Vanessa Cardenas EMC
551-358-7462
Vanessacardenasactor@gmail.com
www.Vanessa-Cardenas.com
Height: 5’2” Weight: 125 lbs
Professional Theatre
The Tall Girls | Almeda | Luna Stage Company, dir. Jane Mandel
Montclair State University Theatre
Iphigenia at Aulis | Clytemnestra | Alexander Kasser Theatre, dir. Heather Benton
Footfalls | Woman’s Voice | MSU Studio, dir. Mercedes Murphy
#Revolution | Company | MSU Studio, dir. Mikhael Tara Garver
The Tall Girls | Almeda | MSU Studio, dir. Cheryl Katz
Wintertime | Understudy | L. Howard Fox Theatre, dir. Heather Benton
Breaking the Cycle | Company | MSU Travel Company, dir. Jim Ligon
The Idiot | Nastasya | MSU Studio, dir. Heather Benton
Training
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ: BFA Acting 2017, Cum Laude– Heather Benton, Carole Healey, Susan Kerner, Ellen Lancaster, Tommy Schrider, Tara Franklin, Mercedes Murphy, Joe Jung, Erin Gorski, Jim Ligon, Angela Eckard
Universidad Mayor: Santiago, Chile- Carola Larenas Voice Workshop
Doug Chapman Workshop: Fitzmaurice Voice Workshop
Kari Margolis Workshop: Movement Workshop
Universidad Mayor: Santiago, Chile- Leonor Lopehandia Voice Workshop
Special Skills
Fluent in Spanish / Dance Salsa / Dance Bachata / Dance Merengue / Cartwheel / Rollerblading / Ice-skating / Twerking / Flexible / Yoga / RP & American Standard / Cartoon Voices / Cheerleader / NJ Licensed Driver / Valid US Passport / Can Touch Nose with Tongue and I do a great Ms. Swan from MADtv!
Distinctions
– 2016 Kennedy Center ACTF Irene Ryan Nominee For Clytemnestra in Iphigenia at Aulis
– 2016 Thomas Keane Acting Award, Montclair State University