About Us
Bilingual musical theater for our community — on stage and beyond.
Our Missi n
Broadway Sin Barreras is a nonprofit theater initiative dedicated to expanding opportunities for Latiné artists and audiences in musical theater through bilingual storytelling and original works.
Through its cabaret program Broadway Sin Vergüenza, we present original musical telenovelas developed through workshops and performed as Telenovela Nights — a live double-feature experience inspired by gathering to watch novelas together.
We also produce bilingual revues, staged readings, and theatrical concerts that celebrate the musical theater canon while reflecting the language and culture of the Latiné community.
Our St ry
Broadway Sin Barreras began as an experiment in bilingual storytelling rooted in the Latiné experience.
Our first presentation took place on October 31, 2025 at The Producer’s Club, featuring Defying in Spanglish and Passions of the Plantains: Bananas of Betrayal. The response revealed a clear appetite for this work.
We returned on February 25, 2026 at Pregones/PRTT with two new telenovelas: Champagne Tears: The Rich Also Cry and Querida: Amor Sin Final, leading to the creation of the Broadway Sin Vergüenza Telenovela Nights Cabaret Circuit.
Without a permanent theater space, we embrace an intimate style of storytelling focused on
performance, music, and direct audience connection.
Founder & Artistic Director
Vanessa Verduga
A proud Ecuadorian-American theater-maker, writer, performer, and practicing attorney, she was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Bronx. Inspired by her mother, a dancer and singer, Vanessa developed a lifelong connection to storytelling and performance.
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), her work spans theater, film, television, and music. She wrote and starred in the Off-Broadway play Implications of Cohabitation at Theatre Row and is the creator of the award-winning web series Justice Woman, recognized at New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con.
She is also an award-winning singer-songwriter with two albums, Soy Mujer and Solita.
Through Broadway Sin Barreras, Vanessa creates bilingual theatrical work that reflects the humor, culture, and lived experiences of the Latiné community.
Learn more at vanessaverduga.com
Founder’s Note
“I didn’t want to ask for a seat at the table — I wanted to build our own.
Broadway Sin Barreras exists to create space for bilingual and bicultural artists who have too
often been left out of the story.
We are building the stage ourselves — sin barreras.”