Natalie Brewster Nguyen
http://nataliebrewsternguyen.com
revoluution @ gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Performances
2009: Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ: OX ‘09
2009: Historic Y, Tucson, AZ, Performance with La Pocha Nostra
2008: Southside Community Arts Center, Chicago, IL: Displacement with Ni’ja Whitson
2008 MOCA, Tucson AZ, Hunger World, Eliza Jimenez
2008 Teatro Caliente Festival, Phoenix, AZ: Running Blind and Mama/Baby/Dada
2008 Splinter Bros and Sisters Warehouse, Tucson, AZ: Sublimation
2007 The Vic, Chicago, IL: Gurlesque Burlesque
2006 Wingspan, Tucson, AZ: Front Porch Music
2006 The Space on Congress, Tucson, AZ: Aquifer: The Water Show
2005 The Abbey Theater: Gurlesque Burlesque
2005 National Tour: The Mobtown Moxie Revue
2005 The Hothouse, Chicago, IL: The Girlie-Q Variety Hour
2004 PAC/edge Festival of the Performing Arts, Chicago, IL: Second/place with GirlCharlie
2004 Springman Studios, Chicago, IL: No Exit: an adaptation by Burning Doll Theater
2004 The Abbey Theater: Gurlesque Burlesque
2004 The Hothouse, Chicago, IL: Girlie-Q Variety Hour
2004 Tucson. AZ: Headliner, The Sex Worker Arts Festival
2004 The Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA: The Sex Workers’ Art Show
2003 National Tour: The Sex Workers’ Art Show
2003 Tucson, AZ: The Sex Worker Arts Festival
2003 Bi-Annual Estrogen Fest curated by Ann Filmer and Joanie Schultz
2002 Tucson, AZ: The Sex Worker Arts Festival
2002 University of Boulder, CO: The Business of Bodies
2002 Spybar: Whiplash, regular experimental performer
2002 Big Wig: Fetish Blenders, regular experimental performer
2001 Tucson, AZ: The Sex Worker Film Festival
2001 Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL: Ladyfest Midwest

Running Monthly:
2008 to current: Dinnerware Gallery, Host and performer, 7-UP Performance Night

Film and Video:
current work with Maria Beatty from Paris, Adam Cooper-Tehran, Sage Reed From Chicago and others

Spoken Word:
1998-2005 Spoken word collaborations with the 512 Collective
1998-currentFrequent performer of individual spoken word and slam poetry

Music:
1999-2005 cellist and multi-instumentalist with the experimental art-pop ensemble the Apartment Burlesque Orchestra.
2004-2005 cellist and multi-instumentalist with The Golden Egg
2002-2005 Frequent collaborator and studio musician with various local and national ensembles
2001-current Performer and composer of music for theater, performance art, and events

Other:
1995-current Lay leader for community worship and experimental ritual with the Unitarian Universalist Church