Veronica Dymond
Writer, comedian, creative endeavourer.
I’m Vero, an award-winning writer, comedian, and producer from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
I won an Arts & Letters Award in 2012 for my short story, Au nom du pere and started doing stand-up a year later. I was a finalist in Last Comic Standing NL two years in a row, and I have headlined the Braxton Comedy Festival and performed with Canadian comedy legends like Mary Walsh and Shaun Majumder. In 2021, I recorded on the JFL Originals comedy album Infinity Plus Pizza and in 2023 I produced my first full-length play, “I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show.”
My writing has been featured on CBC.ca, Cracked.com, and Riddle Fence Magazine. I was a co-writer on the TV series “Casting Call” and my work has been in festivals across Canada, including Toronto Sketch Fest, the Women’s Work Festival, the St. John’s Shorts Festival, NL Sketch Fest, the Halifax Animation Festival, the ReelOUT Queer Film Festival, and the Charlottetown Film Festival. My newest short film, “Ghost Roommate,” is an Official Selection of the Nickel Independent Film Festival 2024.
I have produced over a dozen live and filmed projects. I have directed plays, films, animated shorts, sketches, and TV episodes. I also self-publish comics on my blog.
Featured Work
Other Works:
I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show. Writer, performer, producer.
Meet the Creatures. Writer, director, producer. Short animated film. 2022.
ZIT. Writer, director, producer. Short animated film. 2022
Bad Date. Writer. Short play, performed at the St. John’s Shorts Festival (2022), Women’s Work Festival (2021)
Between. Co-creator. Short film, screened at the Nickel Independent Film Festival 48-Film Challenge (online, 2021)
Cross-Stitch. Writer. Short play, performed at Cross-Stitch and Other Nonsense (St. John’s, 2020), St. John’s Shorts Festival (online, 2020), The Lantern (St. John’s, 2019), & the Betty Oliphant Theatre (Toronto, 2019)
Mom’s Girls Gone Wild. Sketch writer. Sketch comedy show, performed at LSPU Hall (St. John’s, 2021)
Tales from the Floordrobe. Director of Episode 5 – “Frankenstein.” Kids TV show for BellFibe (2021)
Witchy Prostitute #3. Co-writer/co-director. Short film, screened at the Charlottetown Film Festival (Charlottetown, 2019)
How to Drive in Newfoundland: An Illustrated Guide. Write/artist. Comic-essay (CBC.ca, 2018)
The Master’s Plan . Writer. Play. Performed by PATH (Placentia, 2015)
5 Weird But Effective Alternate Uses for Sex Products (Cracked.com, 2014)
Au nom du pere . Writer. Short Story. Winner – NL Arts & Letters Award – French Literary (2012)
IN THE MEDIA
I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show – CBC “On the Go” Interview – November 16 2023
Review of I Kill Myself by Riddle Fence Magazine – December 2023
NL Sketch Fest – April 5, 2024
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