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Jon Monastero
has performed as a clown with Cirque
du Soleil in multiple special events in Los Angeles.
Other fancy theatrical credits include performing in three different
shows at the Disney Concert Hall with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra; Holst’s:
The Planets (as The Musical Astronomologist), in The
Spirit of the Cello (as The
Spirit of the Cello) and in The
Composer is Dead (Pall
Bearer), as well as The
School of Night (Harlequin)
at the Mark Taper Forum, Summersounds (Jack
Donkey) at the Hollywood Bowl and L’Histoire
du Soldat (Soldat) with
the San Francisco Symphony. He has
also been on stage with the award winning Four
Clowns in Lunatics and Actors directed
by David Bridel and Jeremy Aluma, clowned with the Troubadour
Theatre Company’s circus show The
Funky Punks directed by Matt Morgan, and appeared in Stefan
Haves's Your Town
Follies at the El
Portal Theatre. Here are more fun and impressive performance related
factoids: Jon was awarded the 2008
Ticketholder Award for Special Events and Performances for his
skill in commedia dell’Arte in The
School of Night, wrote and starred in sixteen episodes
of Vatos
in Space for Serial
Killers at Sacred Fools Theatre, and was among a select group of
artists asked to participate in the Soltanoff-Findlay
Project with the Center Theatre Group. Jon
is a force of nature in the world of arts education having multiple
shows on the roster of the Segerstrom Center for the Performing
Arts and Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center's Arts Teach rosters
including Ten West's The
Fracas Bros. and Quest
for Character. And there's more! Including his commedia
dell’Arte troupe Studio
Zanni and Civil War Living History in the Classroom
- a workshop about the life of a Civil War soldier which he created
and presents in schools across Southern California. Jon also
performs in the award winning educational show The
Bully Dudes, working with David Prather, Keith Berger and Sharon
Diskin of The Chameleons Magical Mime Troupe. And,
of course, Jon is a proud member of Ten
West - the LA-based comedy troupe that
has garnered critical and audience acclaim across N. America.
Email Jon
at:
IMDB:
www.imdb.com/name/nm2652680
Civil War Living History in the Classroom:
www.facebook.com/civilwarclassroom
Studio Zanni commedia dell'Arte:
www.studiozanni.net
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