Meet Dr. Daffodil

A trilingual comedy performer with a PhD.

Dr Daffodil crafts genre-bending, intertextual comedic theatrical experiences, that stimulate both laughter and intellectual curiosity!

Mona Abdel-Fadil (she/her) is a British-born Egyptian-Norwegian genre-bending comedy performer and academic, with an undeniable stage presence.

A skilled improviser and writer of fiction and satire with sharp comedic timing, she's committed to decolonizing comedy by challenging whose stories get told and whose perspectives become the punchline.

Mona's scripted performances blend her academic expertise with accessible humor, inviting audiences to laugh at the absurdity of ethnocentrism while questioning the power structures that sustain it.

For instance, she has adapted excerpts of her satirical piece “A Superiour Guide to Performing the Academic Self”, (Johns Hopkins Press 2020) for the stage as Diversity 101 for Superiour Academics.

Mona was a recipient of the 2025 Transversal Performing Artist Grant and a Rawabat artist in residency. Dr. Daffodil Goes Occidental! is Mona’s first full-length solo show scripted for stage performance.