About Natalie Menna

Natalie Menna is an award-winning playwright and actress and a native New Yorker. Recent lead roles include Mme. Weissburger in Stephan Morrow's The Coming Storm, Vivien Leigh in Austin Pendleton's Orson's Shadow, Roberta in her full-length Hiroshi Me-Me-Me, Tekla in Creditors 2023, Hedda in Strindberg Rep's Hedda Gabler, and Alice in Dance of Death parts 1 & 2. She previously played leads as Elise in The Pelican and Laura in The Father at Theater for the New City.

Her plays have appeared at and been produced by the 14th Street Y, Ego Actus, the Gene Frankel Theatre, United Solo, PCTF, MITF and Nylon Fusion among others. Her short film Timber was selected for the Oberon Theatre Company Film Series finale 2021.

Select previous awards include the Nettie Award for Best Solo Show for her play I-POD in the Network One-Act Festival, and Best Actress for I-POD in MITF. Hiroshi Me-Me-Me was a finalist in both the Strawberry Festival and The Network One-Act Festival, with two nominations for Best Actress and winner for Best Supporting Actress. Her plays Roberta, I-POD, and Zen A.M. were published by indietheaternow.com. Attended playwriting workshops with Nicky Silver at the Vineyard Theatre, Casey Childs, Andrew Leynse and David Caudle at Primary Stages.