"A masterful performer."
- Variety
JOEL JESKE is a three-time Drama Desk nominated actor, writer, teacher, director, multi-disciplinary artist, and clown. He is the associate artistic director of the theater company Parallel Exit where he created and starred in Parallel Exit’s Off-Broadway hits THIS WAY/THAT WAY, CUT TO THE CHASE, ROOM 17B, EVERYBODY GETS CAKE, and most recently The ARTIST will be with you in a Moment. Internationally, Joel starred at the Apollo Variete in Dusseldorf, Germany, the Festival Der Traume in Innsbruck, Austria, the COS Festival in Reus, Spain, and was featured at the AEMI International Clown Festival in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China. Joel, along with Parallel Exit, toured Germany for two years performing their slapstick vaudeville EXIT! for the GOP Variete Theaters. As a clown, Joel starred and created clown acts for Ringling Bros, Cirque du Soleil, and The Big Apple Circus’s THE GRAND TOUR and 40th ANNIVERSARY. He has even traveled under the sea as the physical comedy consultant for SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: The Broadway Musical.
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