Natalie Palamides

Natalie Palamides is a comedian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

At IUP, she was introduced to Clown, Commedia Dell’arte, Mask, Melodrama, and Devised theatre, thanks to her professor Rick Kemp and the Pig Iron Theatre Company, who did a residency at the school.

After graduating, she worked on the play I Promised Myself to Live Faster with the Pig Iron Theatre Company.

Natalie won the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer award for Laid. The following year, her gender-bending one-person show Nate won the 2018 Total Theatre Award for Innovation, playing sold out runs in Edinburgh, Los Angeles, and New York City. It is currently available to watch on Netflix.

Natalie also works as a voiceover actor; her most notable credits include playing Buttercup on the reboot of PowerPuff Guffs and various voices on Fox’s Duncanville.

She is a founding member of The Elysian Theatre, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to support artists taking risks, and is currently on the Board of Directors.