Nathan Leigh

Nathan Leigh is the co-artistic director of cirqueSaw and the inventor of the Familect programming language. As a composer for film, theatre, and new media, Nathan has collaborated on hundreds of projects including Implied Monsters, Wrinkles and Sprinkles, The Pixie Stick Incident, and The Manic Monologues. On stage, his work has appeared at theatres including Commonwealth Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III), Center Rep (Froggy), Arena Stages (The High Ground), The Huntington Theatre (Skeleton Crew), Boundless Theatre (How To Melt Ice, Fur, Mud, Conduct of Life, Prospect), Barrington Stage (Anna In The Tropics, Waiting for Godot) and many more. With Kyle Jarrow, Nathan co-created the musicals Big Money and The Consequences. With Jason Slavick and the Liars and Believers ensemble, Nathan Leigh composed scores for Song of Songs, Icarus, and A Story Beyond. In 2020, Nathan founded cirqueSaw with partner Nicole Orabona to produce work at the intersection of live performance, film, and games. Together, they created the award-winning interactive pieces labRats, Void Main, and POV: You Are An AI Achieving Consciousness (Young-Howze Awards Immersive Production of the Year 2023, No Proscenium Special Editor's Award 2024).