Vanda was recently profiled in The Dramatist (July/Aug 07) in the cover story “50 To Watch.”  Her full-length play, VILE AFFECTIONS, which was produced in the New York International Fringe Festival in 2006, was recently published by Original Works Publisher.  A scene from this play was featured in Dixon Place’s Festival: Hot!  Her play, STILL PHOTOS won Celebration Theater’s (L.A.) New Play Contest which resulted in this play’s world premiere.  STILL PHOTOS was also nominated for a Susan Smith Blackburn Award and was a winner in the Ashland New Plays series.  It was a finalist and semi-finalist in a number of other contests such as Reva Shriner, Panowski Playwriting Award, Play Labs at the Playwrights’ Center, the O’Neill Playwriting Conference, and the Cherry Lane Alternative Mentor Program.  Vanda received an Edward Albee Fellowship for her full-length play, SCREAMING IN THE WILDERNESS.  This play also won honorable mention in Stage3’s Playwriting Contest and was a finalist for the Playwright’s Center Jerome Foundation Grant.  Another full-length play, AN APPEARANCE OF DESIRE, was a finalist in The Eugene O’Neill National Playwriting Conference, as well as being a finalist for the Playwright Center’s Jerome Foundation Grant. This same play also won third place in The Open Book Contest sponsored by Doubleday. Her one act plays have been performed all around the world.  Vanda is a member Emerging Artists Theatre, TOSOSII, TRU, ICWP and the Dramatists’ Guild.  She is an Associate Professor of Metropolitan College of New York.