UNDER THE RADAR PICS BY SF SKETCHFEST FOUNDERS"We receive a lot of great submissions from performers all over the country and this year the one that made me laugh the most was 'Vanessa Gonzalez presents I Don’t Know Words,' from Austin, Texas. I had never heard of Vanessa but I was immediately in awe of her total commitment to character and how damn funny she was. She just seems like someone we’re going to be seeing on 'Saturday Night Live' soon." - David Owen, SF Sketchfest co-founder
Continue reading . . . GIRLS RULE"Vanessa is one of the human beings on this earth I look up to the most. She is one of the funniest human beings who has ever been born, she’s fiercely ambitious, and she’s constantly getting better. Her work is at once belligerent, gentle, hysterical, controversial, and utterly perfect. I’m not exaggerating: this show is gonna make your socks fall off. (But really, shame on you for wearing socks to a comedy show.)" - Sophie Lucido Johnson, Hell Yes Fest
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VANESSA GONZALEZ TURNS DATING ON ITs HEAD"I very much enjoyed Gonzalez’s timing and the awareness she had of her characters...Vanessa Gonzalez knows about the idiosyncrasies of being single in the modern age. She knows about being self conscious and unsure, and she knows how to laugh at it." - David Thomas, Comedy Wham!
Continue reading . . . #THEEARLYDRAFT: EPISODE 1"Vanessa is one of the most dynamic performers I’ve ever seen. She is truly a force on stage, moving with a type of energy and charisma that makes audience members lean over to one another and whisper “are you seeing this?!” - CJ Hunt, NolaVie
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High Plains Comedy Festival Burbank Comedy Festival Big Sky Comedy Festival (Finalist) Just For Laughs (New Faces) SXSW Odd Ball Comedy Fest Austin Sketch Fest Fun Fun Fun Fest Sound On Sound Frontera Fest - "Best of Fest" Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Trill Comedy Festival Chicago Sketch Fest Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest Women in Comedy Festival The Cape Fear Comedy Festival Charm City Comedy Festival - Headliner San Francisco Sketch Fest Seattle Sketch Fest - Headliner Vancouver Sketch Fest For upcoming show dates and tours, follow Vanessa on twitter: @Buhnessa |