John Leo

is a clown teacher, performer & director dedicated to the creation of vital, outrageous & buoyant theater.

Bio

John Leo won the Gold Medal in the 2008 New York Clown Olympics for wiggling his little butt and bribing the judge in the Eccentric Dance competition. From 2001-2007, he lived in Juneau, Alaska where he made outrageous burlesque, clown and physical theater. John's collaborations have won Best of SF Fringe 2003 and Best Comedy of the SF Fringe 2008. He has toured to Mexico (2004) and Guatemala (April 2010) with Clowns Without Borders.  John is currently a pediatric Clown Doctor with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program in NYC area hospitals. A graduate of the Dell 'Arte School of Physical Theatre, he has studied with Ronlin Foreman, Ricardo Puchetti and Sue Morrison.