Vanessa Hidary; Actress/ Poet/ Native New Yorker & creator of the solo show, "Culture Bandit", originally produced by LAByrinth Theatre Company (Artistic directors; Phillip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz). “Culture Bandit” has since played as part of The Roar Theatre Festival at Nuyorican Poets Café, in The Downtown Urban Theater Festival, The Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival, PSNBC @ H.E.R.E. Arts Center, and the D.C. Hip Hop Theatre Festival. Vanessa most recently aired on the current season of “Russell Simmon's Presents Def Poetry" on HBO.

Vanessa's performed at: Central Park’s Summerstage opening for “The Lyricist Lounge”-with Def Poetry Jam, NBC’s 9/11 tribute “Concert For America”, B.A.M. Café, Joe’s Pub, opened up for the nationally syndicated comedian Shang at “Carolines Comedy Club”,“MCC Theater” (Solo Show Representative for “MCC Youth Program”), Princeton University- opening for Amiri Baraka as part of their evening supporting Black Reparations and Civil Rights Issues, and is a Grand Slam Poetry Finalist at The Nuyorican Poets Café. She has recently begun touring Colleges and Universities. A graduate of LaGuardia High School Of The Arts and Hunter College, Vanessa later received an M.F.A. in Acting from Trinity Rep Theatre Conservatory.

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