Nathaniel Claridad

Nathaniel P. Claridad is a Helen Hayes nominated director based in New York City. Selected directing credits include: Ragtime (Broadway, Assistant Director); Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood (Imagination Stage, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding TYA Production & 7 additional nominations including Outstanding Director); Buyer & Cellar, A Class Act, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (9 New Hampshire Theatre Alliance Nominations including Outstanding Play) (Weathervane Theatre); ‘Til Sunday (Southern Rep.); You Can’t Take It With You (PlayMakers Repertory Company); staged reading of “8” by Dustin Lance Black (Raleigh Little Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company and the Department of Dramatic Art, UNC-Chapel Hill); Film work includes 11 Blocks To Go: The Bet (IndieFEST Award of Merit for LGBTQ+ Filmmaker), Shakespeare in Quarantine (Winner of the 2020 Katonah Classic Stage Film Festival); also work with TheatreWorksUSA, a Drama League Resident in 2019 & 2016, guest director at UNC-Chapel Hill, The University of Maryland-College Park, NYU, & Marymount Manhattan; 2024/2025 Drama League/City Center Musical Theatre Assistantship (Ragtime, Urinetown, Love Life, Wonderful Town). As an actor he has appeared in Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History... (St. Ann’s Warehouse), numerous regional and international credits from the Kennedy Center to the Sydney Opera House. TV: New Amsterdam, Harlem MFA: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Upcoming: Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Much Ado About Nothing at Weathervane Theatre.