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| Stage Name: | Vanessa Strickland |
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| Bio: | Vanessa has been acting in any capacity that she can ever since she was little; whether it was with friends writing and filming skits at home to being involved in school shows. She attended James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, MD, a consortium high school for the arts. Here she not only performed in several shows (Joseph...Dreamcoat, The Real Inspector Hound, The Boys Next Door, The Glass Menagerie), but also led the school's improv team (CLOSEly DELivered) and worked several tech positions (Bang Bang You're Dead - ASM, Grease - Run Crew Head, The Crucible - Run Crew, Pippin - Paints Head). During high school summers, Vanessa would attend pre-college programs for theatre at schools such as Amherst College, Carnegie Mellon, and Bennington College. Upon high school graduation in 2002, she was accepted to University of Maryland, Baltimore County, recieving a full Linehan Artist Scholarship and graduating with a BFA in Theatre Performance in May 2006. During this time, Vanessa began work at FACES by R&R, and became an assistant to DC-area makeup artist, choreographer, and director Roger Bennett Riggle. Following graduation from UMBC, Vanessa worked with Baltimore-based theatre company, the Unmentionable Theatre. She served as SM for Love and Wood, a show that premiered at the first annual Capital Fringe Festival. She also served as SM for No Exit. Currently, Vanessa is a frequent performer with the Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park. She spends time teaching theatre classes with InterAct Story Theatre and Imperial Presents Theatrical Production Services, Ltd throughout Montgomery County, MD. When she is not busy auditioning or teaching, Vanessa spends her time catching up with her visual art side by creating artwork and coming up with new makeup designs. |
| Interests: | Acting, Art, Makeup, Music, Puppetry, Theatre |
| City: | Olney |
| State: | Maryland |
| Gender: | Female |
| Focus: | Actor; other |
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| Theatre: | MOMOTARO - Old Man, Dog-San - Classika Theatre, Shirlington, VA (dir. Nicholas Allen) THE WIZARD OF OZ - Dorothy, Glinda, Miss Billy - The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (dir. Allen Stevens) THE JUNGLE BOOK - Raksha Wolf, Monkey - The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (dir. Christopher Piper) ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Alice, Dormouse - The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (dir. Allen Stevens) A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM - Hippolyta, Helena, Titania - The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (dir. Allen Stevens) THE NUTCRACKER - Clara-Marie, Russian, Flower - The Puppet Company at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (dir. Christopher Piper) STRANGE SOUP - Electronic Puppeteer - The Baltimore Dance Project, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore, MD (dir. Colette Searls, Carol Hess) SEPTEMBER TIDE - Cherry - The Chevy Chase Players, Chevy Chase, DC (dir. Pauline Griller-Mitchell) BURIED - Ensemble - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, John F. Kennedy Center, Terrace Theatre, DC (dir. Colette Searls) THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES - Ensemble - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (dir. Brigitte Pribnow, Jillian Byrnes, Emily Krohn) THE BALD SOPRANO - Mrs. Martin - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (dir. Colette Searls) LIBERAL ARTS - Danielle - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, In 10 Festival, Baltimore, MD (dir. Dr. Susan McCully) |
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