About Nathan Melcher...
Nathan Melcher teaches adult performance-track improv classes and coaches youth improv performance teams at the Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater in Minneapolis, MN. He trained at the BNW (1998-2000), the ComedySportz - Twin Cities Minor Leagues (2006), and at several improv festival workshops from a variety of instructors (2000-2005). He has performed at twelve improv festivals across North America and in 2003 he co-founded The Caseous Company (2003-2005), the premiere sketch comedy troupe in Wyoming. His current production, "Match Game Minnesota," is his debut in the Minnesota Fringe Festival.
Theater Festival Apparances:
Puny Humans (duo improv) - Chicago Improv Festival (2004)
Puny Humans (duo improv) - Toronto Improv Festival (2005)
Puny Humans (duo improv) - inaugural Denver Improv Festival (2005)
DOC (solo improv) - Miami Improv Festival (2006)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - Gainesville Improv Festival (2007)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - San Francisco Improv Festival (2008, co-headliner)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - Santa Cruz Improv Festival (2008, co-headliner)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - Milwaukee Comedy Festival (2008, 2009 headliner, 2010 headliner)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - Denver Improv Festival (2008)
The Uncle Ukulele Show (solo improv) - Chicago Improv Festival (2009)
Match Game Minnesota (ensemble improv) - Minnesota Fringe Festival (2010)
The Uncle Ukulele Show has also appeared locally in HUGE Theater's "Return of the Bearded Gentlemen" (2007), Improv A Go-Go (2007-2009), and the Monday Night Comedy Show (2007-2010).
Nathan wrote feature articles for international improv resource website YESand.com, is a five-time award-winning editorial cartoonist, and is co-founder of and resident blogger for Scrawlers.com, an online writing workshop encouraging original 100-word short stories. He holds a BA in Film Studies from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato; he taught English composition, literature and creative writing at MSU and Normandale Community College. Nathan is the Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries at Excelsior United Methodist Church, is a volunteer dean of LYFE Camp, week-long UMC youth summer camps focusing on building faith and friendships, and is a second-year M.Div seminary student at United Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Kelly, live in Hopkins, MN.
