Annika Nori is an internationally produced playwright, director and performer. She has worked in professional theaters, great halls and black boxes, and has worked collaboratively and individually to devise and develop plays. She is a storyteller who loves the psychological discovery of roles, the collaboration of theater and the simple joy of performing, directing and writing for a live audience. Her experience as an actor comes in handy as a director, where she guides the actor through exercises and coaching to discover the character beneath the words. She is also interested in professional experience in writing, directing and acting for film and television.

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She has a B.F.A. in Theater and Original Works: Play-Writing and Directing from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Washington.

She received her M.A. in Shakespeare & Creativity from the University of Birmingham and the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and has worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She continues to study Shakespeare and take play-writing classes, educating herself endlessly and everyday through books, databases and podcasts.