Natasha Cole

  • PhD Student

Natasha Cole (she/her) is a theater deviser, dramaturg, educator, and scholar from southern Rhode Island. She is currently a graduate student in Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research explores the intersections of devised theater, disability studies, and queer and feminist studies. Her creative practice is movement-based devising in collaboration with OUT LOUD Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island.

Natasha has shared her collaborative work with OUT LOUD at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and her scholarship at the American Society for Theater Research and the Association for Theatre Higher Education. She received an A.M in Theater and Performance Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a BFA in Theatre Arts (Performance) from Hofstra University.

Research Interests

Devised and Immersive Theater, Disability Arts and Culture, Queer and Feminist Studies

Education & Training

  • AM, Theater and Performance Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023
  • BFA, Theater Arts (Performance), Hofstra University, 2016

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