Veronica Dymond
Writer, comedian, creative endeavourer
I’m Vero, an award-winning writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fast Facts:
- Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland (2010). Studied English, German, French
- Bachelor of Education (Intermediate/Secondary) from Memorial University of Newfoundland (2011)
- Won NL Arts & Letters Award in 2012 for short story, Au nom du pere
- Two-time finalist at Last Comic Standing NL, also hosted the competition twice
- Featured on the 2021 Just for Laughs Originals album “Infinity Plus Pizza”
- Works have played in festivals in St. John’s, Halifax, Kingston, and Toronto
- First play “I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show” was shortlisted for the NL Fresh Fish Award in 2024
- Used to run the open-mic comedy show at The Levee in 2016, if you remember that
- Available for hosting work! Experienced MC, host, comedian, headliner
- Hire me help you! Writing, story editing, story boards, directing – put me in, coach, I’m ready to play!
Bio
Veronica Dymond is an award-winning writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work is known for being queer, playful, silly, and honest – except when it’s not.
Since 2013, Vero has been a working stand-up comedian, performing with Newfoundland comedy titans like Mary Walsh, Shaun Majumder, and Matt Wright. She was a two-time finalist of Last Comic Standing NL, is featured on the JFL Originals album “Infinity Plus Pizza,” and in 2023 she wrote her first solo show “I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show.”
A skilled storyteller, Dymond has written for the page, stage, and screen. She won an Arts & Letters Award in 2012 for her short story Au nom du pere and “I Kill Myself” was shortlisted for the NL Fresh Fish Award in 2024. Her writing has been featured on Bell Fibe TV, CBC, Cracked, Riddle Fence Magazine, and Word Magazine. Her plays, sketches, and films have appeared in festivals like Toronto Sketch Fest, NL Sketch Fest, the St. John’s Shorts Festival, the Halifax Animation Festival, the ReelOUT Queer Film Festival, and the Nickel Independent Film Festival.
She is a multi-disciplinary artist and works in stand-up, sketch, shorts, music, film, animation, prose, and comics.
Featured
Reviews
Ghost Roommate is a funny and heartfelt film about first impressions, new friendships, and the ghastly state of the rental market
Nickel Independent Film Festival, June 2024
[I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show] was a shared experience that still felt intimate. I was in the crowd, but it felt like I was in my cozy reading corner, cracking open Dymond’s journal with a comforting drink. […] Veronica, you brought joy.
Lisah Nsanzugwanko, Riddle Fence Magazine for “I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show”, Dec 2023
The play succeeds thanks to a tight braid of deeply personal stories, universally relatable narratives and knife-sharp, comedic wit. The writer offers commentary on multiple social issues, using a range of performance styles, all the while managing a text that feels relevant, focused and one that steadily drives forward with assured momentum.
Joshua Goudie, Juror Comments for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award, June 2024
There is genuine darkness in I Kill Myself, yet the writer maintains a comforting presence, guiding the way by shining their light on the beauty, the wonder and even the sheer absurdity of the human experience.”
Her particular brand of self-deprecating jokes was hilarious, and her situational comedy was believable […] I could have watched her all night.
