NICOLE KNUDSEN

ACTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER

WHAT’S NEW WITH NICOLE?

Do you want Spooky Season to last into the winter months? Then come to A Night of Spirits at The Roguelike Tavern for six original ghosts stories. In addition to hosting the event, Nicole is one of the featured writers! Get your tickets here for the December 6th event. (November 1, 2025)DIE! DIE! DIE! — a brand new tabletop roleplaying game from Day for Knight Productions — had its very first live show at The Roguelike Tavern! Nicole is one of the game developers for the horror-comedy TTRPG system. (October 23, 2025)If you are a Shakespearean actor, Much Ado About Nothing is unavoidable. In fact, Nicole has played five different parts in it across the years. Good thing it’s one of her favorite plays! Come see her in Round 5 as Don John, playing once again with The Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals! (September 28, 2025)Check out Nicole’s short story, “Latent,” now available on the horror anthology podcast Someone Just Like You from the folks over at Good Pointe. (July 29, 2025)Oh my Godfrey! At some point in recent weeks, The Godfrey Audio Guide surpassed 250,000 downloads! (March 11, 2025)Shakespeare wrote some of the most beautiful plays in the English language. He also wrote some plays that are...problematic. Or just not appropriate to perform in bars. Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals mined these entries for The Best of the Rest, or: Eight Crazy Plays! Come see Nicole as Elbow in the Measure for Measure portion of the evening. (December 11, 2024)The Godfrey Audio Guide has joined Fable & Folly, a network of independent audio dramas! (November 4, 2024)Did anyone have Jimmy Buffett as King Lear on their 2024 bingo cards? Stop by Three Clubs to see Nicole as Goneril in Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals' Florida-themed King Lear. (August 21, 2024)We Need Better Friends garnered two Hollywood Fringe Community Award nominations: Two-Person Show and World Premiere! (July 1, 2024)Who's ready for the Hollywood Fringe Festival?! Nicole co-wrote and will be co-starring in We Need Better Friends this June at The Broadwater Second Stage! Get your tickets now! (May 1, 2024)Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals keeps coming atcha with mashups. This time: Monster Mash Julius Caesar! Swing on by Three Clubs in Hollywood to catch Nicole as a Final Girl-inspired Mark Antony! (October 25, 2023)You're in for a different kind of mashup with Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals' latest show: a Barbenheimer-themed Romeo & Juliet! Come see Nicole take on Lady Capulet over at Three Clubs in Hollywood! (September 13, 2023)It's a Shakespearean mashup on the high seas! Visit Three Clubs in Hollywood to see Nicole as Adriana in Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals' Two Comedies of Gentlemen's Errors. (May 3, 2023)For the 2022 Audio Verse Awards, The Godfrey Audio Guide won in the Best Existing Story-based Production category! Nicole serves as The Godfrey's showrunner and lead actor. (March 19, 2023)Nicole's horror script, Oh, That I Were a Man…, advanced to the quarterfinals of ScreenCraft's Short Film Screenplay Competition! (March 1, 2023)It's time for a holiday party: Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals style! Stop by Three Clubs in Hollywood to see Nicole as Queen Elizabeth in Richard III! (December 7, 2022)Hear Nicole as "Mildred" in the pilot episode of the new audio drama Fawx & Stallion! (September 19, 2022)Swing by Three Clubs in Hollywood to see Nicole as Don Pedro in Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals' one-night-only performance of Much Ado About Nothing! (June 8, 2022)The Godfrey Audio Guide won in both of its nominated categories for the 2021 Audio Verse Awards: Existing Story-based Production, and Storyteller of an Existing Production! (April 17, 2022)The Godfrey Audio Guide is a finalist in two categories for the 2021 Audio Verse Awards: Story-based Production and Storyteller of a Production! (December 17, 2021)It's PodTales 2020! Nicole is thrilled to announce that The Godfrey Audio Guide has been selected as part of the festival's Podcast Showcase lineup! The Godfrey's featured day is Wednesday, November 11, so make sure to join the PodTales Discord for discussion about the show! (November 1, 2020)

