Nathan Thomas

Nathan Thomas, Ph.D., is a Professor of Theater at Alvernia University’s College of Innovation, Discovery and Enterprise. He founded the university’s Theatre program in 2003 and serves as its program director. A professional actor and director with over 500 performances in national tours, Thomas specializes in Russian theatre history and has studied at Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theatre under Arkady Katz. He has taught at multiple institutions, including the University of Central Oklahoma and Michigan State University, and is a company member of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

• Education: Ph.D. in Theater
• Specialties: Russian Theatre History, Shakespearean Performance

Thomas is spearheading the development of three new collaborative majors at Alvernia—Creativity, Industrial Design, and Technical Theatre—in partnership with Reading’s GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. His research interests focus on interdisciplinary arts, theatrical pedagogy, and the intersection of technology with performance. As a director, he has worked with Repertory Theatre of America and mounted productions like The Tempest and The Imaginary Invalid with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

His students highlight his mentorship in foundational acting techniques and motion capture performance, though no formal awards are documented in the provided text.