(for hi rez photo click on the photo) Handshake Uppercut a Victorian Clown Throwdown Created and Performed by John Leo & Jay Dunn Two slightly perverted but naively
well-intentioned mutes drag each other through life with only each
other's mischievous cruelty to keep them warm. With voyeuristic
vaudeville bits, and surrealist non sequitors, John Leo and Jay Dunn
marry Beckett's existential bleakness, the Marquis de Sade's
power-games, and Keaton's comedic sincerity. Both epic and
infinitesimal, these gentleman comrades will laugh you out of your
seat while they steal it from under you. Warning: Violence, Sexiness and Booze will be Goin' On. Dixon Place, NYC 161A Chrystie Street, between Rivington and Delancey. November 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 @ 9:30 (Thursdays & Saturdays) Tickets $18/$15 (door, students & seniors) Discount Code: FISTFUL Trailer Audience Reviews  Bios John Leo is currently a pediatric Clown Doctor with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, and curates/MCs tinyDANGEROUSfun! -a high-risk variety show in an intimate basement inBrooklyn. He has toured all over North America in various shows: Peg-ass-us (Best of SF Fringe: 2008), a queer sex-ed burlesque, Number's Up! (Gold Medal 2008 NY Clown Olympics) a one-man, one-chihuahua clown show, and In-cahoots (Best of SF Fringe: 2003). He has also been on expeditions with Clowns Without Borders (Mexico '04 & Guatemala '10) and is a graduate of theDell 'Arte School of Physical Theatre ('99), and Sue Morrison's Clown Through Mask. He is a student of Zen Buddhism and teaches The Zen of Clown. Jay Dunn is an Actor/Director based in NYC. His recent credits include Flesh&Blood&Fish&Fowl (Edinburgh Fringe First, London Mime Fest, Paris), Chicken (Philadelphia LiveArts ’10) and Hell Meets Henry Halfway (Pig Iron Theater Company). Regional credits include Arena Stage, Folger Theater ,Woolly Mammoth. A member of Clowns Without Borders, Jay has also worked with rainpan43 and has been a part-time Pedagogic Assistant to Dody DiSanto. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq.  PERFORMANCE HISTORY: NY Clown Theatre Festival 2011 (Amuse Bouche)The Brick Theater, Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 ~ at Triskelion Arts, Saturday, April 16 & 23rd ~ Studio A.I.R. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Saturday, April 2, 2011 ~ First launched: September, 2010 |
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