– Wendy Rose, The Telegram, Oct 2016
Credits
| PROJECT TITLE | TYPE | CREDIT | YEAR/NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Roommate | Short Film | Writer / Director / Producer | 2024 Official Selection at the Nickel Independent Film Festival (2024) |
| Skits, Bits, and Big Ol’ Ditties | Sketch Show | Writer / Performer | 2024 Performed at the first-ever NL Sketch Festival in 2024 |
| I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show | Play | Writer / Performer / Producer | 2023 Shortlisted Nominee for the NL Fresh Fish Award (2024) |
| Meet the Creatures | Short Animated Film | Writer / Animator | 2023 Official Selection of: The Halifax Animation Festival (2024), the ReelOUT Queer Film Festival (2024), and the Nickel Independent Film Festival (2023) |
| Comedy Tips from a Comedian | Article | Writer | 2023 Published by WritersNL’s WORD Magazine |
| Begging to be Stolen | Short Play | Director | 2023 Script by Terry Doyle First performance at the St. John’s Shorts Festival (2023) |
| ZIT | Short Animation | Writer / Animator | 2022 Watch for free now! |
| Crossing the Border | Comedy Routine | Featured Comedian | 2021 From “Infinity Plus Pizza” Distributed by JFL Originals Listen now! |
| Pizza Competition | Comedy Routine | Featured Comedian | 2021 Album-naming joke from “Infinity Plus Pizza” Distributed by JFL Originals Listen now! |
| Realdo Columbo | Comedy Routine | Featured Comedian | 2021 From “Infinity Plus Pizza” Distributed by JFL Originals Listen now! |
| Porn Star Name | Comedy Routine | Featured Comedian | 2021 From “Infinity Plus Pizza” Distributed by JFL Originals Listen now! |
| Bad Date | Short Play | Writer Director / Producer | 2021 Performed at the St. John’s Shorts Festival (2022) & Women’s Work Festival (2021) |
| Between | Short Film | Writer / Director / Producer (with Brandon Hillier) | 2021 Official Selection of the Nickel Independent Film Festival (2022) Watch for free now! |
| Mom’s Girls Gone Wild | Sketch Comedy Show | Co-Writer | 2021 Sketches performed at performed in St. John’s (2021) & at Toronto Sketch Fest (2022) |
| “Frankenstein” | Kids TV Series | Director | 2021 Tales from the Floordrobe Ep. 5 |
| Cross-Stitch | Short Play | Writer Director / Producer | 2019 Directed at Cross-Stitch and Other Nonsense (St. John’s, 2020), St. John’s Shorts Festival (online, 2020); also staged at Private Eyes at The Lantern in St. John’s, 2019 & the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto 2019 |
| Frogs, Hammers, and the Power of Comedy | TEDx Talk | Writer / Performer | 2019 Speech for TEDxStjohns Watch now! |
| Witchy Prostitute #3 | Short Film | Writer / Director / Producer (with Andie Bulman) | 2019 1) Screened at the Charlottetown Film Festival 2) Developed into “Casting Call” |
| I Never Lie – Except That One Time, About Being Straight for 28 Years | Comic-Essay | Writer / Cartoonist | 2018 Published on CBC.ca |
| Rainbow Crosswalks are More than Symbols; They Remind Us to Look in All Directions | Essay | Writer | 2018 Published on CBC.ca |
| 9 Circles of Costco Hell | Comic-Essay | Writer / Cartoonist | 2018 Published on CBC.ca |
| The Worst Camping Trip Ever (Comic Essay) | Comic-Essay | Writer/ Cartoonist | 2018 Published on CBC.ca |
| How to Drive in Newfoundland: An Illustrated Guide | Comic-Essay | Writer / Cartoonist | 2018 Published on CBC.ca |
| The Master’s Plan | Play | Writer | 2015 Performed by PATH in Placentia |
| 5 Weird But Effective Alternate Uses for Sex Products | Article | Writer | 2014 Published on Cracked.com |
| Au nom du pere | Short story | Writer | 2012 WINNER NL Arts & Letters Award (French Literary) |
| In the Media |
|---|
| NLCU Fresh Fish Award 2024 – WritersNL, June 13, 2024 |
| NL Sketch Fest – CBC.ca, April 5 2024 |
| Review of “I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show” – Riddle Fence Magazine, December 2023 |
| I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show – CBC “On the Go”, November 16 2023 |
| Introducing our 2023 AIFF filmmaker lab cohort! – Atlantic International Film Festival, July 13 2023 |
| The Long and the Short of It: St. John’s Shorts Review – The Independent, Sept 14 2022 |
| These women are celebrating International Women’s Day by being hilarious – March 8 2020 |
| ‘Private Eyes’ marks 50 years of (partial) decriminalization of homosexuality with six plays – Dec 6 2019 |
| Witchy Prostitute No. 3, and other roles women say it’s time to change – CBC, Oct 21 2019 |
| Meet the 6 Newfoundlanders speaking at TEDxStJohns – CBC.ca, Apr 9 2019 |
| Inspiration. Turmoil. Puffins. The stories you clicked on the most in 2018 – CBC.ca, Dec 27 2018 |
| New Voices and Venues: An Exciting Year For Local Comedy – The Overcast, Jan 3 2017 |
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