Nathanael Fisher is the Producing Artistic Director and cofounder of Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC). A Florida native, Nathanael received his B.A. in Theatre Studies from Palm Beach Atlantic University and later went on to receive his M.F.A. in Acting at Regent University. Immediately following undergraduate studies, his professional career was launched through the Equity Membership Candidacy Program at Jupiter Theatre. Nathanael has had the pleasure of performing on many of the stages throughout Florida, including American Stage, Eckert Theatre Co., Burt Reynolds Theatre, Angel Garden Theatre, Ballet Florida, The Mark II, Riverside Theatre, and Seaside Music Theatre and on stages across the United States. Favorite roles include Chris in All My Sons, Pete in Crazy for You, Sohovic in Damn Yankees, Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa, Rochefort in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of The Three Musketeers, and Mr. Trundle in Popcorn Falls. As a producer, he has presented two projects at the Orlando International Fringe Festival and founded the Regent Educational Theatre Tour that performed abridged Shakespeare and socially relevant plays for middle and high school students. Nathanael has directed productions of reasons to be pretty, A Christmas Carol, and Anton in Show Business at University of West Florida and adapted and directed A Christmas Carol into a three actor play called A Dickens Christmas for ECTC. Nathanael has also written several Theatre for Young Audiences plays (The Pirate Who Learns to Say Please, Pirate Pete and the Case of the Missing Fisherman, and The Adventures of Andy the Angler) as well as directed over 50 productions for ECTC. Over the course of his career, Nathanael has directed Shakespeare, children’s theatre, theatre for young audiences, and professional theatre, as well as taught theatre classes for ages 6 through adult. Nathanael lives in Santa Rosa Beach with his wife Anna, the littlest Fisher Zoe, and twin teen daughters Mia and Bella.