"Esther" in
Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel, Shakespeare & Co, 2017
Directed by Daniela Varon

"Best Performance In A Play 2017" ––– The Wall Street Journal.

How glorious on the heels of playing "Esther" to step into the shoes of
The Last Wife of Henry VIII, "Kate Parr," in Kate Hennig's contemporary reimagining, Directed by Kelly Galvin at  WAM THEATRE (FALL 2017.)

Nehassaiu Wins Inaugural 2016 Berkshire Theatre Award
For Outstanding Supporting Actor (Female)

photo credit: Ava Lindenmaier

"Nehassaiu deGannes excels..."  The Boston Globe
"guffaw-worthy" Albany Times Union
"If there is an audacious, unbridled, go-for-broke, Puckish spirit in this production it resides in the diminutive, thoroughly captivating deGannes" The Berkshire Eagle
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OR, by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Alice Reagan, featuring Tod Randolph with Allyn Burrows & Nehassaiu deGannes
ran at Shakespeare & Co's Tina Packer Playhouse July 23 - Sept 4, 2016
Nehassaiu played "Nell Gwynne," "Maria" & "Lady Davenant."

Past highlights

In 2013, Nehassaiu debuted at The Stratford Festival in Canada, playing "Lady Capulet" in Romeo & Juliet, directed by Tim Carroll, whose Broadway productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III  garnered him a 2014 Tony Nomination! Nehassaiu also played "Anne of Austria, Queen of France" in The Three Musketeers, directed by Miles Potter, and appeared in Antoni Cimolino's production of The Merchant of Venice. 

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EQUUS.. and... A SONG FOR MY FATHER

Nehassaiu brings compassion and sensitivity to her portrayal of "The Nurse" in Sir Peter Shaffer's award-winning play, EQUUS, directed by Tony Walton and starring Alec Baldwin and Sam Underwood. Then at Oldcastle Theatre, where Melissa Leo has starred in recent years, Nehassaiu creates "Nurse Betty," in the Equity premiere of poet-playwright David Budbill's moving new play, A SONG FOR MY FATHER.