Vanessa Brooke Agnes

DirectorWorks Graduate 2021

By day, Vanessa Brooke Agnes is the Arts Education Manager for Hennepin Theatre Trust. By night, she is a performer, director, writer, teaching artist, activist and Founding Artistic Director of Dark Muse Performing Arts – a new arts organization dedicated to unapologetically amplifying BIPOC and Queer voices. Over the past year, she has directed The Uprising Vol. I, the Phoenix Project, The Kindness Project, DEAD TIRED (A short film in “A Breath for George” by New Dawn Theatre), The Uprising Vol. II: Black HERstory, and “Beehive” with Lakeshore Players Theatre. Next up: “Blackness Is…” Theater Arts Festival, co-curating “Racism, Covenants, and Dreams Deferred”, Spotlight Showcase 2021, and Directing FAME with Children’s Performing Arts. Vanessa lives in Minneapolis with her partner and pup. Follow her @DarkMuseArts