Hurricane Ike

Hi everyone! Just wanted to update everyone about Unbeatable. Everyone here in Houston is safe and sound. We don't have power yet, but large parts of Houston are gaining power every day. We hope the theater will be back up and running in a couple of days. The cast has moved to some temporary housing, and we all can't wait to get back to Unbeatable! Stayed tuned for more info!

Meet Natalie Ellis!

The amazing Natalie Ellis plays the Young Woman in Unbeatable, and she's here to give us the scoop.

Q. That picture is quite becoming!
A. Thank you. I don't think I am even capable of taking a serious picture.

Q. So Natalie, how's Houston treating you?
A. I will say it is nice to be away from home. and especially it is a good transition before moving to New York City, having all this time to myself to relax and focus. But i think its also a great bonding time for the cast since we are all out of town. But it is still hot, and I am ready to see a season.
Q. Phoenix is your home, but you have traveled alot, right?
A. Yes, right out of high school I started working on a cruise ship but it went bankrupt after 4 months and left us stranded in Maui (its a hard life!), and I was in Tokyo for almost a year. But Phoenix Theatre has been like my home. I feel like they raised me in a sense. It's where I got my Equity card, where I learned a sense of professionalism. I'm really lucky to have traveled this much and be only 25. But I am ready to be in New York, and be on land!

Q. So how are rehearsals going in Houston?
A. Long. No don't put that! But we have been in tech, and those are long hours, and I'm not involved in the major musical numbers that take alot of the time. It's weird going back into rehearsals after performing the show for a month; But everyone at Stages has been great, and tech is over, and now we are ready for a wholenew audience!

Q. What are your plans for today?
A. Well, I need to go to Best Buy because I think my camera is broke. I keep telling myself I am going to the gym, and maybe after that I will go to the pool. When we got here last week we went to Super Target and went crazy and bought TONS and TONS of food, I think we were delirious from traveling because we will never eat it all. Plus we just got a freezer full of fish from a friend of the theater. So basically we are going to eat all during Houston.

Q. I heard a rumor that there is a jungle fantasy in your apartment. What's that about???
A. (Laughs) We we don't really have a balcony. But we do have a double set of doors that open up to where a balcony would be with a railing right in front of the doors. And we also have a random plastic porch chair in our living room. So we set up some plants and the chair and pretend we have a porch. Thus, our jungle fantasy.