Nathan Paukstelis is an Actor, Writer, and Producer from Manhattan, Kansas creating new works in Manhattan, New York.

As the grandson of Hungarian and Lithuanian war refugees, his writing centers diverse individuals negotiating institutional adversity. In his premier play, Fatal Charades, five prisoners of war rehearse for a play in which they will be publicly executed. He recently starred in Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot, a festival-bound short film discussing America's growing indifference to the escalating crises of class, race, and cruelty. Nathan also created and acted in his original short film Return to Ithaca, working with an intimate team to bring his vision to life. He will have his New York Debut as a playwright this October with Forest Brothers a family tragedy set in the aftermath of WW2 Lithuania.

You can catch him at the Peoples Improv Theater where he writes and performs in the Musical Sketch house team, “Background Noise”.