Touched [Clown with Jet Eveleth]

A theatrical and interactive clown show created to examine what holds us hostage from meeting ourselves. A playful exploration of characters, gestalt and the willingness to lose one’s mind. With an interdisciplinary and experimental process, it aims to commit to the absurd while trying to hold on to humanity. Jet explores the edges of comedy and theater by having over two dozen comedic artists shape the show of her many minds and hold her accountable to being brave.

Bio:

Jet is an artist and clown. She runs an open workshop called Clown Church that offers local artists an opportunity to reimagine comedy. She directs The Highland Park Clowns, an ensemble that explores new angles on postmodern clowning. She created and performed a role in the cirque show Absinthe, called the greatest show in Vegas history by Las Vegas Weekly.

She is a founding member of The Reckoning at the iO Theater and performs in the show Adsit & Eveleth with Scott Adsit. She toured Europe performing with The Second City and has studied with Paola Coletto and Philippe Gaulier. She was faculty at The Second City Conservatory and is the former artistic director of the Chicago Improv Festival. She taught physical theater and clown at Columbia College and is currently faculty at Mount Saint Mary’s University. She has received a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts, a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Doctorate in Integrative Medicine.