BIOGRAPHY

As an actress, writer, casting director and director, Natasha’s work spans independent film, radio, primetime television, and infinite plays. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater. Natasha is passionate about the craft of acting and is a company member of Harlem Shakespeare Festival and is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Natasha is thrilled to be serving as Vice-Chair for the National Playwriting Program for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. She was selected as an apexart International Fellow in 2018. 

EDUCATION

  • MA at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco


AREAS OF INTEREST

.Acting, Theater, Theatre, Playwrighting


SELECTED PERFOMANCES & PUBLICATIONS

  • Bedroom Farce: Reloaded. By Yvette Heyliger. Dir. Yvette Heyliger. Perf. Natasha Yannacañedo.
  • League of Professional Theatre Women’s Julia’s Reading Room, New York. 19 September 2019. Performance.
  • Julio Down by the Schoolyard. By J. Julian Christopher. Dir. Lou Moreno. Perf. Natasha Yannacañedo. The Lark, New York. June 2019. Performances.
  • Ghost Writer. By Alicia Foxworth. Dir. Ward Nixon. Perf. Natasha Yannacañedo. Billie Holiday Theatre, New York. 17 June 2019. Performance.
  • The Havana Orthodoxy. By Vita Morales. Dir. John Pietrowski. Perf. Natasha Yannacañedo. Jersey City Theatre Center, New Jersey. 27 March 2019. Performance.
  • Yannacañedo, Natasha Lorca. “After Orlando in the South Bronx: Creating Safe Space for Healing.” Theatre Topics 28.2, 2018, pp. 183-184.
Office: C-413C
Phone: 718-664-2635
Email: NYANNACANEDO@hostos.cuny.edu
External link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYBZDajHzk0&feature=youtu.be​