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Nov 16, 2021

LIES IN BONE wins American Book Fest award

Natalie's debut novel was honored as the WINNER in the Fiction: Cross-Genre category and a FINALIST in the Fiction: Literary category for the 2021 Annual "Best Book" Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest.

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Nov 30, 2021

LIES IN BONE wins Royal Dragonfly Book Award

Natalie's debut novel was awarded FIRST PLACE in the Fiction Novel category in the 2021 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, sponsored by Story Monsters LLC.

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Dec 16, 2021

LIES IN BONE on long list for 2021 Somerset Awards

Natalie's debut novel has been placed on the LONG LIST  for the 2021 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction, sponsored by Chanticleer Book Reviews.

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November 11, 2021

St. Petersburg playwright Natalie Symons brings familiar weight, warmth to first novel

Symons does a book signing for ‘Lies in Bone’ on Nov. 15.

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September 20, 2021

It’s a good week to be Natalie Symons

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September 20, 2021

Humor, and the themes of familial love and the search for human connection, resonate in St. Pete’s ‘The People Downstairs’

American Stage has Natalie Symons a world premiere production worthy of the ‘Great White Way.’

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September 16, 2021

Weekend Top 10: Ten Reasons It’s A Good Week to Be Natalie Symons

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September 13, 2021

Tampa Bay playwright gets long-delayed premiere of a personal work

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September 13, 2021

BWW Previews: AFTER PANDEMIC POSTPONED, THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS HAS WORLD DEBUT at American Stage

On pause for 18 months, local playwright Natalie Symons has global premiere on September 15.

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September 9, 2021

St. Petersburg playwright waits to see her work premiere, finally

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September 10, 2021

New local theatre debuts original play

Local theatre is back! Great Day Live talked with St. Pete’s American Stage theatre about its newest play.

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July 9, 2021

The return of ‘The People Downstairs’ to launch American Stage season

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THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS: A World Premiere Three Years in the Making

After an extended pause from the COVID-19 pandemic, THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS by St Pete playwright Natalie Symons, who developed this play at American Stage, finally gets its world premiere.

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June 19, 2021

LIES IN BONE official release date set

Natalie's debut novel will be available worldwide on September 21, 2021. Events are planned for the following dates & locations:

  • Sep 20, 2021: The Studio@620, St. Petersburg, FL - Official Launch Party

  • Oct 16, 2021: Balderdash Cellars, Richmond, MA - Book signing

  • Oct 23, 2021: Sunset Meadow Vineyards, Sheffield, MA - Book signing

  • Oct 29, 2021: Talking Leaves Elmwood, Buffalo, NY - Book signing

  • Additional dates to be announced

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March 12, 2021

THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING FOR A LIMITED TIME

American Stage members will receive access to watch the preview recording of THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS from March 29th-April 4th, 2021.

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January 15, 2021

THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS NAMED ORIGINAL SCRIPT OF THE DECADE

Nominated and chosen by readers, Natalie's script was honored as the best from 2011-2020.

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January 1, 2021

SYMONS MONOLOGUE SELECTED AS BEST OF 2020

A monologue from Natalie's THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS has been selected for publication in Smith & Kraus' BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2020.

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