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NATHANAEL JOHNSON is a director, actor, educator, and former theatre administrator. He has directed Blithe Spirit (Texas Shakespeare Festival), The Tempest (Scott Pask, Scenic Designer), Blood Knot (Los Angeles Ovation Awards Recommendation), The Shape of Things as well as The Adding Machine, The School for Wives, Prometheus Bound, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Much Ado About Nothing, among others. He has also served as an assistant director / SDCF observer under Michael Kahn for Henry IV, Part 1 & 2 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Additionally, he has directed for the Zeitgeist International Festival, Frontera Fringe Festival ("Best of Week" award winner), Hollywood Fringe Festival and the Dramatist’s Lab. As a theatre administrator, he served as artistic director of Performance Riverside where he oversaw the artistic and fiscal operations of a nationally recognized, musical theatre company. As an actor, he has appeared on the television shows The O.C., Veronica Mars, Numb3rs, and Medium and has likewise performed at regional theatres across the nation – most notably the Yale Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, and South Coast Repertory. As an educator, he currently serves as assistant professor of practice in directing and acting at Northern Arizona University. Other teaching credits include serving on the faculty of Riverside City College, Fullerton College, AMDA, and St. Edward’s University as well as guest artist residencies at the Joffrey Ballet School, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF), PCPA Theaterfest, Willamette University, and Lamar University. He received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama, his B.F.A. (summa cum laude) from the University of Evansville, and is an RYT-200 (Registered Yoga Teacher) through the Yoga Alliance. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), Yale Alumni Schools Committee, Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), and Actors' Equity Association (AEA).
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