Nathan Woodworth
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Nathan Woodworth is a Karuk (American Indian) actor and writer. A Fulbright Scholar, he earned his MA in Classical Acting at LAMDA.
Biography

Nathan Woodworth is an award-winning actor, writer, producer, voice-artist, and comedian. In 2021, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to earn his Master of Arts in Classical Acting at the world-leading London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA), funded by the prestigious Fulbright/John Wood LAMDA Award in Classical Acting (only one such scholarship is awarded annually in the US).

He is a proud Descendant of the Karuk Tribe of California and works to bring Karuk Creation Stories to the stage through mixing them with Shakespeare plays. This has developed into his first full-length play, The Living Boy and the Girl with No Bones, which had its first staged reading in London at the MishMash Festival in April 2022.

As a screenwriter and producer of the film The Purse: A Dream in Two Acts, Nathan won a Maverick Movie Award for Best Screenplay (nominated for Best Picture), Hollywood Verge Film Award for Best Screenplay and Best Comedy Film, and the Audience Award at the Oscar-qualifying BendFilm Festival (2020).

He has appeared on TV shows and web series including The Librarians (TNT) and The Barista Times (which he co-wrote and co-produced and which is available on YouTube); and the award-winning films TuTu Grande (available on Amazon Prime) and The Purse: A Dream in Two Acts.

Nathan’s theatre credits include starring as Joe Bonham in The Actors’ Gang production of Johnny Got His Gun (directed by Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins), as well as the Volcanic Theatre Pub productions of The Dumb Waiter, Red, Brilliant Traces, and American Buffalo.

He has studied improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings, The Second City, and Upright Citizen’s Brigade since 2012; and has performed stand-up comedy since the age of 12 as an impressionist with 100 voices.

Agent Information

Rep: LA TALENT | Natalie Kollar: nkollar@latalent.com

Rep: AIA | Damon Jones: damon@actorsinaction.com (Pacific Northwest)

Unions: WGA; AEA; SAG-AFTRA

Legal to work in US and UK

Plays

by Nathan Woodworth

Two Karuk sweethearts, a boy and girl, are separated when she dies and crosses the river to the Boneless Land. Desperate for his love, the boy enlists the help of the mischievous Coyote to bring her back...but Coyote has other ideas.

Cast:
COYOTE/NARRATOR: a mischief-maker; a storyteller; LOVES fire... GIRL: a young woman, madly in love with Boy... BOY: a young man, madly in love with Girl... KING MOON: King of the Living Land... QUEEN RATTLESNAKE: Queen of the Boneless Land, scorned wife of King... SON: son of Boy and Girl... EEL WOMEN 1, 2, & 3: protectors of the River, servants of the Queen... SKUNK: a skunk... ENSEMBLE: the people who make things happen...

Successes

-The Living Boy and the Girl with No Bones (a Tale of the Karuk Tribe)

MishMash Festival, London (2022): Staged Reading

 

-The Purse: A Dream in Two Acts (2020; short film):

Winner: Best Screenplay at Maverick Movie Awards (2019)

Nominee: Best Picture at Maverick Movie Awards (2019)

Winner: Best Screenplay & Best Comedy Film at Hollywood Verge Film Awards (2020)

Winner: Audience Award at BendFilm Festival (2020)*

*BendFilm is an Oscar-qualifying film festival