Deborah Kimmett

Deborah Kimmett is a Canadian writer and comedian.

Biography

Originally from Napanee, Ontario, she was a member of The Second City's Toronto cast in the 1980s,^[1] and appeared as a stage actress in productions of Norm Foster's Windfall,^[2] Lawrence Jeffery's Precipice^[3] and Don Ferguson's Skin Deep.^[4] She later wrote several plays, including Broken Record,^[5] Last Respects^[6] and Miracle Mother,^[7] and one-woman shows including Dorothy Lawton: Unplugged, Overboard^[8] and North of Normal.^[9]

Miracle Mother was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1995 Governor General's Awards.^[10]

Kimmett has also published the humor books Reality Is Overrated and That Which Doesn't Kill You Makes You Funnier^[11] and the novel Outrunning Crazy, and is an online author of the Seven Minute Writer Tool Kit. She holds on line writing workshops for creative writers.^[12] She has made 26 guest appearances on the CBC Radio comedy series The Debaters, is a regular at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and on CBC Radio One's Definitely Not the Opera.^[12] and works as a motivational speaker teaching organizations how to deal with change. She and Lee Anne McAlear host a regular podcast called Improv: The Heart of Innovation.

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