political imagination, bringing creative practice into the heart of democratic inquiry. Their work complements the institute’s mission to expand the forms and methods through which civic engagement can take shape.

Diversionary Theatre proudly presents a bold, reimagined production of the iconic musical that changed everything. Set in the heart of a community that knows firsthand the power of chosen family, love, loss, and resilience, RENT comes alive in a way that only Diversionary can deliver. With raw intimacy, electric energy, and unapologetic authenticity, this production strips the story down to its core, reminding us what it means to live, to fight, and to love—no day but today. Don’t miss this unforgettable theatrical event.

Nigel Semaj is currently developing a new experimental production of Shakespeares’ Macbeth.

the serpent under’t is a descent into the shadows of the human psyche where ambition, guilt, and fate intertwine with the supernatural. Blending movement, dance, and spoken text, this reimagining draws inspiration from horror and the macabre, conjuring a world that is both poetic and chilling.

Nigel will be the production’s Movement Director and perform as The Little Stone.

Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, plot twists, and a script written to be a playground for designers, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.