FORMAL EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Design, Informal & Creative Education
American Conservatory Theater (ACT), San Francisco, CA
M.F.A. in Acting & Directing
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
B.A. in German & Comparative Literature (concentration in Performance Studies)
Select DIRECTING & Producing Credits
PROFESSIONAL & UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE-PREP
Argonautika
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Secret Garden (w/ CalArts MFA Video Performance artist)
Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses
Boeing-Boeing
Little Women, The Musical
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (w/ Jim Henson’s Muppet Company artist)
The Servant of Two Masters (w/ Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre artist)
The Mystery of Irma Vep (assist dir. to Henry Wishcamper, Old Globe Theatre)
Children of a Lesser God (w/ Deaf West Theatre artist)
MacBeth
The Taming of the Shrew
Guys and Dolls
Medea
Romeo and Juliet
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jane Eyre, The Musical
Much Ado About Nothing
Blithe Spirit
Almost, Maine
The Dining Room
Joyce Carol Oates’s The Orange
Les Miserables
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman
Acting Coach: Jekyll and Hyde, The Musical and The Tempest
Assistant Director: Big, The Musical; State Fair; Chess; A Chorus Line; Evita (bilingual production)
Artistic Manager: Phantom, Side Show, Barnum, Dames at Sea, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I
Directing & Producing Awards and Nominations
Best Musical Nomination, The Secret Garden, for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
“Spirit of the MACY Award” for The Secret Garden (Director)
Best Play Nomination, Argonautika for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Play Nomination, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Play, The Servant of Two Masters for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Musical Nomination, Jane Eyre, The Musical for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Play Nomination, Blithe Spirit for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
Best Play, Children of a Lesser God for the Orange County Register/CAPPIES
MACY Award for “Bringing Literature to Life” (Director, Jane Eyre, The Musical)
Select NEW & ORIGINAL WORKS: PROFESSIONAL & UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE-PREP
The “Women of Williams County” (selected by the American College Theater Festival & NY Fringe Festival)
Save Me From Myself (presented at the USC School of Theater & professional LA-production run at Skylight Theatre Company)
Mousey & Biggs: Dream Guardians Super Adventure Team (animated television pilot)
PRIVICATE, The Musical (full-length independent senior project)
2008-2017 Studio Plays & Short Films* (50+ New & Original Plays and Films, including an *Los Angeles Independent Film Festival” Best Filmmaker Award)
Rockstars! 2008-2017 “Building a Character” Performances
2008-2015 24-Hour Playwriting Festival (50+ New & Original Plays)
Our Tree, The Musical (Theater As Digital Activity, assist dir.)
Children’s Theater (K-12)
Anne of Green Gables
Wiley and the Hairy Man
Charlotte’s Web
Stuart Little
Doors (by Susan Zeder)
The Orphan Train (by Aurand Harris)
The Fisherman and His Wife
The Socks that Stuck
Jack Prelutsky Poetry Project
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Bugsy Malone
Heidi
INNOVATION STAGE: Literary Adaptations
Theater with/by/for youth
The Little Prince
Where the Wild Things Are
Shakespearian Mac-let/Ham-beth
The Snow Queen
Bear Snores On
The Great Kapok Tree
Dead Funny
The Sleepover
The Subway Stories
The Realistic Tempest
The Nightingale
Snow White and Red Rose
Heckedy Peg
Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Grandmother Spider Steals the Sun
The Selfish Crocodile
Mrs. Gumpy’s Outing
The Little Miss Adventures
Select Professional/Equity ACTING Credits
NATHAN THOMAS WHEELER
Height: 5’8” Hair: Blonde
Weight: 165 AEA Eyes: Blue
Theater
South Coast Repertory, CA
Peter Barinksy in BRAND NEW KID (dir. Shelley Butler)*
The Civilians w/ the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, NYC
Leading Man in THE MAN PROJECT (dir. Steve Cosson)*
Westport Country Playhouse, CT
David Copperfield in DAVID COPPERFIELD (dir. Joanne Woodward, Academy-Award winner)*
Berkeley Repertory Theater, CA
Mus in CODE BLUE (dir. Barbara Damashek, three-time Tony Award-nominated director, composer & lyricist)
Off- and Off-Off Broadway Theater, NYC
The Novelest in Adam Rapp’s THE MISTRAL (dir.) Martin Daraz
Daniel in STIRRING (dir. Shoshona Currier, also at the NYC/Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland)
Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY
Announcer in SWINGTIME CANTEEN (dir. Jon Jory)
American Musical Theater of San Jose, CA
Tom Sawyer in BIG RIVER (dir. Michael Tapley)
The SF Chronicle: “His scenes with the boyish Tom Sawyer (the excellent Nathan Wheeler) are choice.”
New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco, CA
Jaime in BEAUTIFUL THING (dir. Ed Decker)
Recipient of the Bay Area Theater Critics’ Circle Award for Outstanding Male Actor, Drama
American Conservatory Theater (ACT), San Francisco, CA
Prince Lakshmana in THE RAMAYANA (dir. Ruben Polendo)
Frosby in SERIOUS MONEY (dir. Jonathon Moscone)
Peter Cratchit in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (dir. Craig Slaight)
Page in DON CARLOS (dir. Carey Perloff)*
Captain in TWELFTH NIGHT (dir. Raye Birk)
Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT (dir. Giles Havergil)
Truffaldino in THE KING STAG (dir. Sheldon Deckelbaum)
Master of Ceremonies in PUTTING IT TOGETHER (dir. Diana Shuster)
Orin in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (dir. Marco Baricelli)
Vassily in FATHERS AND SONS (dir. Kevin Jackson)
White Dwarf in DESCRIPTIONS BEGGARD (dir. Mac Wellman)*
College Light Opera Company, Falmouth, MA
Will Parker in OKLAHOMA! (dir. John R. Lucas)
Pish-Tush in THE MIKADO (dir. Michael Scarola)
Mordred in CAMELOT (dir. Michael Scarola)
Speedy Valenti in WONDERFUL TOWN (dir. Dan Knechtges, two-time Tony Award-nominated director & choreographer)
Hercules in THE SORCERER (F. Paul Driscoll)
Harry the Horse in GUYS AND DOLLS (dir. Dan Knechtges)
Chorus in THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN (dir. F. Paul Driscoll)
Chorus in ROSE-MARIE (dir. John R. Lucas)
* = professionally staged reading/workshop
TRAINING
Acting: Chris Fields, Caymichael Patten, Melissa Smith, Jon Jory, Carey Perloff, Dennis Krausnick, Gregory Wallace, Zan Sawyer-Dailey, Marco Baricelli, Olympia Dukakis, Mary Zimmerman
Voice/Singing: Jeffrey Crockett, Nancy Benjamin, Deborah Sussel, Peter Maleitzke
Master Classes: Johanna Merlin (Audition), Ellen Novak (On-Camera), Robin Phillips (Shakespeare)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Singing (Tenor/High Baritone + Belt), SATB Sight Reading (intermediate), Piano (intermediate), Guitar (intermediate), Saxophone (beginner), Fluent German, Advanced Proficiency Spanish, Dialects/IPA (British, Cockney, Irish, Southern and Minnesotan!), 200-Hr Certified Yoga Instructor