The Chinese Clown Cabaret

- created by Jane Chen, Tair Chen and Christopher W. White
- directed by Maya Gurantz
- performed by Jane and Tair Chen

Winner of "Best Clown Show" at The 2005 San Francisco Fringe Festival, The Chinese Clown Cabaret boasts an eclectic blend of musical acts combining opera, quirky ditties, modern pop, and traditional Chinese folk music. Featuring West Coast Firecracker Jane Chen and her real-life mother Tair, these two women light up the stage with humor and wit as they explore the roller coaster ride of adolescent clown life and what it means to grow up caught between two cultures.

"...another ferociously silly hour of sandbox punk-rock ukulele and deadpan, angst-laced, in-your-face cuteness from the fearlessly talented Jane Chen and her real-life mom, Tair. A show capable of wonderfully unnerving ridiculousness, often rooted in a sly send-up of the kind of familial and cultural dynamics inherent in its mother-daughter team, Chinese Clown Cabaret is also far more sophisticated than it would have you believe." - Rovert Avila, SF Bay Guardian

Artist Website: ChineseClownCabaret.com

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