Stand-up Comedy
Decades of comic timing, sharp observation, and a life that has not exactly lacked material.
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For rooms ready for laughter, honesty, and the kind of story that makes people sit up straighter.
Send Booking InquiryWhat You Can Book
What you can book Vanda for
Author Readings & Signings
David Sedaris-style readings from Tap Dancing for Daddy, followed by conversation and book signing.
Keynotes & Talks
Story-driven talks about comedy, shame, truth-telling, freedom from external validation, and turning survival into contribution.
Podcasts
Vanda is available for thoughtful, funny, human conversations with hosts who know how to listen.
Author Panels
Memoir, comedy, writing, aging, survival, voice, spiritual searching, and telling the truth without becoming unbearable.
Retreats & Workshops
Writing, storytelling, humor, truth, and the strange liberation of saying the thing you thought you had to hide.
Private Events
For intimate rooms that want something funny, alive, and unrepeatable.
For Keynotes & Talks
Possible Topics
- —Comedy as survival intelligence
- —Turning shame into story
- —Freedom from external validation
- —Writing the truth without apology
- —Spiritual seeking, cults, gurus, and the search for God
- —Surviving the underbelly without becoming bitter
- —Hahas and ahas: laughter as insight
Featured Praise
"Brilliant, terrifying and hilarious."
— Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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"organized, respectful and friendly, not to mention hilarious."
— Eric Black