Natalie Kane

When months include a collection of different freelance work, it’s interesting to see what common themes emerge. My spring full of fun new work for young audiences has continued, and June will also offer several projects that make the most of short formats. Keep reading for more about a festival of scenes, a book of monologues, and more! New Work @ The Growing Stage A Week in the Hundred Acre Wood It’s always a highlight to keep up with The Growing Stage remotely through wor

From a very rewarding wrap-up of our Étude run (for now, but hopefully not for long :) to several one-day staged readings, April into May has been all about supporting playwrights' new work! Looking toward the early summer, I’m also eager to start spreading the word about a project that gets back to my classical theatre roots, but with a twist… Recent & Upcoming: Work in Development With PlayGround-NY I enjoyed catching back up with PlayGround, a wonderful short-play incuba

It’s shaping up to be a busy month, with several different showings and performances to share. If you’re in the New York area, Étude opens its run a week from today! Now Playing: Étude "If Thornton Wilder wrote Gruesome Playground Injuries ..." Ashley Griffin’s Étude follows two soulmates through different guises, varied relationships, and many lifetimes across time and space as they test whether true (not necessarily romantic) love and eternal connection can survive the

From researching dramaturgy during snowstorms… to choreographing during snowstorms… to writing applications during snowstorms… January and February saw a lot of inside-the-apartment projects. But with longer days and (hopefully) warmer weather, I’m eagerly looking forward to several rehearsal room and on-the-road projects just around the corner. I hope to see you there! Dancing into Spring It’s been a treat to choreograph for several dance projects this month, and I’m so exci

Reading Season It’s been a big reading and writing month! And I don’t just mean curling up with some novels in this unnecessarily cold weather (although there’s certainly been some of that too), but an assortment of reading for play committees and dramaturgy projects: Expand the Canon It’s another winter reading season for Expand the Canon ! I’m enjoying reading and evaluating scripts in our quest to uplift stellar plays by women and gender-expansive writers across history –

Wishing everyone a restful start to 2026! I’m kicking off this year’s blogs with a little 2025 “Best of,” and a preview of a few projects coming up early in the year. Favorites from 2025 Beginning with some standout experiences … * Getting back to teaching dance, with Forager Theatre Company * Bringing Conceal Me What I Am to NYC Fringe * Leading Expand the Canon ’s Research Team throughout the year * Collaborating on the Radio Violence , This is a Classic , and Premiere

There’s a crisp breeze in the air (some days), pumpkin and cinnamon flavors are back, and it’s shaping up to be a busy autumn! I’ve been...

For a theatre director I’ve been spending a surprising amount of time behind a podcast mic lately… I've even built a new Audio page of...

From July: Colors of Paradise Dance Concert Forager Theatre ’s summer dance concert was a dream! I loved experimenting with a blend of...

I have varied updates this round, with an ongoing production still running and some other project announcements on the horizon. You can...

Picking up where last month’s update left off, our Devil’s Disciple run at Theatre Row is fast approaching — I hope to see some of you...

It’s been an all-time busy month, and as a result I’ve got several productions running NOW that you can check out if you’re around New...

Quote of the Month “We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things – it’s all just a different kind of...

Happy Spring… even if it’s really only been April showers so far! I’ve got a slightly different kind of update for you this month, which...

Quote of the Month “Writing is a kind of Lottery in this fickle Age, and Dependence on the Stage as precarious as the Cast of a Die” -...

Welcome back, wishing an inspirational new year to all! I plan to continue my monthly updates for 2024, aiming for a balance of my own...

Quote of the Month “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” - L.M. Montgomery Haunted Happenings I’ve delayed publishing...

Quote of the Month “When I finish a novel, I always have this feeling that I could have started at the same place and written ten...

Hope you’ve all been beating the heat, and have been able to enjoy some of the lovely cooler weather of the past few days (for those here...

June has been a very busy and rewarding month – I look forward to a little time to catch up, and then discovering what’s next! Quote of...