{{Short description|Australian theatre and film director and producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Nadia Tass | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Nadia Tassopoulos | othername = | birth_date = {{circa|1959}} | birth_place = Lofoi, Florina, Macedonia, Greece | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | organization = Cascade Films | occupation = Film director, theatre director, and film producer | years_active = 1979–present | spouse = David Parker | known_for = Filmmaking with David Parker<br>Theatre direction | notable_works =''Malcolm'' (1986) <br> ''The Big Steal'' (1990) }}
'''Nadia Tass''' (born '''Tassopoulou''' or '''Tassopoulos'''; {{circa|1959}}), is an Australian theatre and film director and film producer. She mostly makes films with her writer-producer husband David Parker, through their production company Cascade Films. Tass is known for the films ''Malcolm'' (1986) and ''The Big Steal'' (1990), as well as an extensive body of work in the theatre, both in Australia and internationally.
==Early life and education== Nadia Tassopoulou<ref name=awr/> (or Tassopoulos<ref name=zajac2015/>) was born in the village of Lofoi, near Florina, in Macedonia, northern Greece.<ref name=ellines/><ref name="Athanasiou"/> Aged eight, she moved with her parents to Melbourne, Australia, in 1966.<ref name=awr>{{cite web | title=Tass, Nadia | website=Australian Women's Register | date= 18 January 2017 |first=Hollie |last=Aerts | url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/tass-nadia/ | access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Athanasiou">{{cite news|last=Athanasiou|first=Maria|title=Η ζωή της Νάντια Τας |trans-title=The life of Nadia Tass|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/k/k-magazine/1039956/i-zoi-tis-nantia-tas/|agency=Kathimerini|date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 January 2025|language=el}}</ref> Her original surname is Tassopoulos.<ref name=ellines>{{cite web | title=The multiprize Greek director and great representative of the 7th art worldwide | website=ellines.com | url=https://www.ellines.com/en/achievements/551-the-multiprize-greek-director-and-great-representative-of-the-7th-art-worldwide/ | access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> She has some Russian heritage.<ref name=curboleg/>
She had her first acting role aged 14, in the police drama series ''Division 4''.<ref name=mcfarlane2010/><ref name=zajac2015/>
Tass studied psychology at the University of Melbourne, and while there became interested in theatre, including works by students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).<ref name=awr/> After doing some theatre directing, she went to film school to learn technical aspects of filmmaking.<ref name=senses2017/><!---this interview says she studied at AFTRS, but she is not mentioned as an alumnus in any of the content put out by AFTRS, so leaving it out for now---> In the 1980s she took a course in the Stanislavski method of acting, in Yugoslavia,<ref name=mcfarlane2010/> and also later attended a film school in New York City.<ref name=senses2017/>
==Career== ===Acting=== Tass started her career acting in the first season of the television drama series ''Prisoner'' in 1979,<ref name=acmi>{{cite web | title=Spotlights: Nadia Tass |date=2020 | website=ACMI collection | url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/117919--spotlights-nadia-tass/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref> playing Tessa Zervos, returning in 1983 to play a solicitor.<ref>{{cite web | title=Prisoner (TV Series 1979–1986) | website=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077064/fullcredits | access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> She started directing works in Melbourne theatres around the same time.<ref name=ellines/> She has said that she loves working with actors, and her acting experience and training has informed her directing style.<ref name=mcfarlane2010/>
