Staff Biographies

CircEsteem has grown to such an amazing program because of the countless hours and limitless energy given by circus professionals, curious volunteers, and excited educators, passing on what they know. Our staff has gone on to tour with circuses as acrobats and clowns, gone to public and private schools bringing circus to their classrooms and started outreach programs of their own.

Anthony Courser-Clown, Partner Acro

Anthony Courser graduated from the Dell’ Arte School in Blue Lake, California in 1998 and studied clown under Sue Morrison at the Institute of Canadian Clown in Toronto. He has performed with the Dell’ Arte Players, touring California and Venezuela. Moved to Chicago in 1999 to form the clown company Asylum 137. Since the he  has also created pieces of clown theatre,commedia and performance pieces for/with Flying Griffin Circus, Sprung, Redmoon, and the Neo-Futurists. He teaches clown, physical comedy, creative writting, mask, mime, and circus arts at the Actors Gym, Second City, Broadway bound,  and in Chicago Public Schools.  Anthony is also a member of Barrel of Monkeys, an educational outreach and performance company that works with Chicago public elementary schools.