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A one-woman show of healing and reclamation
About Perra Puta Loca Bruja
PERRA PUTA LOCA BRUJA
Four words used to wound—and four archetypes rising from the ashes.
In Perra Puta Loca Bruja, Vanessa Codorniu transforms curses into crowns, weaving stories of lineage, rage, love, and liberation. Each name becomes a mirror: the "bitch" who protects, the "whore" who reclaims, the "madwoman" who sees, the "witch" who heals.
Each name represents an archetype, archetypes are doorways that awaken our hidden strengths, ancestral wisdom, and creative potential.
This one-woman show is ritual, rebellion, and revelation, an invitation to laugh, grieve, and remember the power we were told to fear.
About Vanessa Codorniu
Vanessa Codorniu is a NYC-bred Latina improviser, actor, podcaster, writer, and wellness entrepreneur who started performing in her abuela’s living room and had a past life in NYC as a casting assistant in film and TV. A proud alum of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, PRIDE, and NYU Tisch, where she directed and acted—she recently played Papagalla the pirate parrot in Plunder & Lightning and performed with Hyena Skits Sketch Comedy Troupe, Popcorn Hat Players at the Gamut Theatre and Hair Story at PSU. Vanessa leads a bilingual online business and hosts two podcasts: The Biz Bruja Podcast (English) and Nacimos Mágicas (Spanish), and has written for HOLA! Magazine, BELatina, and more.
She is the creator and performer of the solo show Perra Puta Loca Bruja, which was workshopped at the York Fringe festival in 2025 and premiered at the Frigid Fringe Festival 2026, where it received the Sold Out Award, Biggest Box Office Award, and the Extension Award, earning an invitation to the Gotham Storytelling Festival.
Vanessa founded the pop-spirituality improv team Cosmic Trash, sings with the musical improv group The Offbeats, and launched Pennsylvania’s first Latino improv group, LoS CoMpLiCaDoS. She performs with the BIPOC ensemble Unshushed Sisters and teaches improv through the Harrisburg Improv Theatre and her company, Improv-Unleashed.com, where she coaches high-performing teams. She returns to the screen this summer in River City Stories as a lead and appears as Mary Celeste in Orchid.
Her work has been featured in SHAPE!, Refinery29, Telemundo, Primer Impacto, Univision, The Shift Network, WGAL, ABC 27 Good Day PA, The Burg, La Voz Latina, and more.
Vanessa is proud to be breaking ancestral curses , living her ancestors wildest dreams and living her life out loud!
Actor, Improviser & Community Nurturer
FRIGID New York Reveals Winners Of 2026 New York City Fringe Festival Awards
PERRA PUTA LOCA BRUJA
* Sell Out Award
* Biggest Box Office (Chain Studio Theatre)
* Extension Award
For full list go HERE
Actor, Improviser & Community Nurturer
Mary Celeste in River City Stories film
River City Stories is a love letter to central Pennsylvania, presenting a series of overlapping tales of people whose paths cross in a small rust-belt city. The film is a collaboration between filmmaker and journalist Wallace McKelvey and playwright Paul Hood.
The “River City Stories” cast includes Susan Bassler, Sharia Benn, Aaron Bomar, Aminah Carter, Rita Clarke, Vanessa Codorniu, Malcolm Coleman, Andrew Dixon, Erika Eberly, Chris Gibson, Jasmine Graham, Paul Hood, John “Chick” Lee, Chris Krahulec, David Payne, Amandine Pope, Xiuke Wei and Lisa L. Weitzman. MORE INFO
Perra Puta Loca Bruja One Woman Show - Actor and Storyteller
THE BURG ARTICLE August 28, 2025
For Vanessa Codorniu and her group of performers, it’s complicated. Literally. Because that’s their name.
Los Complicados.
“This is why we chose our name,” Codorniu explained recently, with a laugh. “We’re complicated voices in comedy. We’re not just trying to be funny. We’re trying to tell truths, too, and that’s tough in this day and age.”
READ MORE HERE
MEDIA & REVIEWS
PA's First Latino Improv Team Review
BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW: LoS CoMpLiCAdos is the first Latino improv team to debut at Raíces Creativas—and we're not stopping there.
We are a bilingual (Spanish/English) ensemble using improv as cultural reclamation, resistance, and healing. Through fast-paced, heart-centered comedy, we explore identity, immigration, love, ancestral wisdom, and the everyday ridiculousness of being Latine in the U.S.
Founded by Vanessa Codorniu, a seasoned healer, performer, and cultural educator, our troupe is rooted in joy, justice, and felicidad. READ MORE HERE
ARTICLE ON IMPROV
Vanessa Codorniu, an established ancestral healer and online coach shares her journey reclaiming joy through Improv READ HERE
Cosmic Trash Review 2024:
Ancestral Healing & Business
BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW 2024: Cosmic Trash was born 3 years ago in my heart then at the Harrisburg Improv Theatre! We went to the the Harrisburg Fringe Festival 2023-2025! Read the Review for our Cosmic Trash The Musical
Ancestral Healing & Business
Ancestral Healing Conversation
Ancestral Healing & Business
Vanessa Codorniu is a beloved contributor at BELatina. She spearheads theAstrology column. She’s also being featured as one of the well-known spiritualists and astrologists in the Latine community. Codorniu is often involved in different projects as she wants to ensure everyone has access to her unique messaging. In fact, she’s recently embarked on leading a new event, “Soul of Business Summit.” This three-day bilingual virtual summit (with a bonus kick-off day on the 9th of October!), powered by Powerhouse Diva Events, focuses on the act of decolonizing business and using the community to elevate your purpose. READ MORE HERE
The BURG
Ancestral Healing Conversation
Ancestral Healing Conversation
A group of local professionals have organized a month-long celebration including food, music and wellness activities, all with the goal of fostering a sense of community and exemplifying the ways Latinos express themselves. READ MORE
Ancestral Healing Conversation
Ancestral Healing Conversation
Ancestral Healing Conversation
Conversation with Vanessa Codorniu, ancestral healer and empowerment teacher ...READ MORE HERE