Jason Ballweber

The Honest Clown: Removing the Nose

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.