RESUME:
VANESSA THORPE AEA /AFTRA /SAG
FILM & TELEVISION
THE GREAT ESCAPE Featured CBS Evening News w/ Russ Mitchell
BREAKING DAWN Featured Castlight Pictures/dir. Mark Robinson
DOMINION Featured Lia Scott Price Productions /dir. Greg Myers
GUIDING LIGHT Recurring/U5 CBS/Various
A TALE OF CINDERELLA Featured Warner Brothers/dir. Patricia Snyder
DARK FICTION Starring Lia Scott Price Productions
THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM Featured Lara Classics/dir. Pamela Berger
REUNION Starring Triton Film Group/dir. Rebecca Grace
PORSCHE Host Dukespan Productions/dir. Marc Feigenspan
NEW YORK
THE MUTILATED Celeste Primary Stages/dir. Ed Berkeley
THE RIDICULOUS PRECIEUSES Marotte Westside Repertory Theatre
MAHALIA JACKSON:TEST OF FAITH Mahalia Circle In The Square
LOOSERS, WEEPERS Angela American Theatre of Actors
ANYTHING BUT THAT… Ethel Jones American Minority Media, Inc.
THE CRUCIBLE Tituba Circle In The Square/dir. Alan Langdon
UNDER MILKWOOD Mrs. Dai Bread Circle In The Square/dir. Ted Mann
THE PURIFICATION Ensemble Primary Stages/dir. Ed Berkeley
REGIONAL
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Ursula Shakespeare Theatre of NJ/dir. Jimmy Bohr
WHAT THE HECK WAS SHE THINKING? Micki, Billie The Complex Theatre/dir. G. Anthony Joseph
A TALE OF CINDERELLA Lucia NYS Theatre Institute/dir. Patricia Snyder
AN EVENING OF CLASSICS Bianca The Complex Theatre, LA, CA
THE MIRACLE WORKER Viney NYS Theatre Institute/dir. Ed Lange
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS Tommy New Day Repertory/dir. Rodney K. Douglas
SUGARHILL (Staged Reading) Hyacinth Playwright’s Platform, Boston, MA
UNCONDITIONAL WAR (Staged Reading) Ginny New Voices, Boston, MA
LONG ROAD (Staged Reading) Becca/Nandasdelli Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, NY
INDUSTRIAL
NYS MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION NYS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DELMAR PUBLISHING
TRAINING & EDUCATION
● Circle In The Square Professional Workshop, New York, New York
● Northeastern University, Boston, MA (B.A.Theatre and Dance)
● Upright Citizens Brigade - Improv 101: Shannon O’Neill and Anthony Atamanuik
● Shakespeare and Classical Training: Edward Berkeley and John Stix
● Acting Full Time Group (Scene Study, Technique, Shakespeare), Los Angeles, CA
● Advanced Commercial Technique: Barry Shapiro, New York, New York
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects (Southern, British & Standard American), Dance, Bowling, Volleyball, Pool, Licensed Driver, US Passport