===Filmmaking=== Tass has made many films with her husband and business partner, filmmaker David Parker, who has written, co-produced, and shot many of her films.<ref name=mcfarlane2010>{{cite web|last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian|author-link = Brian McFarlane (writer) |title=Comedy, Tragedy, Life: An interview with Nadia Tass and David Parker |url=https://metromagazine.com.au/issues/issue-no-166/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |magazine=Metro Magazine |issue=166 |publisher=Australian Teachers of Media Inc. (ATOM) |date=September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322113335/https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/3ab06819-1fcc-4f93-bdf2-c629bb6f1075/1/PDF%20(Published%20version).pdf |archive-date=22 March 2020 |pages=16–21 |language=en-AU |issn=0312-2654}}</ref> They established Cascade Films in 1983,<ref name=aboutcascade2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.cascadefilms.com.au/about-us/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409110053/http://www.cascadefilms.com.au/about-us/ |archive-date=9 April 2013 |title=About Us |website= Cascade Films}}</ref> and co-produce their films.<ref name=mcfarlane2010/>
Her debut feature film as a director was ''Malcolm'', which she co-wrote with Parker. After Australian distributors were uninterested in the film, Tass, Parker, and collaborator Tim White took it to the United States, where there was a bidding war for it.<ref name=zajac2015>{{cite web | title=Australian director Nadia Tass: first the world, then Australia|first= Bec |last=Zajac| website=ABC listen | date=25 May 2015 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra/australian-director-nadia-tass:-first-the-world,-then-australia/6494490 | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> Released in 1986, the film proved to be a critically acclaimed and box-office hit,<ref name=acmi/> winning 21 international awards and 8 Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.<ref name=ellines/>
In 1988, with the backing of United Artists in the US, Tass directed and co-produced the comedy ''Rikky and Pete'', which was again successful around the world.<ref name=awr/> The following year, she directed and produced ''The Big Steal'' (released in 1990),<ref name=awr/> which won three and was nominated for six AFI Awards, as well as being an international hit.<ref name=ellines/>
Other feature film works by Tass include ''Mr. Reliable'' (1996), which won three AFI Awards; and ''Amy'' (1997), starring Rachel Griffiths and Ben Mendelsohn, which won 23 international awards.<ref name=awr/>
Her first and only theatrical film directed in the United States was ''Pure Luck'', produced for Universal Pictures and starring Danny Glover and Martin Short. It was released in August 1991.<ref name=awr/><ref name=pureluck/>
In 1993, she produced the TV miniseries ''Stark'', based on the bestselling novel by Ben Elton, which was later also released as a film.<ref name=awr/>
From the 2000s, Tass directed several telemovies in the US, including ''The Miracle Worker'' (2000), ''Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story'' (2001), Undercover Christmas (2004), and Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005).<ref name=awr/> ''Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story'' was an American Broadcasting Company TV film production of Shirley Temple's autobiography of the same name.<ref>{{cite web | last=Speier | first=Michael | title=Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story | website=Variety | date=9 May 2001 | url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/child-star-the-shirley-temple-story-1200468466/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/child_star_the_shirley_temple_story|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=June 5, 2005 |access-date=August 15, 2012|archive-date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709103519/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/child_star_the_shirley_temple_story/|url-status=live}}</ref> Filmed by Parker, the film stars Ashley Rose Orr as Temple, Emily Anne Hart as teen Shirley, Connie Britton, Colin Friels, and Hinton Battle. It was filmed in Port Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web | title=Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (television) | website=D23 | date=16 March 2018 | url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/child-star-the-shirley-temple-story-television/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref> She directed ''Fatal Honeymoon'', a 2012 telemovie, produced by US cable channel Lifetime, starring Harvey Keitel.<ref name=16thstreet/> Tass has directed films and TV series for the BBC, CBS, Disney, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros.<ref name=team>{{cite web | title=Team | website=Cascade Films | url=https://www.cascadefilms.com.au/team | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=16thstreet>{{cite web | title=Nadia Tass | website=16th Street | date=9 September 2021 | url=https://16thstreet.com.au/tutors/nadia-tass/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
