Dean Evans

I'm not going to bury the lead here. The reason I'm posting is to tell you about two things.

1. The Clown LAB is on October 16th at 8pm at 2054 W Irving Park. This is the show where we try things, take risks, and cast doubt and self judgment aside. It's also free.

2. The Chi-Town Clown Revue #6 Special Halloween Edition will be on October 30th at 9:30pm. Well, technically it starts at 9pm because that's when the 4 square tourny starts. Then the Clown show happens and then, as usual, the pie fight. This is the more polished version of the show, in which we bring our A game. Although we take risks and cast doubt and judgement aside for this one as well. This is the fancy show.

Helpful links:

The Brand New Chi-Town Clown Website!
Facebook Invite for the Clown LAB
Facebook invite for the Chi-Town Clown Revue

I'm reading a book about Uncertainty. It is very familiar territory for me. It speaks of leaning into uncertainty and how tolerance to ambiguity can increase your vision thereby increasing your creativity. I'm not saying the book is some wonder bible for artists. In fact most of the book is preaching to the choir. I've always been a hopeless entrepreneur and I've always found ways to play with the sometimes overwhelming fear that I experience. But there are some interesting scientific studies cited in regards to peoples reaction to judgment. And the author is more articulate that I. It's a must read for a clown teacher. And for me it's a book that says "keep kicking ass, dude." I've been thinking about tailoring a workshop for dealing with performance anxiety (stage fright). Because that's what I help people deal with mostly anyways.

I've been rehearsing and developing a new show called Burning Bluebeard. It's a Jay Torrence special. It's a clown/bouffon show. The cast are all my friends and some of the most talented and funny people I've ever known. We've been developing material and putting some scenes and choreography on it's feet. I'm incredibly pleased with the work so far. I've been pleased with my level of creativity. I'm definitely entering into some kind of new prolific phase. I'll be performing much more than I'm teaching this year, which is optimal. I enjoys ideas that are startling and viscous, unpredictable and delicious.

I might be performing at the Chicago TED talks this weekend. We'll see.

I will be performing a short piece for the Actor's Gym's Circus in Progress. That's this Saturday at 4:30 and 7:30 in Evanston.

And on another note. In a completely alternate universe. I start my 5B shows at IO next week. Yes, you heard that correct.

I have not posted on this blog in a year. Here are some things that have happened:

Chi-Town Clown celebrated it's one year anniversary with another amazing Clown Revue.
We also held the first ever Clown Lab, a free show, in which clowns try things. The next review will be in late October around Halloween.

Red Bastard came to town. I took a Bouffon workshop with Eric Davis and the work of Bouffon sparked a great fire within me. I've been performing as a personage who simply goes by HoneyBuns. It's my finest and most startling work, so I'm told.

I studied with Phillipe Gaulier. It was a challenging experience and my knowledge of clown has been shifted. I plan on moving to France next year to learn more. So if you've got some extra money burning a hole in your pocket, I will use those dollars to shake the universe.

I was inspired to be surrounded by 35 other clowns from all over the country last week during the workshop. It made me realize how badly we need an international Clown festival in Chicago.

I found this article about me from my home town paper:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/theatre-talk/2010/10/marcel_marceau_praised_osu_gra.html

I continue to get auditions for TV and film. I will occasionally get callbacks and I've been put on hold a couple times. I booked one commercial that got canceled and another a commercial that was in Spanish and never aired to my knowledge. I really like my agent, and have fun at the auditions.

Things seem to be going well. Although I'm getting antsy and would like to travel abroad for an extended amount of time. Hopefully the circus will call me soon.

I'm making a series of short films that are character studies. The first one is called Buji. Here is the video:

I recently performed at the Paper Machete, a live magazine. I read something I wrote.
Here it is...

I just ran across this list of potential titles for my Clown show from years ago. Thank God I wen with Magical Exploding Boy.

Possible Titles:
Chicken Guts Dean and the Big Bathroom Mirror
Kid Chicken Balls vs. His Own Reflection
Bathroom Mirror and the Cartoon Kid
Republicans Walk Next to Jesus
The Cartoon Kid
The Return of the Invisible Man
Kid Lily White Flies a Kite
Prance Mothra, Prance.
Kid Fantasy vs. The Glitter Gnomes
Fuck you, I will fucking Shank you