Nicolas Shannon (they/them) is a queer-trans multidisciplinary artist-scholar, educator, solo performer, and podcast producer. They earned their PhD from The Ohio State University in 2021, where they studied applied theatre and queer and feminist theory, history, and performance practice. Currently, they are a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities in Leadership Learning Series at Case Western Reserve University. As an educator and director, Nicolas Shannon aims to cultivate spaces and pedagogies that prioritize equity, accessibility, and accountability and that draw upon the lived experience and cultural wealth every participant brings into the rehearsal room.