''Matching Jack'', about a mother's search for a potential donor for her son with leukaemia, was shot by Parker.<ref name=mcfarlane2010/> It premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July 2010.<ref>Gonzalez, Miguel. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100829161043/http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/matching-jack-nadia-tass-hard-to-match-4325 "Matching Jack: Nadia Tass, hard to match"], ''Encore'', 24 2010</ref>
{{anchor|oleg}}<!---redirects target this until article created---> ''Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story'' (2021), written by Cory Taylor, Gregor Zupanc, and Vidov,<ref>{{IMDb title|10172716|Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story}}</ref> is a feature documentary about the Russian actor and filmmaker Oleg Vidov ("the Russian Robert Redford"<ref name=curboleg>{{cite interview|first1=Nadia| last1=Tass |interviewer-first= Nadine |interviewer-last=Whitney| title=Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Director Nadia Tass on Bringing the Story of the Russian Robert Redford to Life | website=The Curb | date=13 May 2024 | url=https://www.thecurb.com.au/nadia-tass-interview/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>), who defected from the USSR and went to the US<ref name=team/> in 1985, after being targeted by the Russian government led by Leonid Brezhnev. The film is narrated by Scottish actor Brian Cox, with Costa Ronin playing Oleg in flashbacks, and features interviews and archival footage with Walter Hill, Amanda Plummer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alexander Mitta, Milena Dravic, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and others.<ref name=curboleg/> It had its world premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival in April 2021,<ref>{{cite web | last=Levine | first=Sydney | title=Oscar© 2023 Entry for Best Documentary: 'Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story' by Nadia Tass | website=Medium | date=21 December 2022 | url=https://blogs.sydneysbuzz.com/oscar-qualifying-run-of-award-winning-feature-doc-oleg-4df535a7d890?gi=13c4896d6ed1 | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref> and its Australian premiere at Cinefest OZ in Perth in August 2021.<ref name=rtr2021>{{cite web | title=Film Prize Jury Chair Nadia Tass | website=RTRFM | date=25 August 2021 | url=https://rtrfm.com.au/story/cinefestoz-2021-film-prize-jury-chair-nadia-tass/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=kornits2021>{{cite interview|first1=Nadia| last1=Tass| first2=David| last2=Parker | interviewer-last=Kornits | interviewer-first=Dov | title=Nadia Tass + David Parker: Partners in Filmmaking | website=FilmInk | date=28 August 2021 | url=https://www.filmink.com.au/nadia-tass-david-parker-partners-in-filmmaking/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref> Tass had been friends with Vidov in the US, and owing to her Slavic heritage felt some connection to Russian culture, and both wanted to show some of the richness of that culture, but also the "criminals" who led the USSR. The film was screened on SBS TV and streamed on SBS On Demand from June 2021.<ref name=curboleg/>
She has said about the process of filmmaking with her husband:<ref>{{cite web | last=Mathieson | first=Craig | title=Interview with Nadia Tass and David Parker: celebrating Malcolm and The Big Steal | website=Flicks.com.au | url=https://www.flicks.com.au/features/making-australian-classics-we-talk-to-the-filmmaking-duo-behind-malcolm-and-the-big-steal/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>{{blockquote|What it takes is a lot of knowledge and fastidiousness and dedication, and working with actors who are equally as dedicated… I just needed to make sure to lay out what we're gonna do, and then together we just create, and therein lies the joy.}}
===Theatre direction=== Tass has an extensive history of successful theatre direction with a diverse range of works, including both classical and contemporary theatre at La Mama, the Pram Factory, Playbox, the Melbourne Theatre Company, and the Open Stage Theatre at the University of Melbourne.<ref name=awr/> Early works include productions of ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Macbeth'', numerous plays by Euripides including ''Medea'', and by Aristophanes including ''Lysistrata'', Chekhov's ''The Birds'', ''Three Sisters'', and ''Blood Wedding'' by Federico Garcia Lorca. In later work, Tass directed ''This Effing Lady'' by Maureen Sherlock at the Brunswick Ballroom (2021) and ''Wicked Sisters'' by Alma De Groen for Griffin Theatre in Sydney (2020).
