DECEMBER 2011, extended thru JANUARY 2012 because of sold out houses!

April 2012 – THE FREE-FALL CONTINUES

STEFAN HAVES, Your Town Follies: Culver City and The Actors Gang Presents:

ATOMIC BEACH-BALL FREE-FALL !!!

“A holiday confection wrapped in science fictions!” – LA Weekly

“His kind of theater defies gravity…among other things.” – LA Stage

”This inventive mix of top-notch cabaret, acrobats, comique performers, jugglers, hula-hoopers, absurdities, vaudeville, wild music, magic, fantastic feats and dare-devilry offers Cirque-like showmanship!”   L.A. WEEKLY

YOUR TOWN FOLLIES presents the highest caliber world-class self-contained comic acrobatic, and musical acts from Cirque du Soleil, luminaries from European variety television shows, physical comics from San Francisco and Seattles’ Teatro Zinzanni,  as well as wild card skill and comic acts, musicians, singers, and celebrities from your town!

Stefan Haves grew up in Los Angeles, and began performing professionally working in television for a decade before crossing over to the world of circus arts and clowning. "What interested me about physical theatre as opposed to naturalistic acting was the benchmarks the circus provides" he says. "Either you can juggle or you can't, either you can walk a tightrope or you can't. Also, the emotional impact is universal, not language based."

After graduating with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Northridge, Stefan went on to study at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California, and worked in the trenches as a juggler and street clown in Paris, which is where he first encountered David Shiner. Haves collaborated with Shiner and Bill Irwin on the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit ‘FOOL MOON,’ and the touring Cirque du Soleil show, ‘KOOZA.’

From 2000 to 2006, Haves was the primary director/writer for the critically acclaimed dinner/circus TEATRO ZINZANNI in San Francisco where he collaborated, with prestigious acrobats, clowns, and magicians as well as headliners such as Joan Baez, Thelma Houston and the Tony-winning actress Lilliane Montevechi.

As a writer, Stefan's shows are based on physical comedy and Commedia dell'Arte' techniques. His film work includes producing and directing the award-winning short film Punch Drunk, starring Sally Kellerman and Connie Sellecca as well as Stalled, starring Doug Jones, Christine Deaver, Kai Lennox and Persia White.

Stefan has directed numerous corporate circus events and critically acclaimed theatre productions. Of note is his adaptation of Jack London's The Call Of The Wild in which he used stilt walkers, animal and mask techniques to illuminate the plight of a dog in the Klondike during the Gold Rush.

Stefan has performed in many television and stage shows, but he is probably best known to audiences for his comedy contortion act entitled Back Man, which was a winner on America's Funniest People. Back Man garnered global recognition on numerous television shows and cabaret stages worldwide.

Says Stefan Haves. "The challenge of constructing a contemporary vaudeville, is to ensure that each moment is self-contained with maximum comic or sentimental punch. We must allow the audience to breathe and rejoice in the power of the performer giving us all solace and a holiday from the worries of the day."

Stefan Haves was born in Los Angeles in 1958 and has a daughter, Hannah Haves.

‘PUNCH DRUNK’ – 35 Millimeter -  22

Minute Short Film Written, Directed & Produced by Stefan Haves starring Sally Kellerman, Connie Sellecca, Joe Orrach, and Christine Deaver.

“The film is an award-winning dreamscape of a groom about to be married who fantasizes of his own wedding where he knows no one– including the bride!”

First Half: Link #1,

Second Half: Link #2