EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Mari Nakachi is co-founder and partner of Lakeville Productions, a company specializing in creating engaging non-fiction and narrative projects for both U.S. and international audiences. With over 20 years of experience producing successful stage productions and visual media in New York and Japan, Nakachi has a strong background in cross-cultural content creation. Her work in visual media includes co-directing and producing a documentary for Asahi TV and translating the poignant Japanese children's book Every Year When August Comes into English, which subsequently reached Danish and Swedish audiences, underscoring the power of storytelling to transcend cultural boundaries. Previously, as a partner at Carrmaquest Productions, Nakachi produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Dinner with Friends.” Her extensive theatrical productions have garnered numerous accolades, including a Tony Award® nomination, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Dramatist Guild Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, and a Drama Desk Award nomination. Nakachi has also contributed her expertise as a panelist for the “Made in NY: Behind the Scenes” Industry Series event at the Apollo Theatre, presented by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and The Broadway League. 

A former corporate attorney, she is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia School of Law. Her commitment to the arts began early with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and continues through her service on the boards of the Second Stage Theater, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation, and Harvard College.