About Us

HI, I'm NATALIE and I'm the founder and owner of Bucketful of sunshine media.

I founded Bucketful of Sunshine Media in 2024 as the umbrella company for my theatre and film and television projects.

My mission is to tell stories about women stepping into their full expression with comedy and heart.

We are currently in post-production for our first short, The Spark and prepping for production for my original play (not exactly a) ONE WOMAN SHOW.

We are also developing a feature, My Year of Pleasure. To learn more about our projects, check out the links below.

We are a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, and always welcome support from passionate supporters for storytelling that empowers women.

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About the Name

When I was in middle school, I attended a summer French Camp. When you are learning a new language, there is a tendency to come up with strange nicknames for each other. (I remember someone unkindly called someone "mobylette bette" at one point.) One of my fellow campers called me something like "seau du soleil"  (which literally translates to bucket of sun) because of my bright and cheerful personality and it always stuck with me.

Since I believe in telling stories that bring light into dark places, I felt like the name fit. Since my mother was a French teacher and I can never say the name without thinking of its genesis, it feels like a nice way to remember her. (We lost her to ALS in December 2024.)

About Natalie

Natalie Neckyfarow is a LA-based Actress, Creator, and Producer who tells stories about women getting in touch with their truth, challenging the status quo and stepping into their full expression. Initially a dancer, she earned her Professional Diploma in Dance Studies from Laban Centre London and a BA with High Honors in Dance from Smith College. She later went on to earn her Certificate in Acting from Atlantic Acting School’s Full time Conservatory.

Her inaugural short film The Spark, currently in post-production, tells the story of a PR Associate who gets assigned the book launch of a Tantra Expert and has to figure out what she really wants. The film was awarded a Seed & Spark Patron’s Circle Grant from Jason Reitman and was a PANO Microgrants 5 Semi-Finalist.

As a playwright, (not exactly a) ONE WOMAN SHOW received a NYC workshop in December 2022 and has been developed at The Tank NYC, Target Margin Theater, The Playground Experiment, New Ambassadors Theatre Company, and the MT/NYC Theatre Collective.

Natalie is also an award-winning co-producer of the web series Redheads Anonymous (Audience Award: Katra Film Series, NY Comedy Shorts; Best Web Short: Short Stop International Film Festival; Best Webisode: Tiny Film Festival; & others).

Notable acting credits include: Samantha (Best Leading Actor Nomination at the NYC 48 Hour Film Project), Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry (Theatre Row), The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War (NYC Premiere), Pussy Whipped & Same (New Short Play Festival 7 Finals), Gidion’s Knot & Boys’ Life (The Seeing Place), Ordinary Days (Benefit Concert), Sci-Fi High: The Movie Musical, The Duel, & Time Trumpet (Comedy Central).