About Nicole

“Who the f*ck are the Knudsens?!”
- The Dude, The Big LebowskiNICOLE KNUDSEN (pronounced "kuh-NUDE-sen") is a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts and the British American Drama Academy. She is currently based in Los Angeles.Depending on the day and project, she can claim a lot of titles. Some might use the term multi-hyphenate, but she usually goes with “wearer-of-many-hats.” Including, sometimes, a beanie with a fun little pom-pom (photo by Jill Petracek). As a creator, her work is largely influenced by folklore, myth, and the speculative genres of fantasy, science-fiction, and horror.When not performing or writing, you can usually catch her in a lengthy conversation about Shakespeare and/or genre fiction over a glass of red wine.

Contact Nicole

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Nicole’s resumé is available for download here.Find her on IMDB.

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Writer

"I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
- Ray BradburyNicole was raised on a narrative diet full of magic and spaceships. As such, her writing usually contains at least a hint of the fantastical.Her work spans a variety of mediums. Click the buttons below to explore what she’s been up to:

(Photographic proof that she seeks out the strange and wondrous. And that she’s not above wearing merch for her own projects.)

PODCASTS

Nicole is the creator and star of The Godfrey Audio Guide, a fiction podcast that blends horror and art history (both real and imagined) in the form of a museum audio tour. The series is complete, and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.

Nicole is a featured writer in Season 1 of Someone Just Like You, a horror anthology audio drama. You can hear her work in Episode 18: “Latent."

Technically, this doesn't count as a writing credit. But Nicole is the co-host of What A Movie: A Nostalgia-Infused Podcast: a show where she and her co-host James Ferrero revisit old film favorites! (And also the occasional movie they vaguely remember watching as kids.)Will their nostalgia-infused memories cloud their collective judgment of these movies? Listen to find out!

PLAYS

WE NEED BETTER FRIENDSHoratio and Benvolio are both going through a lot right now. Like, a lot. Thank God they have each other.In an upscale-yet-unassuming apartment, Horatio (of Hamlet fame) and Benvolio (you know, the sane one from Romeo & Juliet) meet up to chill, eat pizza, and vent about their friends. But when annoying relationship drama becomes a matter of life and death, these two will have to learn to lean on each other like never before.A modern take on survivors of Shakespearean tragedy, WE NEED BETTER FRIENDS examines the importance of someone to count on when sh*t hits the fan.Co-written by Nicole Knudsen and James Ferrero, this show premiered at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival. It garnered two Community Award Nominations: Two-Person Show and World Premiere.Available to read on the New Play Exchange Network.

PERSEPHONE AT THE STYXAlong the River Styx, Persephone restlessly awaits Spring's return. But an unknown force is trapping the souls of dead women on the banks, denying them the peace promised in the deeper reaches of the Underworld.In an effort to help them move on, Persephone coaxes from them some of their most painful stories - those of trauma, violence, loss. And in listening to their stories, Persephone just might find the courage to tell her own.This piece is currently in development. Stay tuned for updates!Available to read on the New Play Exchange Network.

SHORT STORIES

MUSCLE. MEMORY.Find Nicole's short story "Muscle. Memory." in Slightly Unsettling Stories, Volume III, which was compiled by and features the illustrations of Mary Kershisnik.Available in ebook and paperback formats.

DREAM EATERNicole's short story "Dream Eater" appears in the Sixth Annual Los Angeles NaNo Anthology, Journeys to Uncharted Lands.Available in both paperback and ebook formats.

SCREENPLAYS

OH, THAT I WERE A MAN…
(Horror short, 32 pages)LOGLINE:
In the near future, on the night of his electoral victory, a politician faces the consequences of his draconian ideals.AWARDS:
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition, 2023

STALK ME HOME
(Horror short, 6 pages)LOGLINE:
A mysterious entity follows a woman home. But appearances can be deceiving.