Nathan Lamp

Nathan J. Lamp is a theatre director, dramaturg, and writer currently serving as the Assistant Chair for the Public Affairs Residential College at Northwestern University.1 He hails from Toledo, Ohio, and has an academic background that includes a B.S. in Performance Studies & Biological Anthropology from Northwestern University and an M.A. in Theatre & Performance Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.1

Lamp's research interests are diverse and include areas such as popular music as performance, sound studies, media studies, musical theatre, 20th-century and contemporary American theatre, dance and performance, applied theatre practices, dramaturgy, Jewish studies, gender & sexuality studies, feminist performance theory, queer theory, trans studies, and disability studies.1 His professional experience spans various organizations including St. Louis Actors’ Studio, Union Avenue Opera, First Run Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and Broadway in Chicago.1