jet
art+comedy
about
Jet Eveleth, is currently developing the show Dr Jet's Universe, inspired by the work of Pee-wee Herman, Mister Rogers and Cosmos. She is touring Perchance to Dream with Anatasha Blakely called, "Astonishing ...comedy unlike anything I’ve ever seen" by Onstage Colorado. Her show Touched was called "genius" by Maria Bamford and her original play Three Sisters Not By Chekhov premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024. She created and performed a comedic role in the cirque show Absinthe, called the greatest show in Vegas history by Las Vegas Weekly. The Huffington Post described the show as "Risqué, dangerous and mind-altering... It is poetic, beautiful, inspiring and insulting. The greatest show on earth." Jet directs The Highland Park Clowns and runs Clown Church in Los Angeles. Jet is a a member of the The Reckoning and the two person show Adsit & Eveleth with Scott Adsit. She performed at the Andy Kaufman Awards and was listed as 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.
"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
"If I could only see one show my entire life, I'd want it to be that."
-The Huffington Post
"Eveleth masterminds the show. She is truly the heart of the show."
-Las Vegas Shows
"Jet Eveleth, beloved performer, gives her authoritative answer: In the simplest terms, clown is a celebration of the physical and vulnerable side of the human experience. When the performer embraces the muchness of life, they serve as a mirror for the audience to see and laugh at themselves from a safe distance. So yes, it is mostly just falling down, falling in love or farting, but from a wider angle, clown is poking fun at the human condition.”
-LA Times, 2022
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"​Jet Eveleth, an artist and clown who’s been performing in the scene for decades, says, "If you’re newer to this work, and you want to be vulnerable, you start with the naked body. But if you stay with the work longer, you show the inside.” It is their belief that to be a clown is to ache for the audience, and to deliver the elemental catharsis they’re searching for." -Slate Magazine, 2024
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"A Comedic Masterpiece" - Spoleto Today
"Improv superstar" - Charleston City Paper
“Very funny, with a razor sharp sense of timing.”
- New City Magazine
"A fine improviser who patiently finds and exposes the tension between characters, making them desperate, vulnerable, and hilarious to observe. You really have to hang on to every word--but that's easy to do with Eveleth, whose shape-shifting face is rich with emotion and humor. One sketch is so deliciously incomprehensible it belongs in any discussion of the most courageous bits in I.O.’s storied history. ” - The Chicago Reader
"The redheaded Eveleth exudes a 1950s Life magazine elegance about her. So it can be jarring to watch her perform — debonair one minute, caustic the next, a whirlwind of physical comedy and pretzel contortions." - Monterey Herald
"Dark and subversive, Eveleth is one of the best actresses to emerge from Chicago comedy's scene." - Chicago Tribune
“Eveleth adopts distinct mannerisms and attitudes to create characters, at once esoteric and identifiable, that appear to spring from deeply personal takes on humanity.” - The Chicago Reader
"Comedy sensation" - Charleston City Paper
"Intelligent humor that ranges from black to bubble-gum pink." - Charleston City Paper
"Zen-like insight" - The Register
"Brainy, outrageous and razor-sharp improviser and actor Jet Eveleth"- Timeout Chicago
“Eveleth—with her delicate features and killer timing—is a top dog in comedy. Biting but never cruel, she works the smallest details of her characters; the lady can act the tar out of a scene.”
-New City Magazine
mission
To create theatrical experiences that ignite the imagination. To make the audience an integral part of the creation. To challenge beliefs that hold us hostage. To deeply commit to the absurd. To take the risks needed to transmute the ache of life into the art of comedy,