ACTOR, WRITER, ARTS WORKER

NATASHA RAMONDINO

About

Natasha Ramondino (she/her) is a queer actor, creator, and theatre marketer living in Tkaròn:to/Toronto. She is a third generation immigrant by way of Venezuela, Trinidad, and Italy, with settler lineage from France. Natasha graduated from the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto Mississauga. A few notable theatre companies she has worked with include Buddies in Bad Times, Theatre Aquarius, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Pencil Kit Productions, Convergence Theatre, Shakespeare BASH’d, 4th Line Theatre, and fu-GEN Theatre.

Recent Work

de ambiente

Thanks to Recommender Grants from Aluna Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and Tarragon Theatre funded by the Ontario Arts Council, I’m developing my script de ambiente, a weird, darkly comedic piece focused around survivors of conversion therapy, parental disappointment, and the undeniability of queer love in all its forms. 

Dramaturg: Julie Phan 潘家雯

All That’s Been Said

It was a joy to work on and read this exciting piece by Mercedes Isaza Clunie, playing the role of SOMEONE in All That’s Been Said at Tarragon Theatres Playreading Week. ​

Foxy: Tales of an Urban Zorra

Revisited the role of VALERIA in a recent workshop of Mariló Núñez’s Foxy: Tales of an Urban Zorra at Tarragon Theatre.

Valeria Quintana is turning fifteen today. Her mother, Dolores, is throwing her the most elaborate and most expensive quineañera ever. Her estranged father, Jorge, is hiding in a broom closet waiting to dance a final waltz with his daughter. But she enters womanhood, Valeria has a secret she is afraid to tell.

Murdoch Mysteries –The Christmas List

Checked this iconic Canadian show off my actor bucket list after appearing on Murdoch Mysteries in The Christmas List (Season 17, Episode 9) playing the role of Sarah Jenkins.

One Perfect Day | un día perfecto

I played the role of ALBA in Margarita Valderrama’s One Perfect Day | un día perfecto, directed by Mariló Núñez as part of the CAMINOS Festival 2023 at Factory Theatre.

One Perfect Day | Un día perfecto is a telenovela-inspired play. Alba and Evan think they’re getting the picture perfect Colombian wedding but when the groom is swapped with an evil twin by a long lost sister bent on revenge, the special day falls into chaos, testing the family’s strength. 

Photo by Fran Chudnoff

​Factory Theatre’s TEP’s

Alumni of the 2023 Acting Cohort.

​Facilitated by Jeff Ho, the acting cohort participated in masterclasses, workshops, and readings, culminating in a short performance work that was showcased to industry professionals.

Directors Lab North

Actor in Playwright/Actors session for Rosa Laborde’s Léo.

How to Drink Mate

Playing the role of PELI in Mariel Calvo’s play How to Drink Mate at Tarragon Theatre’s Young Playwright Unit Showcase.

How to Drink Mate delves into the traditional cultural practice of yerba mate and how you’re “supposed” to drink it. Part tutorial and part diary, we follow the matrilineal experiences, memories, and stories from one family journeying between Argentina and Canada.

Photo by Egor Komarov