Tass' 2002 musical theatre production of ''The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'', an adaptation of C.S. Lewis' novel with the script written by Parker, toured Australia. It was well-reviewed,<ref name=awr/> and garnered her a Helpmann Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical.<ref>{{cite web | title=Helpmann Award nominees | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=11 April 2003 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/helpmann-award-nominees-20030411-gdgky5.html | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2016, Tass directed the Ensemble Theatre production of Jane Cafarella's ''e-baby'' for its Sydney premiere.<ref name = SMH>{{cite news|date = 20 October 2016|access-date = 29 October 2016|title = E-Baby review: Gestational clock ticks on tale of ethical complexity|first = Jason|last = Blake|newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald|url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/ebaby-review-gestational-clock-ticks-on-tale-of-ethical-complexity-20161020-gs6qrh.html}}</ref><ref name = Guardian>{{cite news|title = E-baby review – an endearing but haphazard romp into the complex world of surrogacy|first = Clarissa|last = Sebag-Montefiore|date = 27 October 2016|access-date = 29 October 2016|newspaper = The Guardian|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/27/e-baby-review-an-endearing-but-haphazard-romp-into-the-complex-world-of-surrogacy}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title = Ensemble Theatre Program (13 October 2016 – 13 November 2016): e-baby by Jane Cafarella|chapter = Director's Note|publisher = Ensemble Theatre|date = 2016|editor = Ensemble Theatre|editor-link = Ensemble Theatre|access-date = 29 October 2016|first = Nadia|last = Tass|author-link = Nadia Tass|url = http://ensemble.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/e-Baby-A5-Program-vWEB.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161030075601/http://ensemble.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/e-Baby-A5-Program-vWEB.pdf|archive-date = 30 October 2016}}</ref>
In 2016 Tass directed ''Disgraced'' by Ayad Akhtar for the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC),<ref name=team/> ''Extinction'' by Hannie Rayson for Red Stitch/GPAC,<ref name=extinct/> and ''The Book Club'' for AKA in London and Melbourne.<ref name=aka/> Also in 2016, she directed an adaptation by Annie Baker of ''Uncle Vanya'' by Chekhov,<ref name=team/> for Red Stitch. Parker did the stage lighting for the production.<ref name=uv/>
In 2018 Tass directed David Williamson's ''Sorting Out Rachel'' for Sydney's Ensemble Theatre,<ref name=rachel/> followed by Marisa Smith's ''Sex and Other Disturbances'' for Portland Stage in Maine, US;<ref name=portland/> and ''Ear to the Edge of Time'' by Alana Valentine at The Seymour Centre in Sydney.<ref>[https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/review-ear-to-the-edge-of-time-seymour-centre-256665-2361119/ Arts Hub review]</ref>
She directed ''Fern Hill'' by Michael Tucker for New Jersey Rep in 2018 and 2019 in Philadelphia and New York City.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fox | first=David | title=REVIEW: Fern Hill Goes Far Too Gentle Into That Good Night | website=Philadelphia Magazine | date=17 August 2018 | url=https://www.phillymag.com/things-to-do/2018/08/17/review-fern-hill-goes-far-gentle-good-night/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Collins-Hughes | first=Laura | title=Review: In 'Fern Hill,' Scene-Stealing for the Common Good | website=The New York Times | date=22 September 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/theater/fern-hill-review.html | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Gardner | first=Elysa | title=Fern Hill: Old Friends, Getting Older | website=New York Stage Review | date=20 September 2019 | url=https://nystagereview.com/2019/09/19/fern-hill-old-friends-getting-older/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
Also in 2019, she directed ''Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'' by Heather McDonald, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, for Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2019/03/09/masterpieces-humanity-signature-theatre/ DC Metro review]</ref><ref>[https://mdtheatreguide.com/2019/03/theatre-review-masterpieces-of-the-oral-and-intangible-heritage-of-humanityat-signature-theatre/ MD Theatre Guide review]</ref><ref>[https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/dc/dc1060.html Talkin' Broadway review]</ref>
==Other roles== Tass has presented masterclasses around the world. She regularly lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne), and at Deakin University, where she is an adjunct professor, and has taught at Beijing Normal University, Yunnan University, Wuhan University, Chongqing University, and Beijing Film Academy.<ref name=mkm/>
She has been a member of the board of the Australian Directors' Guild,<ref name=mkm/> and is a member of several professional associations, including the Directors Guild of America; the Screen Producers Association of Australia; the Australian Film Institute; and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). She is also patron of the ATOM Awards.<ref name=mkm/>
Tass has been appointed to the juries of many film festival juries, including: * Hawaii International Film Festival – for judging of main awards 1988<ref name=mkm/><ref name=16thstreet/> * St Tropez Film Festival – head of jury 2008<ref name=mkm/><ref name=16thstreet/> * Asian Festival of First Films – 2008<ref name=philstar>{{cite web | title=First-time filmmakers in Singapore movie fest | website=Philstar| date=8 December 2008 | url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2008/12/08/421688/lifestyle | access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=mkm/><ref name=16thstreet/> * Pune International Film Festival – head of jury 2012<ref name=mkm/><ref name=16thstreet/> * Directors Guild of America (DGA) – documentary jury 2021 * Cinefest Oz – jury chair 2021<ref name=rtr2021/> * AACTA – International chapter juror annually<ref name=mkm/>
==Honours and recognition== Tass' films have earned over 70 international awards and 23 Australian Film Institute (AFI) nominations, while garnering nine wins including Best Film and Best Director.{{when|date=October 2022}} Her films that have awards and nominations include, most notably, ''Malcolm'' (1986); ''Amy'' (1997); ''The Miracle Worker'' (2000); and ''Matching Jack'' (2010).
