Performance

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Little Scream

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A one person show/rollercoaster ride that was part of The Brick's ?!:New Works Festival in August of 2023. Written, directed, and performed by Vanessa Meyer.

Photo Credit: Lee Rayment

  • Vanessa during a live performance, standing at a microphone wearing a colourful, floral outfit.
  • Vanessa during a live performance, standing at a microphone wearing a colourful, floral outfit, with a paper bag over her head with a sad face drawn on it.
  • Vanessa during a live performance, standing at a microphone wearing a colourful, floral outfit.
  • Vanessa performing on stage, making an expressive, wide-eyed face.
  • Vanessa performing on stage, and doing a cartwheel in front of an image of her younger self projected onto a screen. project
  • Vanessa performing on stage wearing a colourful leopard bucket hat.
  • Vanessa performing on stage and wearing a paper bag on top of her head that has a sad face drawn on it.

The Joint

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A short film about a loving couple that faces the ultimate adversity: a lost joint. Co-Starring Vanessa Meyer & Joshua Strauch. (Written and directed by Joshua Strauch, 2024)

Photo credit: Luke McCutcheon

This is Me…Tomorrow

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A short performance I did @ Brick Aux for our H2BIOP group show on 03/21/24 hosted by the always fabulous River Ramirez. A tribute to JLo and True Crime, with a little song and dance. Written, directed, and performed by Vanessa Meyer. Featuring music by Sucrose Sucrose Brown.

Bodysurfing With Inflatables Boy

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A short poem-ish piece I put together for the HOW 2 BE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE group show @ Brick Aux hosted by the wonderful River Ramirez. Written, directed, and performed by Vanessa Meyer. (November, 2023)

Photo Credit: Kate Lemberg

Strangetown

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Vanessa tells a story called "Strangetown" about the many times she moved to New York City. For North Bend Film Fest, hosted by the wonderful Emmett Montgomery. Written and performed by Vanessa Meyer. (2021)

My Alien Boyfriend

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Vanessa tells a story about her alien boyfriend for the virtual Nightstream Film Festival. Hosted by the wonderful Emmett Montgomery. Written and performed by Vanessa Meyer (2020)

Some kind words about Vanessa and her work

  • Vanessa Meyer has heart. She sees people deeply and cares for them through her work. This comes through from her professionalism and near-psychic tact while handling talent, to her adept and searching depiction of humanity on the page. She’s an asset to the performing arts, in all the ways she engages with them.

    Tracy Hurren, Senior Editor/Drawn & Quarterly

  • Vanessa is my favorite kind of artist because she is fueled by genuine and endless curiosity - about people, her surroundings, and lore. The shapes into which she molds her research and fascinating obsessions are manifold. Will it be a film? A story? An interview? A Performance? The container and the content shape each other when it comes to her expressions of art and of self. That is why I am always surprised and satisfied. It seems as if her goal is not to break molds but to shape new ones - and that rules. 

    Theresa Buchheister, Producer/Artistic Director

  • Vanessa is extremely reliable and smart in all aspects of working on film - from narrative development to production. She helped me find the perfect editor for a film which set the stage for one of my most successful projects. She also is creative and hard-working in spades. She is able to easily grasp the most unusual projects, which is rare.

    Rachel Mason, Filmmaker/Performer

  • Vanessa was described as a "wild and talented new voice".

    Chattanooga Film Festival.

  • Working with Vanessa Meyer as my pitch mentor was brilliant. She was kind and generous with her time and provided thoughtful feedback, even under tight deadlines. Her encouragement and enthusiasm for our project made a huge difference and gave us real confidence going into the festival. I honestly don’t think our experience would have been nearly as successful without her guidance. She was supportive, friendly, and genuinely helpful from start to finish, and I feel really lucky to have had her in our corner.

    Noomi Yates, Filmmaker

  • Vanessa brings a gift of empathy and openness to any conversation, and it is a superpower. She is the first person I send a draft of a script and/or a cut of a film to. She is trustworthy, and she can see the work for what it is, dissect the good and the bad, and help carve a path forward regardless of the project’s scope. She is also an artist in every sense of the word. I hope to work with Vanessa in any way that I can, and I hope other creatives can be as lucky as I am to have met her.

    Jeff Ryan, Filmmaker/Actor