Jet Eveleth and Anatasha Blakely blend the boundaries of improv, clown, and surrealist theater in their new show Make Pretend. Inspired by the dreamlike work of The Reckoning and Italian clown teacher Paola Coletto, the show explores fantastical worlds and pitiful characters. Jet and Anatasha aim to follow absurdity and attempt to face the great unknown with truth and presence. 

Jet Eveleth is an artist and clown based out of Los Angeles. She is a member of The Reckoning and was a clown in the cirque show Absinthe, described by The Huffington Post as, "Mind-altering... poetic, beautiful, inspiring and insulting. The greatest show on earth." Jet directs The Highland Park Clowns and runs Clown Church in Los Angeles. She recently brought her original play Three Sisters Not By Chekhov to the Edinburgh festival. She has performed at the Andy Kaufman Awards and was part of New City Magazine top performers. She toured with The Second City and has studied with Philippe Gaulier. She was the artistic director of the Chicago Improv Festival and a professor of comedy studies at Columbia College. She can be seen in AP Bio (Peacock), Animals (HBO) and The Joe Schmo Show (TBS). She has received a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts, a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Doctorate in Integrative Medicine. https://jeteveleth.wixsite.com/my-site-2

 

"Jet Eveleth is a freaking genius. Full stop. Do yourself the favor of seeing her perform live. I haven't felt this inspired and delighted in a while. What a gorgeous and heartfelt show of pure joy." -Maria Bamford

 

Anatasha Blakely is a filmmaker, actor, and comedian. She studied at Southern Utah University (B.F.A. Classical Acting), iO West (Improv Comedy), and The School for Theatre Creators (Clown). She has performed as an actor at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Denver Center  for the Performing Arts and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Anatasha won best actress in a short at Filmquest, the Houston Horror Film Festival, and HorroHaus for her performance in “Inch Thick, Knee Deep” which she also wrote and directed.

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