In theatre, ''The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'' (2003) earned a nomination for Best Direction of a Musical in the Helpmann Awards.<ref name=mkm/>
In 2017, ''The Big Steal'' was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival as part of ''Pioneering Women'', a section dedicated to Australian women filmmakers of the 1980s and early 1990s.<ref name=senses2017>{{cite journal | title="Film is the Art Form of Today": An Interview with Nadia Tass | interviewer-first= Isabella | interviewer-last= McNeill|first1=Nadia| last1=Tass|date =July 2017| issue =83: Pioneering Australian Women| journal=Senses of Cinema | url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/pioneering-australian-women/nadia-tass-interview/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
In 1986 Tass was the second female director, after Gillian Armstrong in 1979, to win the AFI Award for Best Director (for ''Malcolm'').<ref>{{cite journal | title=Some Significant Women in Australian Film – A Celebration and a Cautionary Tale | website=Senses of Cinema |first=Jan |last= Chapman|date= October 2002| issue= 21/22: Australian Women | url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/australian-women/chapman/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, ''Pure Luck'' was voted no. 2 in IGN's "Top 10 Buddy Cop Movies of All Time".<ref name=pureluck>{{cite web | title=Top 10 Buddy Cop Movies of All Time | website=IGN | date=11 June 2024 | url=https://www.ign.com/videos/top-10-buddy-cop-movies-of-all-time | access-date=4 January 2025| archive-date= 27 June 2024| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240627152019/https://www.ign.com/videos/top-10-buddy-cop-movies-of-all-time| url-status=live}}</ref>
===Personal awards=== She has also been honoured with several personal awards, including: * Film Victoria Screen Leader Award for Outstanding Leadership, Achievement and Service to the Screen Industry (2014)<ref>{{cite web | title=Nadia Tass: Victorian Screen Leader | website=ScreenHub Australia | date=3 October 2014 | url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/company-announcements/nadia-tass-victorian-screen-leader-246083-1414109/ | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=mkm>{{cite web | title=Nadia Tass | website=MKM | url=https://www.mollisonkeightley.com/nadia-tass | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref> * Byron Kennedy Award, with David Parker, "for their fiercely independent approach to filmmaking" (1986)<ref>{{cite web |title= Byron Kennedy Awards (List of winners from 1984 to 2016)|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/aacta-org/PDFs/2017/Byron-Kennedy-Award-Winners-1984-2016.pdf |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=mkm/> * Australian Hellenic Award for Excellence (1987)<ref name=mkm/> * Hellenic Award for the Arts (1999)<ref name=mkm/>
===Retrospectives=== Tass has had the breadth of her film work presented internationally as retrospective events, including: * American Cinematheque in Los Angeles<ref name=team/> (2012),<ref name=16thstreet/> which travelled across the US<ref name=mkm/> * New Delhi, India (1997)<ref name=mkm/> * Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa (1994)<ref name=mkm/> * Moscow Film Festival, Russia (1990)<ref name=mkm/> * Hawaii International Film Festival<ref name=mkm/>
==Filmography (as director) == ===Feature films=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Malcolm'' (1986) * ''Rikky and Pete'' (1988) * ''The Big Steal'' (1990) * ''Pure Luck'' (1991) * ''Stark'' (1993) (feature cut) * ''Mr. Reliable'' (1996) * ''Amy'' (1997) * ''Samantha: An American Girl Holiday'' (2004) * ''Felicity: An American Girl Adventure'' (2005) * ''Matching Jack'' (2010) * ''Fatal Honeymoon'' (2012) * ''Lea to the Rescue'' (2016) * ''Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story'' (2021) {{div col end}}
===Films for television=== * ''The Miracle Worker'' (2000) * ''Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story'' (2001) * ''Undercover Christmas'' (2003) * ''Custody'' (2007)
=== Others=== * ''Stark'' (TV miniseries 1993) *''Isolation Restaurant'' (short film, 2020)
