______________________________________________________________________________ Greg Natale Greg has been a theatre professional for twenty-six years. As an actor of stage, film and television in Buffalo, New York City and Los Angeles, Greg has been a member of all three acting unions (SAG-AFTRA-AEA). In To Kill a Mockingbird, Studio Arena Theatre’s final production before closing, Greg played the role of “Bob Ewell” (The bad guy.) His most recent stage role was for Road Less Traveled Productions in its Artie Award nominated production of The Man Who Had All The Luck. Greg has also been a Producer of stage, independent film and television. Over the past thirteen years, between Los Angeles and Buffalo, Greg has predominantly directed for the theatre, and is currently an Associate Director with Irish Classical Theatre Company (Buffalo, NY) and Director in Residence for Jewish Repertory Theatre (Buffalo, NY). Greg is currently the Co-Director of the Acting Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo’s, Department of Theatre & Dance. This fall will mark Greg’s eleventh year of teaching at the University at Buffalo. He has been the instructor for Meisner Technique 1&2 as well as: Advanced Scene Study-Meisner, Advanced Scene Study-American Contemporary Theatre, Advanced Scene Study-Sam Shepard; David Mamet; John Guare, Audition Techniques, Directing 2-Directing Actors (MAH Degree Program), Improvisation, Intro to Acting 1&2, and American Theatre Performance Workshop, Acting for the Camera and Comedy. Greg has also coached individual students on monologue and scene preparation for: graduate schools, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, League of Resident Theatres, University Resident Theatre Association, Straw Hats as well as a variety of summer stock and local professional theatre auditions. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Greg has directed numerous classroom, student and department productions. In Los Angeles, Greg spent two years as the Meisner Technique Workshop instructor for the Most Excellent Theatre Company, as well as co-founding Sanctuary Films, which produced and released the independent feature film The Last Fair Deal, for which Greg was the Associate Producer. Meisner Training • 2 year Meisner Technique with Greg Zittel Independent Studios (Greenwich Village, NY) See The Actor's Guide to Qualified Acting Coaches: New York by Larry Silverberg • Meisner based Scene Study with Phil Gushee Phil Gushee Studio (New York, NY) See: “The Actor's Guide to Qualified Acting Coaches: New York”, by Larry Silverberg • Meisner based Scene Study with Wynn Handman Wynn Handman Studio (New York, NY) Founder: The American Place Theater Awards & Honors (Plays listed below were under the direction of Greg Natale) Ah! Wilderness 2009 Artie Award Nominee – Best Ensemble in a Play Awake and Sing 2009 Artie Award Nominee – Best Ensemble in a Play The Sisters Rosensweig 2007 Artie Award Winner - Best Play 2007 Artie Award Nominee – Best Director The Birthday Party 2007 Best Local Theater Production – Artvoice Best of Buffalo Good 2006 Best Locally Generated Production Runner-up – Buffalo Spree Magazine Best of WNY 2006 Artie Award Nominee - Best Play The Price 2005 Artie Award Nominee - Best Play 2005 Artie Award Nominee - Best Ensemble in a Play University at Buffalo, Division of Student Affairs 2005 Career Services Certificate of Recognition The Chosen 2004 Artie Award Nominee - Best Play University at Buffalo Honors Program 2002 and 2005– Special Request Honors Instructor Directing Credits Buffalo, NY IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY (Director in Residence) Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh Ah Wilderness by Eugene O’Neill The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter Good by C.P. Taylor Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee The 1940’s Radio Hour by Walton Jones A Child's Christmas in Wales Adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ Short Story THE JEWISH REPERTORY THEATRE (Director in Residence) Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein Good by C.P. Taylor The Price by Arthur Miller The Chosen by Chiam Potok STUDIO ARENA THEATRE (In association with The Cleveland Playhouse) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Assistant Director to Seth Gordon – Associate Artistic Director: Cleveland Playhouse SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare CURTAIN CALL PRODUCTIONS Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis It's a Wonderful Life Stage Adaptation Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley UNIVERSITY at BUFFALO Little Shop of Horrors Book by Howard Ashman – Music by Alan Menken The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Rumors by Neil Simon The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder American Airborne by Doug Delaney The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare ST. MARY’S SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (Drama & Theatrical Advisor) Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (Drama & Theatrical Advisor) The Wiz Music & Lyrics: Charlie Smalls Book: William F. Brown Los Angeles MOST EXCELLENT THEATRE COMPANY American Airborne by Doug Delaney Strawberry Preserves by Lee Hilhelm Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grill by Bruce Graham (Co-director) Men Without Dates by Jane Willis The Big Farewell by Scott Williams New York City WORKING STAGES THEATRE COMPANY American Airborne by Doug Delaney ______________________________________________________________________________