Workshop Details

Step into the eerie glow of your ring light and prepare for a workshop like no other where the camera never blinks, and the silence on the other end is deafening. In this haunted Zoom session, you’ll learn the dark arts of nailing your self-tape audition—from summoning your best take to banishing awkward lighting forever.

Workshop Leader

Natalie Benally is a multi-disciplinary artist and cultural advocate from the Navajo Nation. For the past twenty years. She has directed and choreographed numerous theater productions, worked and mentored youth within Native communities, and is also involved in film and television productions, both on and off camera. 

As a fluent Navajo speaker, Natalie has been largely attributed to film and television productions involving Navajo characters and culture. For television, Natalie is currently on AMC’s DARK WINDS as ‘Natalie Bluehouse’. She also played the lead role of ‘Shandiin’, a determined Navajo protestor on FOX’s anthology series, ACCUSED.

For film, Natalie’s most notable credit is voicing the role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s FINDING NEMO. She also played a supporting role in the recent Netflix film REZ BALL, as ‘Lily Jackson’. Other notable credits include executive producing and starring in a full-length food documentary, INDIGENIZE THE PLATE, which aired nationally on PBS. She also art directed the acclaimed coming of age film, FRYBREAD FACE AND ME, and worked with director Billy Luther to accurately portray Navajo culture.

Natalie also directs, writes, choreographs, and produces original films within her production company, Tse'Nato'. Through her work as both a creative and cultural advocate, Natalie strives to keep amplifying Indigenous voices and representation in media.