BIO
“Virginia Jones fricking murdered. She destroyed. It was wonderful.” – Jackie Kashian, the Jackie & Laurie Show
Present
Virginia Jones is an LA-based comedian, actor, and writer. She can be seen on Portlandia, CNN’s History of Comedy, and if you stay up late enough, on an Australian tap dance infomercial.
She is a unique comic voice. Her comedy is keenly feminist and subtly radical.
During lockdown, she created a webseries native to Instagram TV called Covid Delivery Scumbag, which has over 1000 views cross-platform. She has performed on Zoom shows with luminaries like Maria Bamford, Tiff Stevenson, James Acaster, Jackie Kashian and Jenny Zigrino. She’s also working with the fabulous Nowhere Comedy Club and is available for private bookings via Paragon entertainment.
She’ll be published in the upcoming anthology, This Is Not A Punk Rock Anthology, It’s A New Wave Anthology! on Bone & Ink Press this Spring.
Virginia tours nationally as a standup, headlining rooms in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Cambria, Portland, and Idyllwild, and features at every casino and Radisson lounge between Portland and Montana.
Past
She has opened for some of her heroes like Maria Bamford, Eddie Pepitone, Myq Kaplan, Zach Galifianakis, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Jackie Kashian.
She has performed in prominent comedy festivals like Bridgetown, All Jane, WICF, Chico and Santa Cruz festivals, and placed as a semi-finalist in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition.
Virginia has just returned from her Fall tour of London spots, working with legends like Tiff Stevenson and Andy Zaltzman.
As her gothic alter ego, Bloodmeadow, she stars in GOTHIXXX, a webseries about gothgirls which passes not only the Bechdel test but the Poe test, where women talk about creepy stuff.
Future
Her first album, Gothic American, got rave reviews and she is working on her second, to be recorded in Portland when the world re-opens. She is on the development track for the Improv family of clubs.
Virginia proudly appears on Jackie Kashian and Laurie Kilmartin’s prestigious Comic of the Week list.
She streams on Itunes, SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify, and Audible.
PODCASTS
Virginia has been proud to appear on such podcasts at the LEGENDARY Jordan, Jesse, Go!, Nobody Listens To Paula Poundstone, and Jackie Kashian’s long-running masterclass in Dorkdom, the Dork Forest. Check out all of her podcasts here!
PROPS
“Omigod so good”- Kristen Schaal
“Virginia is a certified KILLER”- Laurie Kilmartin
“The one person on the bill that everyone always talks about is Virginia Jones.”- Dwight Slade
“Virginia is hilarious!” – Maria Bamford
“Really funny, really good stuff”- David Koechner
“You’re really funny”- Arj Barker
“The best 45 minutes my house arrested team has had on a google meet. Virginia, you are hilarious! My stomach is in pain from laughing.” – Paragon Customer Review
“You’re getting hard to follow. I hate you.”- Tim Harmston
“Virginia is the smart-ass with the heart of gold- she’s the best of the best and wickedly funny always”-Robert Buscemi
“She’s a master of the deadpan misdirect.”- John Eiler
“Virginia is both hilarious and personable. Felt like we have a long-time friend in the room to have a laugh with. Sharp, insightful humor, and a personality that lasts for days. Highly recommend breaking up the remote team mindset with her!— Paragon Customer Review
“Virginia Jones is both the best and worst thing: a woman with an opinion.”- Outburst KC
“We fell into Virginia’s hilarious spell immediately. Recommend her to anyone!“– Paragon Customer Review
GOTHIC AMERICAN
Her album, GOTHIC AMERICAN, was included on Best of 2016 lists by WhoHaHa and the Portland Mercury!
Top Album Reviews for Gothic American:
“A record so good, I bought it!” – Jackie Kashian
“Artful comedy with soul- Virginia knows who she is. Her comedy is exactly what good art should be, the sum total of the artists’ experience, soaked in impactful emotions and presented with a cohesive voice honed from years of focus and dedication to the form. Virginia’s fans know, and now you can learn just how smart, funny and willing to poke fun at herself this jewel of the comedy scene is.”
“Virginia Jones is masterful at crafting smart jokes about relatable topics in the most unpredictable ways- everything from tattoos to body image to dating- she’ll make you think and question the status quo while letting out a guttural laugh. Definitely buy this album if you’re looking for something unique, biting and hilarious.”
“This album walks a sharp but subtle line. I appreciate it when stand-up can still surprise me.”
PANDORA: “Virginia Jones’ comedy features humorously dim-witted logic, a sarcastic, self-deprecating delivery, jokes about animals and personal relationships.”
REPRESENTATION
Commercial Agent: Sarah Angeli, Commercial Talent
Manager: Jacob Gallagher, Calliope West
STAND UP RESUME
Appearances include:
Outburst Comedy Club, Kansas City (HEADLINER)
DNA’s Comedy Lab, Santa Cruz, CA (HEADLINER)
Crackers Comedy Club, Indianapolis (HEADLINER)
927 Brewery, Cambria, CA (HEADLINER)
Idyllwild Comedy, Idyllwild, CA (HEADLINER)
Winners Casino, Winnemucca (HEADLINER)
Flappers Comedy Club, Burbank (FEATURE)
Helium Comedy Club, Portland, OR (FEATURE)
Seattle Underground, Seattle, WA (FEATURE)
Velveeta Room, Austin, TX
Big Hunt, Washington, DC
Dynasty Typewriter, LA
Improv Comedy Club, LA
Comedy Store, LA
Meltdown, LA
Festivals:
Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Portland
All Jane No Dick, Portland
Bumbershoot Music Festival, Seattle
Palm Springs International Comedy Festival
Santa Cruz Comedy Festival
Ladies Are Funny Fest, Austin
Women In Comedy Festival, Boston
Vegan Comedy Festival with Myq Kaplan
Chico Comedy Festival
Funny Women Festival, LA
Burbank Comedy Festival
Ventura Comedy Festival
Antelope Valley Comedy Festival
Contests:
39th San Francisco International Comedy Competition- Semi-Finalist
31st Seattle International Comedy Competition- Semi-Finalist
Portland Comedy Competition – 1st Runner-Up
Westside Comedy Showdown- Finalist
TELEVISION
Portlandia-Featured
CNN- History of Comedy