Selected Works
Before the Sword
World Premiere by Andrew Alty
Dir. Ed Decker, New Conservatory Theater Center
Playing T. H. White
“Extraordinary performances are delivered by KuveNiemann as the odd author and NCTC newcomer Henry Halkyard as the deeply distressed Freddie. White is a father figure Freddie desperately needs and their relationship blooms beautifully under his tutelage.” - Steve Murray, Broadway World
“Lushly bearded KuveNeimann creates a smart, skittish, and quirky bohemian writer, with a deep but fleeting connection to the boy… a charming story that’s guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye. True stage magic.” - Barry David Horowitz, Theatrius
Sweat
by Lynn Nottage
Dir. Elizabeth Carter, Center Repertory Company
Playing Jason
“Adam KuveNiemann is a volatile bundle of hostile energy as Jason, his face covered with neo-Nazi prison tattoos… It packs a truly devastating wallop.” - Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News
“Director Carter ratchets up the anger and anxiety as lives are destroyed leading to a violent confrontation that sends the boys to prison.” - Steve Murray, Broadway World
A Christmas Carol
Adapted by Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh
Dir. Peter J. Kuo, American Conservatory Theater
Playing Young Scrooge
“The best Christmas Carol ever… a guaranteed good time.” - KCBS Radio
Exit Strategy
by Ike Holter
Dir. Josh Costello, Aurora Theater Company
Playing Ricky Hubble
“The real breakout performance here is Niemann’s… Niemann can talk about a Subway foot-long sandwich as if it’s an IV drip and he’s a human vegetable sucking at it for a last chance at life… Niemann must perform paroxysm after paroxysm, and he mines orchestral range from the action as if it’s an instrument; no two fits are alike.” - Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle
“Played with compellingly comic manic energy by Adam Niemann, vice principal Ricky is anxious and awkward, weak-willed and desperate to please in a way that’s terribly off-putting to everybody around him.” - Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News
“As the ever-equivocating Ricky, Adam Niemann is a man possessed. He inhabits Ricky’s emotions from the base of his spine to the impassioned spittle that flies out of his enraged mouth. At [one] point, Niemann wasn’t just acting. He was channeling this man’s spirit off the page and onto the stage.” - Jeffrey Edalatpour, SF Weekly
The Gentleman Caller
by Philip Dawkins
Dir. Arturo Catricala, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Playing William Inge
”Adam Niemann delivers [a monologue] in a gripping, near-monotone fashion, yet one full of deeply hidden emotion that leaves the audience (and even Tennessee) barely breathing during its telling.” - Eddie Reynolds, Theatre Eddys
“Full of facial ticks and looking to the sky to avoid intimacy and contact, Niemann is a heartbreaking creature dying for comfort.” - Steve Murray, Broadway World
Big: The Musical
Music by David Shire, Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., Book by John Weidman
Dir. Ryan Weible, Berkeley Playhouse
Playing Grown-Up Josh Baskin
“The movie is remembered primarily for the charming performance of Tom Hanks as the naïve boy in a man’s body, and similarly Adam Niemann is sweetly funny as the ever-bewildered Josh.” - Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News