Vanessa is the proud recipient of the Craig Noel Award for OUTSTANDING SPECIALTY ARTIST for her body of work as a voice and dialect coach throughout 2019 and an honored nominee for OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY in 2022 for The Children at Moxie Theatre.
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Thank you to San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for this recognition.​
Current Projects:
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The Lehman Trilogy at Cygnet Theatre (Dialect Coach)
Running until April 26, 2026 (INFO & TICKETS)
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A Room in the Castle at Moxie Theatre (Actor)
May 10 - June 7, 2026 (INFO & TICKETS)
A Selection of Reviews:
ACTING​
​"Dinning is phenomenal as Hazel, the plain, seemingly placid and devoted wife and mother of four adult children, whose simmering rage reaches the boiling point" - San Diego Union-Tribune
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"Dinning’s performance is magnificent. She makes Hazel cheerful but ever-wary, concealing what she thinks and knows behind a faux bonhomie." - Times of San Diego
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"Dinning as Hazel is excellent, her life as a scientist and mother of four children is apparent in her efficiency, domesticity, perceptiveness, and ability to try to maintain her temper as it becomes increasingly challenged by Rose and her purpose. She and Maynard spark against each other in a polite dance of hospitality and hostility." - Broadway World
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"Vanessa Dinning, usually known as Moxie’s voice and dialect coach, is excellent as Hazel, the scientist who tries to settle her fears by working out on her yoga mat." - San Diego Stage & Screen
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"The prize of this production goes to Vanessa Dinning’ Rosemary as she leads Anthony on a path to reality giving him every reason and chance to either accept her as she is, letting her love him as deeply as she knows how or giving him the option to walk away. She bares her soul, her love and is ready to give him her heart. It’s a gift, a love story and a winning production." - Carol's Theatre Reviews
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"All four play with great vigour but specially worth noting is Vanessa Dinning's Helena. Dinning has a terrific presence, an ability to make an audience laugh with just a look and the knack of letting us know exactly what she's thinking." - ReviewsGate, UK
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DIALECT
​"The influence of dialect coach Vanessa Dinning is also evident in the cast’s well-practiced, natural-sounding accents." - San Diego Union-Tribune
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"The dialect coaching of Grace Delaney (two Irish dialects… one for Dublin and one for the looked-down-upon Cork resident) and Vanessa Dinning (England-born, but she did one heckuva job on the Czech)." Times of San Diego
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"...his Dublin accent (excellent dialect coaching by Vanessa Dinning, well-known for her expert dialect coaching at Moonlight, Cygnet, San Diego Musical Theatre, and Lambs Players) is consistent and natural." - San Diego Theatre Reviews
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"Shout out to Vanessa Dinning the Dialect coach for getting the entire cast to sound natural with the accent work the show calls for as well!" - Broadway World
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