Nordo

Mission

Nordo seeks to push the boundaries of theatrical storytelling by seamlessly integrating culinary, performing, and visual arts. Our primary artistic program is Café Nordo-a fusion of theater and food. Our events feature excellent service, well-crafted foods from local and sustainable sources, and an immersive narrative performance that ties the story behind the food we eat with the activity of eating together.

Description

Since 2009 Nordo has been redefining dinner theater by creating immersive theatrical culinary events. By March of 2020 Nordo was developing and producing up to seven original shows a year, plays that integrated the theatrical service of innovative, locally sourced cuisine. Racking up multiple Seattle Times Footlight Awards for Excellence in Theater as well as Seattle Weekly's Best Chef in Seattle 2018 for their Chef and Co-Artistic Director Erin Brindley, Nordo had expanded from an itinerant fringe theater to a Seattle institution located in historic Pioneer Square with year-round theater and kitchen for their full productions and a cabaret space that hosted Seattle jazz luminaries, experimental readings, opera, etc.

Covid-19 forced a pivot, and Nordo has been experimenting with different forms of integrating food and storytelling, from Chef Brindley's virtual live cooking classes, to a wine delivery service, to finally creating an at-home theatrical experience called Nordo's Room Service. Nordo debuted their first Room Service Experience, Do Not Disturb, in October of 2020, delivering a ghost story told in cocktails, cakes, artifacts, ephemera, music, puzzles, and filmettes to the Seattle area along with signature dishes. In February 2021 Nordo launched the national shipping of these boxes, and in April 2021 debuted The Witching Hour, the first box designed specifically national shipping in mind.