My Grandmother’s Eyepatch

Clowns Can Dance—MTC Up the Alley

Heartfelt memorial for a beloved Grandmother or an opportunity to show off your awesome talents to your family? The character of Julia VanderVeen chooses the later. The performer Julia VanderVeen shows off her awesome talents to the crowd in a wild ride of physical comedy, singing and dialogue.

I don’t want to ruin any of the constantly surprising parts of the show, but I will say I thought I had an idea what might happen with one of the key props on stage. I was right, but then she went to a level no one could have expected, leaving everyone laughing and stunned.

Obligatory audience participation warning.

Murray Hunter


Clowns Can Dance

My Grandmother’s Eyepatch—MTC Up the Alley

BEST OF THE FEST Orlando Sentinel, WINNER BEST SOLO SHOW COMEDY Orlando Fringe 2023

WINNER BEST CLOWN SHOW, ESTROGENIUS NYC Frigid Fringe 2022

When she was six, Julia ate a cupcake wrapper because she wanted more cupcake, and her mother asked the neighbor if something might be wrong with Julia.

Julia’s mother saw My Grandmother’s Eyepatch recently, and had the same question.

Julia has been lauded “A professional actor,” -Roanoke Times, as well as “willfully bizarre…hysterical…” – Hartford Courant

Hailing from NYC. Come play!