Vanessa David

Vanessa is soon to be anthologized for all eternity. "Pie and the Sky" (Eastbound Summer 2006) is being published by Smith and Kraus in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2007, 2 Actors. And "Early Dismissal" (Nora Theatre Company/ 8th Annual Boston Theatre Marathon) is being published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2007, 3 or More Actors. "Current Season" (Toy Boat Productions, December 2007) and "The Answer" (Eastbound Summer 2007) are being published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008, 3 or More Actors. "Books Don’t Kill People" was produced by Another Country Productions for SLAMBoston! and in Connecticut by SquareWrights for the Stratford Summer Theatre Festival. "Resolution #9" was produced by Westport Community Theatre as part of Westport/Weston First Night 2008. Her full-length play "CCD" had its premiere reading with SquareWrights, the playwriting center at Square One Theatre. "Vermipostal," a eco-dramedy about composting, food allergies and the family postman, has had a number of readings, most notably at the Pinewood Lake Theatre in Trumbull, CT. which served as the summer home of The Group Theatre in the 1930's. Vanessa is a member of The Dramatists Guild. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Western Connecticut State University. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____As an actress she originated the role of Sadako in Ron Destro and Yoko Ono’s Kennedy Center Award winning play "Hiroshima." She received the Square One Subscribers Outstanding Actress Award for her work in "Educating Rita." Credits include "A Cup of Coffee" at Yale Repertory Theatre, "As You Like It" and "A Midsummer Nights Dream" at Shakespeare on the Sound and "You Can’t Take it With You" and "Hound of the Baskervilles" at The Pioneer Playhouse. She has performed in numerous Christmas shows at The Spinning Wheel Inn in Redding Ridge, CT. Roles at The Downtown Cabaret Children’s Theatre Company include Mamma Rabbit, Gretel, Eeyore, The Godmother, Goldilocks and The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ http://hometown.aol.com/dvanes/myhomepage/profile.html