Veena has worked for various theatre companies across Canada. She co-founded & developed the improvisation companies Loose Moose Theatre Company (Calgary, Canada) and The Vancouver TheatreSports™ League.
Veena's been a featured performer at many theatre festivals including The Glasgow Comedy Festival, The Vancouver Comedy Festival, and The Winnipeg Comedy Festival.
Currently Veena is the Artistic director of Vancouver’s improvised show The Life Game©, created by Keith Johnstone.
Veena is a three time Jessie Richardson nominee, and has won both a Jessie and a Leo Award winner for her acting work.
Selected Theatre Credits
5 At 50, / Ruby Slippers Theatre & Zee Zee Theatre
THE LIFE GAME (Theatrical, & CBC Radio), Co-Artistic Director & Performer
MY GRANNY THE GOLDFISH, Factory Theatre Toronto
MY GRANNY THE GOLDFISH, Arts Club Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET, Vancouver Playhouse
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (all-female cast) Havana Theatre / Aaron Craven
WHERE’S MY MONEY, The Beaumont Stage
GLASGOW COMEDY FESTIVALS, Featured Performer, Glasgow
THE MAHARANI SPEED DATING, One-Woman Show, Glasgow & Edinburgh Comedy Festival
FIVE DOLLAR DRINKS, Playwrights Theatre Centre
WOMEN IN THE DIRECTORS’CHAIR, Banff Festival of Arts (4 years)
JAVA LIFE, New Play Centre
EL GRANDE DE COCA COLA, Alberta Theatre Projects
I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Firehall Theatre
MACBETH, Firehall Theatre
2B WUT UR*, Green Thumb / Morris Panych
MAHARANI & THE MAPLE LEAF (One-Woman Show), Firehall Theatre, Fringe 1993 Tour
MIXED BLESSINGS, Alberta, Arts Club Theatre
DELPHIC ORIOLES, Karen, Western Canada Theatre
FAIR GAME*, Diane, Arts Club Theatre
TALKING WITH … , Various Characters , The Vancouver Fringe
JULIUS CAESAR, Calpurnia , Carousel Theatre
SUSPECT, The Maharani, Vancouver TheatreSports™ League
LOST AND FOUND*, Bhuldip, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, Girlfriend, Stage West, Edmonton
THE KOMAGATA MARU INCIDENT, Woman, Alberta Theatre Projects
NEIGHBOUR, Giselle, Alberta Theatre Projects
SCAPINO!, Zerbinetta, Alberta Theatre Projects
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS, Sister Mary Ignatius, Loose Moose/Keith Johnstone
SECOND CITY DINNER THEATRE, Various, Second City, Edmonton
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Lulu, Loose Moose Theatre/K.Johnstone
THEATRESPORTS (Co-founder), Various, Calgary, New York, Vancouver,
Hong Kong, San Francisco, L.A., London
* Jessie Richardson Award nominee / winner