Nicholas Cocchetto is an actor and writer living in New York City. Originally from Arkport, New York he graduated from Niagara University with his B.F.A. in Drama and later attended Stella Adler Studios in New York City. In 2011 he was selected as an alternate for the apprentice company at Actors Theatre of Louisville and ultimately spent a season with Peterborough Players appearing as “Barnardine” in Measure for Measure receiving a New Hampshire Theatre Award for Best Production of a Drama/Comedy.

His interest in writing lead him to the Einhorn School of Performing Arts at Primary Stages. There he studied under various instructors including Daniel Goldstein, Randy Graff, and Judy Gold and he was named a 2013-2014 Rockwell Scholar. As a writer his play Miriam in Honey has been read and workshopped at Primary Stages, The Lark (dir. TJ Weaver; asst. dir. Eclipsed on Broadway) as well as The PlayGround Experiment, a new theater collaborative where he continues to develop his second play Howlers.

Nick was most recently seen as Serge in Yasmina Reza’s Art and as Gerald in Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower at Veterans Repertory Theater throughout their Summer 2022 season. As always, his work is lovingly dedicated to his amazing nieces and nephew, Sophia, Isabella, Madeline, and Francesco.