​Nathan Alan Davis is a playwright from Rockford, Illinois, now living in New York. He is a 2018 Whiting Award winner. His plays include Nat Turner in Jerusalem (New York Theatre Workshop; New York Magazine Critic's Pick), Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (NNPN Rolling World Premiere; Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation; Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice) and The Wind and the Breeze (Cygnet Theatre; Blue Ink Award; Lorraine Hansberry Award). His work has recently been commissioned and developed by The Public Theater, McCarter Theatre, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Lark and the New Harmony Project. Nathan is a Usual Suspect at NYTW and a Lecturer in Theater at Princeton University. He is a graduate of Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program with an MFA from Indiana University and BFA from the University of Illinois.  

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