Nathan Joe is a Chinese-Kiwi playwright who often deals with issues of racial or sexual identity through a postmodern lens.
He is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School (2011) with a Bachelor in Broadcasting Communications (Digital Film and Television Production).
He won the Playmarket b4 25 award in 2015 for Hippolytus Veiled: Or, Eros Beware! and 2016 for Like Sex which had been commissioned by Young & Hungry Arts Trust. He was shortlisted for the Adam New Zealand Play Award for Who is Sada Abe? in 2015. He was also awarded the Auckland Live! "Free Your Mind" Development Award in the Auckland Fringe 2019 for I Am Rachel Chu.
As a critic, he is a regular contributor to TheatreScenes and was previously the theatre editor at The Lumière Reader.
As a dramaturge, he has worked with the likes of Legacy Project, Auckland Theatre Company (Here & Now), Proudly Asian Theatre (Fresh off the Page), Black Creatives Aotearoa, and the Ōtepoti Theatre Lab.
Nathan was awarded the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award in 2021.
In 2022, his play Scenes from a Yellow Peril had its world premiere at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. In 2023, his play Losing Face had its world premiere at Q Theatre. His play & Other Personal Essays was shortlisted for the Adam New Zealand Play Award in 2025.