Nicky Buggs (Director/Chorographer) again collaborates with Ms. Kilpatrick to bring her theatrical creation to life. This Co-Director of the regionally celebrated Atlanta Chiefs Cheerleaders was a dancer with the world-renowned NFL Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Nicky has also performed as a member of the NBA Dallas Mavericks Dancers, as well as served as the Captain of the Dallas Texans (Desperados) Arena Football Cheerleaders. This Manhattan, New York native is a dancer, actor, and singer. She began her dance training with DTH and ultimately received multiple scholarships with Alvin Ailey, Gus Giordano, Tremaine, LA Dance Force, and a few other revered companies. She has performed in several Super Bowls and Playoff Championship games.
As a film and television actor, Nicky’s credits include: The WB station’s One Tree Hill; a recurring role on Lifetime Channel’s Army Wives; Reed Between the Lines, starring Malcolm Jamal Warner from The Cosbys and Traci Ellis Ross from Girlfriends; and USA Channel’s Necessary Roughness. Additionally, Nicky guest starred alongside Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, and Sophie Okonedo in the film, The Secret Life of Bees, based upon the novel by Sue Monk Kidd; appeared in Fighting Temptations, starring Beyoncé, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Mike Epps; Marry Me, starring Lucy Liu; and Playing for Keeps, starring Gerard Butler. She recently completed shooting Firelight, in which she plays Melanie Johnson, the wife of Oscar winner, Cuba Gooding, Jr. National Broadway theatre tours include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat (Mrs. Potiphar/Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain); West Side Story (Anita); and Kiss Me Kate.