Nile Harris

Visiting Assistant Arts Professor

nh2254@nyu.edu

721 Broadway

Nile Harris is a performer and director of live art. He is the director of his NY-based theater company Social Security. His work was recently featured in the 2026 Whitney Biennial and has been presented in venues including Abrons Arts Center & Walker Art Center (this house is not a home), The Shed (Minor b), Performance Space New York (Strategic Consultant), and The Public Theater (Testify [the worst is yet to come]). He is a Company Associate with the Wooster Group and the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City, Queens.

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Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television

Institute of Performing Arts

Institute of Emerging Media

Institute of Critical Studies in the Arts

Nile Harris

Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television

Institute of Performing Arts

Institute of Emerging Media

Institute of Critical Studies in the Arts

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