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A love letter to live performance, creative breakdowns, and the messy joy of making something together, this piece is We close our Spaghetti Festival with a brand new show from our 2025 Company-in-Residence Clowns of Color!! “Don’t ask Don’t tell” is a comedy show about their time and experience in the military. Deshawn (United States Marine Corps) & Jamonté (Army). From over-hydrating to avoid the silver bullet, to how the military took their beautiful faces, these two clowns will do whatever it takes to make sure you see how the military affects them to this day.
We met while working as bartenders in L.A. and formed a bond over our dreams, upbringing, and both having served in the United States military. We would describe our work as an exaggeration of the relatability of the black experience but also the subtleness of the climate we face today. Overall, we are two playful clowns who enjoy having fun and expressing our love of art with our audience. We enjoy using physicality to express ourselves, whether slapstick, performance art, or dancing. Our goal for this residency is to provide an undeniable, prolific, profound show. A show that we can tour the world and amplify our dreams Also, with this residency, we want to amplify our community and show. Black men are not a monolith and can provide depth, vulnerability, and love to the community and the stage. And becoming a light to our audience.equal parts existential and extremely stupid. Two actors attempt to rehearse Waiting for Godot as Bill and Ted, but before the first line is spoken, they spiral into a Vaudevillian fever dream of devising. Ego clashes with insecurity, friendship is tested, and absurdity reigns in a farce that blurs the line between what’s set and what’s improvised. With tonal whiplash, pop culture riffs, Beckett echoes, musical breaks, and choreographed meltdowns, the show creates a fresh absurdist clown-duo homage to Godot—desperately funny, desperately stupid, and desperately human.