==Theatre== Theatrical productions directed by Tass include: * ''This Effing Lady'' by Maureen Sherlock (2021) AKA, Brunswick Ballroom<ref>{{cite web |title= This Effing Lady, Starring Amanda Muggleton |url=https://www.akaaustralia.com.au/this-effing-lady-page.html |website=www.akaaustralia.com.au |publisher=Andrew Kay and Associates}}</ref> * ''Wicked Sisters'' by Alma De Groen (2020) Griffin Theatre Company<ref>{{cite web |title=Wicked Sisters |url=https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/wicked-sisters/ |website=Griffin Theatre Company |language=en-AU}}</ref> * ''Fern Hill'' by Michael Tucker for New Jersey Rep (2018 & 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fern Hill – August 9 – September 9, 2018 |url=http://www.njrep.org/plays/fernhill.htm |website=www.njrep.org |publisher=New Jersey Repertory Company: Year-Round Professional Theater on the Jersey Shore |date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fern Hill |url=https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/fern-hill |website=59e59.org}}</ref> * ''Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'' by Heather McDonald (2019) Signature Theatre<ref>{{cite web |title=Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity |url=https://www.sigtheatre.org/events/2018-19/masterpieces-of-the-oral-and-intangible-heritage-of-humanity/ |website=Signature Theatre}}</ref> * ''Ear To The Edge Of Time'' by Alana Valentine (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ear to the Edge of Time |url=https://www.sportforjove.com.au/productionarchive/ear-to-the-edge-of-time-(2018) |website=Sport for Jove Theatre Co. |language=en |date=2018}}</ref> * ''Sex and Other Disturbances'' by Marisa Smith (2018) Portland Stage Company<ref name=portland>{{cite web |title=Sex and Other Disturbances by Marisa Smith |url=https://www.portlandstage.org/show/sex-and-other-disturbances/ |website=Portland Stage |date=2018}}</ref> * ''Sorting Out Rachel'' by David Williamson (2018) Ensemble Theatre, Sydney<ref name=rachel>{{cite web |title=David Williamson's "Sorting Out Rachel" |url=https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/david-williamsons-sorting-rachel/ |website=Ensemble Theatre |date=2018}}</ref> * ''Uncle Vanya'' by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Annie Baker (2016) Red Stitch Actors Theatre<ref name=uv>{{cite web |title="Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekov|url=https://www.redstitch.net/uncle-vanya |website=Red Stitch Actors' Theatre |date=2016 |quote=Directed by Nadia Tass; a new translation by Annie Baker}}</ref> * ''e-baby'' by Jane Cafarella (2016) Ensemble Theatre<ref>{{cite web |title=e-baby |url=https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/e-baby/ |website=Ensemble Theatre |date=2016}}</ref> * ''Disgraced'' by Ayad Akhtar (2016) Melbourne Theatre Company<ref>{{cite press release |author1=((Melbourne Theatre Company)) |title="Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar at MTC |url=https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/about-us/media/media-releases/disgraced/ |work=www.mtc.com.au |date=28 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Extinction'' by Hannie Rayson (2016) GPAC, Red Stitch Actors Theatre<ref name=extinct>[https://www.redstitch.net/extinction ''Extinction''], Red Stitch</ref> * ''The Book Club'' by Roger Hall (2016) AKA, Melbourne & London productions<ref name=aka>[https://www.akaaustralia.com.au/BookClubPage.html ''The Book Club''], AKA</ref> * ''The Flick'' by Annie Baker (2014) Red Stitch Actors Theatre<ref>[https://www.redstitch.net/the-flick ''The Flick''], Red Stitch</ref> * ''The Other Place'' by Sharr White (2013) Melbourne Theatre Company<ref>[https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/production-archive/2010-2014/2013-mainstage/the-other-place/ ''The Other Place''], MTC</ref> * ''Promises, Promises'' by Neil Simon (2012) The Production Company<ref>[https://www.theproductioncompany.com.au/promises-promises-2012/ ''Promises, Promises''], The Production Company</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0850958|name=Nadia Tass}} * [https://www.cascadefilms.com.au/team Nadia Tass] at Cascade Films
{{Nadia Tass}} {{AACTA Award Best Direction 1980–1999}} {{Byron Kennedy Award}}
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