Jason Ballweber

The Honest Clown: Removing the Nose, Baduwa’t Festival 2026

Jason Ballweber is a Minneapolis-based actor, director, and educator whose work centers on creating new performances and championing the importance of joy in the process. His credits span a wide range of companies, including Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Sod House Theater, Three Sticks Theatre, Jon Ferguson Theater, Live Action Set, Bedlam Theatre, Minnesota Orchestra, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, and Seattle Children's Theatre. At Know Theatre of Cincinnati, he won an Acclaim Award for his direction of Sideways Stories from Wayside School. At Open Eye Figure Theatre, he co-created and directed the Ivey Award–winning Milly and Tillie, and at Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, he directed the North American premiere of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat.

Jason is the former Artistic Director of Four Humors Theater and a co-founder of the Twin Cities Horror Festival. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to the creation of more than 300 new works. He is deeply invested in building spaces that are safe and joyful — places where everyone can play and use their imaginations to the fullest, in theater and in life.

Jason received his BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota and has trained with Chelsea Pace (intimacy), Virginia Scott (physical comedy), and Eric Davis (bouffon), as well as numerous graduates of Dell'Arte International and École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq.