Vanessa Sawson
AEA Actor/ Voice Over Artist
VANESSA SAWSON
REGIONAL THEATRE:
Application Pending Christine, et al. CATCO Steven Anderson
Every Christmas Story Ever Told
(and Then Some!) Vanessa Tipping Point Theatre Sonja Marquis
Cyrano de Bergerac Roxane Michigan Shakespeare Festival Jan Blixt
King Lear Goneril Michigan Shakespeare Festival Jan Blixt
Life Sucks. Pickles CATCO Steven Anderson
Diva Royale Helen u/s*/Lynette u/s Purple Rose Theatre Guy Sanville
Ripcord! Colleen Tipping Point Theatre James Kuhl
Or, Aphra Behn Kickshaw Theatre Suzi Regan
Beau Jest Sarah Goldman Williamston Theatre Tony Caselli
The Seagull Polina Michigan Shakespeare Festival Jan Blixt
Julius Caesar Calphurnia Michigan Shakespeare Festival Jan Blixt
Much Ado About Nothing Margaret Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Sara Clark
The Elephant Man Nurse Ireland Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Brian Isaac Phillips
The Pelleas Trilogy Part:II Water Ensemble Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra James Darrah
Macbeth Lady Macbeth/Witch 1 Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Tour) Kristin Clippard
A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena/Titania/Snout Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Tour) Caitlin McWethy
Romeo & Juliet Benvolio/Lady Capulet Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Tour) Jeremy Dubin
The Electric Baby Natalia Kickshaw Theatre Lynn Lammers
Stupid Fucking Bird Mash Ringwald Theatre Joe Bailey
Romeo & Juliet Nurse/Lady Montague Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Tour) Will Dickerson
As You Like It Phebe Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Tour) Kevin Asselin
Macbeth Witch 1 Michigan Shakespeare Festival (Tour) Jan Blixt
Romeo & Juliet Nurse Michigan Shakespeare Festival (Tour) Jan Blixt
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Hilberry Repertory Theatre Matthew Earnest
Can You Forgive Her? Lady Glencora Lunar Stratagem Matthew Earnest
The Game's Afoot Agatha Wheeler Meadow Brook Theatre Travis Walter
November Clarice Bernstein Planet Ant Theatre Kelly Komlen
I Hate Hamlet Felicia Dantine Tipping Point Theatre James Kuhl
Marat/Sade Charlotte Corday Hilberry Repertory Theatre Matthew Earnest
Detroit Mary Hilberry Repertory Theatre Lavinia Hart
The Misanthrope Celemine Hilberry Repertory Theatre Jesse Merz
Goodnight Desdemona
(Good Morning Juliet) Constance Hilberry Repertory Theatre Tony Schmitt
Summer and Smoke Rosa Gonzales Hilberry Repertory Theatre Lionel Walsh
Of Mice and Men Curly's Wife Hilberry Repertory Theatre Tony Schmitt
Orpheus Descending Dolly Hamma Blackbird Theatre Lynch Travis
*performed
ON CAMERA:
Blue Supporting Feature Film Gabriela Ledesma
The Arms of Jeannie Moreau Supporting Short Film Patrick Dunn & Christopher Slat
Louis the Lawyer Principal Web Series Lisa and Laura Schneider
Eastsiders Supporting Feature Film Nicholas Grillo
Flexing with Mussels Supporting Feature Film Brandon Layne
Backwoods Bard Supporting Web Series Kaelen Strouse
Regret Supporting Short Film Suzzane Sears
EDUCATION:
M.F.A. May 2013 Acting Wayne State University: Detroit. Michigan
Certificate of Advanced Actor Training June 2012 Acting Moscow Art Theatre Achool: Moscow, Russia
B. A. Theatre Performance December 2003 Acting Oakland University: Rochester, Michigan
TRAINING:
Lavinia Hart (LeCoq, Chekhov, Commedia del'Arte), Jesse Merz (Meisner), Nira Pullin (Period Movement, Pilates, Tap), Cheryl Turski (Viewpoints, Laban,
Bartenieff, Linklater, Yoga), Jill Dion (Ballroom/Latin dances, Pilates), Michael Barnes (Dialects, Voice, Fitzmaurice), Alison C. Vesely (First Folio
Technique), Sari Zalesin (Voice Over Technique), Jay Burckhardt (Stage Combat)
SPECIAL SKILLS/AWARDS:
Accomplished Flautist, Basic Ukelele; Standard British, Cockney, Spanish, Romanian, Irish and American Southern Dialect
Wayne State University Department Service Award May 2013