About Natalie Menna

Natalie Menna is an award-winning playwright and actress. A native New Yorker, she most recently starred as Tekla in Creditors 2023, as Hedda in Strindberg Rep's Hedda Gabler, and as 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. Natalie's play Committed will be produced at TNC in January 2024. 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. Her play Zen A.M. was performed at TNC June 2019 to great reviews; her Occasionally Nothing was performed at TNC's Dream Up Festival in August/September 2018 and returned to the Cino in May 2022. Crystal Field proclaimed, "it reminds me of Pinter and Beckett; gives you a lot to think about". Her tryptic (Hiroshi - Me, Me, Me; Pause; and Montana) ran at the Gene Frankel Theatre November/December 2018. She was nominated for Outstanding Overall Production of a Revival/Adaptation/Sequel for her full-length play Occasionally Nothing in PCTF 2017. Resident playwright at Strindberg Rep, she adapted Journey in Light and Shadow by Stig Dalager in February 2017 at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Natalie was awarded Outstanding Playwriting of a One-Act and Outstanding Overall Production of a One-Act for the one-act version of Occasionally Nothing in PCTF 2016. Committed received Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading and Best Actor at PCTF 2015. Her solo show Roberta! was featured in United Solo Theatre Festival, Theatre Row, in November 2014 and for an Encore Presentation in September 2016.

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. 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.

A club kid at heart.