Vanessa Severo

Writer, Performer, Movement Director

VTF Debut! THEATRE Regional: Writer’s Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, GEVA Theatre Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Shane (Movement Director): Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Guthrie Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Dracula (writer/director) Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Rubik (writer/movement director): Spinning Tree Theatre. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Movement Director) Portland Center Stage & Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Once (choreographer) Kansas City Repertory Theatre. International: Frida…A Self Portrait, Rio de Janeiro, World Theatre Day 2025. AFFILIATIONS/AWARDS: Recipient of the 11th Round of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships 2017; 2025 Joseph Jefferson Nomination for Best Solo Play; 2024 NEA New Work Grant Recipient for Rubik; 2020 Kilroys List for Frida…A Self Portrait; 2021 Artist in Residence for City of Carlsbad, California; 2025 Artist in Residence city of Peoria, Arizona,. Certified in Suzuki Method and Viewpoints under the instruction of Ellen Lauren of the SITI company. AEA Member. SDC member. VanessaSevero.com.