Vanessa Verduga is a multidisciplinary theater-maker, performer, writer, producer, and practicing attorney whose work bridges artistry, leadership, and cultural impact. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Bronx, she was shaped by immigrant roots, a deep love of performance, and a lifelong commitment to community-centered storytelling.
Vanessa has always lived a dual life. She continues to work as a lawyer while building an ambitious artistic career—by choice, not compromise. Like many artists, her professional work supports her creative practice, bringing discipline, structure, and sustainability to everything she creates.
She first gained widespread recognition as the creator and star of Justice Woman, a web series led by a Latina lawyer-turned-superhero confronting corruption and injustice. The project—praised for its humor, genre-bending style, and social commentary—earned multiple awards, millions of views, an international fanbase, and invitations to speak at New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic Con.
Her theatrical work includes the Off-Broadway seriocomedy Implications of Cohabitation, which she wrote and performed to packed houses on Theatre Row. As a performer and writer, Vanessa is known for her bold humor, emotional honesty, and fearless storytelling.
Under the name Vanessa La Verduga, she is also an award-winning singer-songwriter whose music blends Latin rhythms, urban influences, and personal empowerment. Her albums Soy Mujer and Solita have reached audiences across the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. “Soy Mujer” became one of the songs embraced by the Ni Una Menos movement, joining a broader chorus of female voices speaking out against gender-based violence.
Vanessa is the Founder and Artistic Director of Broadway Sin Barreras, a nonprofit dedicated to developing bilingual musical theater through training, workshops, and community-based creation. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Broadway Sin Vergüenza, a commercial initiative that produces fully realized, telenovela-inspired musical theater. Together, these two entities form an intentional artistic ecosystem—where work is developed with care and launched with impact.
Through her work, Vanessa is building something bigger than herself: a vibrant, bilingual, bicultural musical theater landscape that reflects the communities it serves and invites new audiences into the joy, power, and possibility of live performance.
