08/20/2025
UCO Musical Theatre is thrilled to welcome Nathan Peck; A Broadway veteran, director, and choreographer, Nathan brings incredible experience and a passion for shaping the next generation of artists. We’re so lucky to have him join the UCOMT family! 💛💙
Nathan Peck is a director/choreographer, educator, and performer based in New York City who has been working in the entertainment industry for 30 years. As a performer, Nathan has worked in every facet of the industry: Broadway, Touring & regional theater, International tours, Cabaret, Film & Television, Theme Park, Cruise Line and Industrial.
Recently, Nathan was the associate director of La Cage Aux Folles at the Muny Theater in St. Louis and choreographed the 2025-26 production for the Wisconsin Signers show choir at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Nathan was also associate director of the off-Broadway play The White Chip at MCC Theater in NYC. Most notably, he has served as director and choreographer of Kinky Boots at North Carolina Theater, Ogunquit Playhouse (BroadwayWorld Award Best Director, Best Choreographer, Best Musical), Music Theater of
Wichita, Norwegian Cruise Line, and ACT of Connecticut (nominated for 8 Connecticut Critics
Circle awards). He directed and choreographed Disney’s Camp Rock and The SpongeBob
Musical - Youth Edition for the Ogunquit Playhouse Arts Academy. He was also director of solo shows for Joey Taranto & Kyle Taylor Parker at Joe’s Pub and 54 Below respectively in NYC. He choreographed Live from Lincoln Center: Stars in Concert featuring Annaleigh Ashford for PBS and was dance/movement consultant on the Broadway productions of YouCan’t Take It With You, Sylvia and Our Mother’s Brief Affair. Nathan’s choreography has been seen in: The Secret Garden at ACT of CT, Cabaret at Rider University, the Actors’ Fund production of Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol, Broadway Bares XXVIII for BC/EFA in NYC, and Joseph/Dreamcoat at Ridgefield Playhouse. As associate director/choreographer,
Nathan worked on Rock of Ages at TUTS in Houston and on the Helen Hayes award winning production of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, based on the book by Mo Willems, at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
As a performer, Nathan appeared in the original Broadway companies of Dance of the Vampires (Asst Dance Captain), Taboo, and La Cage Aux Folles (Tony winning Best Musical Revival & Best Choreography, Dance Captain) as well as appearing in The Boy from Oz and the long running Wicked. Nathan also served as the original and closing dance captain of the Tony award winning Best Musical Kinky Boots on Broadway.
Nathan was adjunct faculty with the Commercial Dance and Musical Theater programs at Pace
University for 6 years before coming to currently be Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma City University with a BPA in Dance Performance and received the university’s 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Ann Lacy School of American Dance & Entertainment. He teaches at intensives, dance studios, and secondary and college programs all over the country, cultivating new talent and giving back
to young people who wish to pursue the arts.
Nathan’s work and additional info can be found at nathanpeckonline.com.
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