Nathan Alan Davis

Nathan Alan Davis
Nathan Alan Davis is a playwright from Rockford, IL, now based in New York. His plays include Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea and The Wind and the Breeze. His work has been produced and developed by New York Theatre Workshop, McCarter Theatre, The Public Theater, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cygnet Theatre, The Lark, NNPN, The New Harmony Project, and Sundance. Awards include: Whiting Award in Drama, Stavis Playwright Award, Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation, Blue Ink Award and Lorraine Hansberry Award. Nathan is a Lecturer in Theater at Princeton University, a Usual Suspect at NYTW, and a 2016 graduate of Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. MFA: Indiana University. BFA: University of Illinois.Perform Nathan Alan Davis
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Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea
Nathan Alan Davis
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Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 3m
Blending poetry, humour, wordplay and ritual, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea is a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history’s wrongs.
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Early's House
Nathan Alan Davis
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Early's House
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m
Deep in the Illinois woods, Early has survived a winter with her infant son. When Crazy Eddie arrives with a truck full of food, a solo survival mindset turns to one of thriving together as a family. Part three of The Refuge Plays trilogy.
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Eternal Life Part 1
Nathan Alan Davis
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Eternal Life Part 1
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
A family in the near future tries to live well (and forever?) amidst space travel, an ancient goose and a mysterious man peddling an immortality elixir.
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Nat Turner in Jerusalem
Nathan Alan Davis
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Nat Turner in Jerusalem
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2m
Nathan Alan Davis' timely new play imagines Nat Turner’s final night in a jail cell in Jerusalem, Virginia, as he is revisited by attorney and publisher Thomas R. Gray and they reckon with what has passed, and what the dawn will bring.
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Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea
Nathan Alan Davis
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyDontrell, Who Kissed the Sea
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 3m
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Nat Turner in Jerusalem
Nathan Alan Davis
Full-Length Play, DramaNat Turner in Jerusalem
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2m