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    Vanessa Arvidson
 
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5’3’’
Acting    

Hired Improvisation Actor

Virginia Arts Festival

 

Nunsense: The Mega-Musical Version
By Dan Goggin

Academy Players

Sister Julia

The Diviners   
By Jim Leonard Jr.

Academy Players

Luella Bennett

Oklahoma!       
By Rodgers and Hammerstein II

Academy Players

Jessie

Haiku      
By Katherine Snodgrass

Academy Players

Nell

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
By Frank Loesser

Academy Players

Chorus

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
By Robert Fulghum

Academy Players

Ensamble

Journey to Narnia   
 By JoEllen Aklam

Northside Players

Mrs. Bear

Stage Managing    

Disney’s Annie Jr.

Academy Players

 

Lost in Yonkers
By Neil Simon

Academy Players

 

Directing    

Admissions
By Colleen Neuman

Academy Players

Director

Disney’s Aladdin Jr.

Academy Players

Student Director

Technical Work    

Born Yesterday
By Garson Kanin

Peninsula Community Theatre

Sound Board Operator

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
By Clark Gesner

Peninsula Community Theatre

Light Board Operator

Always...Patsy Cline
By Ted Swindley

Peninsula Community Theatre

Light Board Operator

Guys & Dolls
By Frank Loesser

Peninsula Community Theatre

Lighting Asst./Spot Operator

Teaching    

Stage Experience

Hampton Roads Academy

Assistant teacher for an 8th grade class on the connections between the stage and the world.

Education/Training

Acting I, Acting II, Advanced Acting – Jim Gandolfo
Governor’s School for the Arts (Theatre) – David Sennett, Sheila Landahl, Adanma Onyedike
Vocal - Robin Steinberger

Special Skills

Singing (Soprano I – Alto I), Accents (British, New York, Irish, Southern), Swimming, Working with children