MAMA DRAMA
FINAL SHOW
May 8th @ 6:30 pm
$20 cover (2 drink minimum)
$20 cover (2 drink minimum)
No one in their right mind would move to New York City without a job, contacts or money, in the middle of a recession, with a baby, right?
Except Natalie Arneson. She did that.
In this show you'll hear stories of her waking at 5am to get to auditions after working overnights at Starbucks for $9 an hour (ever tried to sing a high C at 9:30am after four hours of sleep?), how she and her husband tossed their daughter to each other at train stations to avoid paying a sitter, and why, after ups and downs and ups and downs, she stayed in New York - had another baby - and kept stalking those Broadway callbacks.
Showing humor, wit, and unflagging persistence, Arneson gives us a glimpse into the life of a young mom trying to make it in New York.
And why through it all, she kept singing.
Natalie Arneson graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in England with a BA in Musical Theatre. While overseas, she played Princess Jasmine opposite Britt Eklund and Issy van Randwick in the pantomime Aladdin, toured England and Germany as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, and played Cunegonde in Candide.
She has worked extensively in her native Houston, with credits at the Alley Theatre (A Christmas Carol, Much Ado About Nothing), Houston Grand Opera (Manon Lescaut, La Cenerentola), Arneson Productions (Side Show), Bayou City Concert Musicals (Follies, Fiorello!), Houston Shakespeare Festival (The Tempest), Main Street Theater (Awake and Sing!, Nine, Lady in the Dark), among others.
In NYC she has appeared with Playhouse Creatures, The Green Room, The Iguana Lounge, MCC's Fresh Play Festival, and Voices United.
Except Natalie Arneson. She did that.
In this show you'll hear stories of her waking at 5am to get to auditions after working overnights at Starbucks for $9 an hour (ever tried to sing a high C at 9:30am after four hours of sleep?), how she and her husband tossed their daughter to each other at train stations to avoid paying a sitter, and why, after ups and downs and ups and downs, she stayed in New York - had another baby - and kept stalking those Broadway callbacks.
Showing humor, wit, and unflagging persistence, Arneson gives us a glimpse into the life of a young mom trying to make it in New York.
And why through it all, she kept singing.
Natalie Arneson graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in England with a BA in Musical Theatre. While overseas, she played Princess Jasmine opposite Britt Eklund and Issy van Randwick in the pantomime Aladdin, toured England and Germany as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, and played Cunegonde in Candide.
She has worked extensively in her native Houston, with credits at the Alley Theatre (A Christmas Carol, Much Ado About Nothing), Houston Grand Opera (Manon Lescaut, La Cenerentola), Arneson Productions (Side Show), Bayou City Concert Musicals (Follies, Fiorello!), Houston Shakespeare Festival (The Tempest), Main Street Theater (Awake and Sing!, Nine, Lady in the Dark), among others.
In NYC she has appeared with Playhouse Creatures, The Green Room, The Iguana Lounge, MCC's Fresh Play Festival, and Voices United.
