Department
Department of Human Communication and Theatre
Phone
+1 (210) 9998873
Email Address
nstith@trinity.edu
Location
Ruth Taylor Fine Arts Center
Room
304

Nathan Stith earned a Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Colorado Boulder and is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Theatre at Trinity University.  He teaches courses in acting, voice & speech, musical theatre performance, and musical theatre history.  At Trinity he has directed productions of Cabaret, The Thanksgiving Play, Into the Woods, Company, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, among others.  As an actor, Nathan has performed at regional theatres across the country as well as Broadway national tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and Romeo and Juliet.  Nathan spent several years playing Bobby on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live.  Nathan was the Artistic Director of Oldcastle Theatre Company, a professional theatre company in Bennington, Vermont.  At Oldcastle, Nathan has directed productions of 39 Steps, Visiting Mr. Green, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Souvenir, among others.  

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder

Selected Publications

  • Stith, Nathan, Gastón-Panthaki, Morris, Rachel. “The Theatre Industry’s Essential Workers: 
    Catalysts for Change.” Theatre Topics. Vol. 31. No. 2. (July 2021). Johns Hopkins 
    University Press.
  • Stith, Nathan. “Interrogating the Musicals We Love: An Argument for Critical Thought.”
    Musical Theatre Educators Alliance Journal Vol. 3. (2020).  MTEA.
  • Stith, Nathan. “Using Improvisation to Identify Tactics.”  Objectives, Obstacles and Tactics in
    Practice:Perspectives on Activating the Actor. Valerie Clayman Pye and Hilary Bucs,
    eds.  Routledge, 2019.
  • Stith, Nathan. “Digital Technology, Social Media, and Casting for the Musical Theatre Stage.”
    iBroadway: Musical Theatre in the Digital Age. Jessica Hillman-McCord, ed. Pallgrave Macmillan, 2017.  
  • Stith, Nathan.  “The Performative Nature of Filmed Reproductions of Live Performance.” 
    Theatre Symposium 19.1 (2011).  University of Alabama Press.


 

Subjects Taught

  • Acting
  • Musical Theatre History and Performance
  • Voice and Speech

Community Service & Involvement

  • San Antonio Food Bank, Volunteer
  • Animeals - San Antonio Meals on Wheels, Volunteer

Teaching and Expertise

  • Professional Theatre
  • Commercial Theatre
  • Theatre Training and Pedagogy

Honors & Awards

  • 2021 San Antonio Theatre Coalition Award for Best Direction of a Musical: Company by 
    Stephen Sondheim performed at Trinity University
  • 2019 San Antonio Theatre Coalition Award for Best Direction of a College Play: You on the
    Moors Now by Jaclyn Backhaus performed at Trinity University.
  • John Rogers Junior Faculty Fellowship: Trinity University, Summer Fellowship for Creative Activity.