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500 Clown presents 500 CLOWN AND THE ELEPHANT DEAL, a Visiting Company Initiative by 500 Clown and John Fournier, directed by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, June 20 through July 11.

'500 Clown Madame Barker's Cabaret II: Have a Drink on Me' on May 23, 2009, 10 p.m., at Prop Thtr

500 Clown Theater presents '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal' - a musical missile aimed at the tenuous border between fiction and reality - as part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Visiting Company Initiative.

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents '500 Clown Madame Barker's Cabaret,' a celebration of Chicago talent hosted by Molly Brennan as Madame Barker of '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal,' as a lead-up to the full production opening at Steppenwolf in June. Guests include 500 Clown, John Fournier (piano/vocals), Dennis Watkins (magic), Happenstance (DC vaudeville), Jessica Hudson (burlesque), Cliff Chamberlain (guitar/voice), Tim Simeone (clown solo), Marika Mashburn (torch song), Pam Chermansky (original music), Galaxie Girls (dance), and Joseph Schupbach (as JonBenet Ramsey).

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents its holiday hit ?500 Clown Christmas? for a limited holiday 2008 engagement during the first season of programming at North Central College?s Meiley-Swallow Hall.

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents its holiday hit ?500 Clown Christmas? for a limited holiday 2008 engagement during the first season of programming at North Central College?s Meiley-Swallow Hall.

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents its holiday hit '500 Clown Christmas' for a limited holiday 2008 engagement during the first season of programming at North Central College's Meiley-Swallow Hall.

Chicago's 500 Clown Theater Company has received $28,000 from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Ensemble Theatre Collaborations Grant program. The award will support the partnership between 500 Clown and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland, which commissioned 500 Clown's newest production, '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal,' to premiere December 11-14, 2008.

Performance Space 122 presents 500 Clown to infuse the holiday season with jaw-dropping hilarity, off the hook festivity, and twisted tales of horror and delights.