NATALIE BATTISTONE
Resident Artist/Creative Director of Marketing
Natalie holds an MFA in Acting from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard (2015. ) Prior to graduate study Natalie received her BA in Classics/Theatre from the University of Vermont, had a residency at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2011, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Ruotalibera Teatro in Rome both in 2012. She works professionally as an actor but also directs and teaches (Shakespeare, Audition-Prep and Acting). Some career highlights have been working with playwright Eve Ensler on the 2014 World Premiere of "O.P.C." at the American Repertory Theater and playwright Paula Vogel on a 2012 production of "HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE." Natalie currently works as a creative director for The Spot and runs the company's marketing/social media platforms. Her favorite Spot production was "HAND TO
GOD" which she directed in August 2016.
SPOT SHOWS
Props Master FUN HOME '20
Costume Designer AMERICAN HERO '19
Script Adaptation + Dramaturgy JULIUS CAESAR '19
Movement PIPPIN '19
Director + Set + Props + Costume Design THE REVOLUTIONISTS '19
Special Effects + Props Master A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE '18
Eurydice EURYDICE'18
Script Adaptation ACROSS THE UNIVERSE '18
Dialect Coach + Props Master + Co-Set Designer FLOYD COLLINS '18
Nora + Special Effects DIDO OF IDAHO '17
Banquo + Director et. al MACBETH '17
Dialect Coach THE PILLOWMAN '17
Pace Creagan THE TRESTLE AT POPELICK CREEK '17
Jessica + Director HAND TO GOD '16
Angel/Emily/Ella/Vagabond + Costume Designer ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES '16
Vanda Jordan VENUS IN FUR '15
Columbia THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW LIVE '15, '16
Stage Manager/Asst. Director THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE '15