THE WORKThe Sacred
Alter of Play.
The story and the method behind Presence In Play.
Jet’s story
Jet Eveleth came up in the Chicago comedy scene as member of The Reckoning and touring with the Second City. She moved to Vegas to perform as a clown in the show Absinthe at Caesar’s palace. Then a stretch of working in television in Los Angeles left her feeling disconnected and lost, and the search for what was missing took her somewhere comedians usually don't go. She studied breathwork in the Pyrenees with Wim Hof, Taoist yoga with Paulie Zink, and the presence teachings of Eckhart Tolle. She got her doctorate in Integrative Medicine and became a professor Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She discovered that her journey into the unknown led her back into the one thing she always loved: clowning around. The result is a practice that treats laughter as medicine and play as a path home. She has taught it at Esalen, at the Elysian, in corporate rooms, and in a donation-based weekly gathering she calls Clown Church.
Presence In Play is the home for all of it.
The Method
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Descend.
In Sufi philosophy there is an expression that the spirit is the ocean and the body is the beach. We must come to the body to dive into the great unknown. Stillness and breath quiet the inner judge so honest impulse can emerge in real time.
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Play.
From stillness comes organic movement, ritual and games. The invitation is to get lost in childlike play without the need to perform. We follow our naïvety, which comes from the French meaning of natural or to simply allow.
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Together.
Our bodies yearn to be part of a tribe. We work as an ensemble to reconnect to the web, to be part of the whole again. Isolation is the wound and authentic connection is the medicine.
Credentials
“Jet Eveleth is a freaking genius. Full stop. Do yourself the favor of seeing her perform live. I haven’t felt this inspired and delighted in a while. What a gorgeous and heartfelt show of pure joy.”
“Improv superstar”
“Brainy, outrageous and razor-sharp improviser and actor Jet Eveleth.”
“Eveleth adopts distinct mannerisms and attitudes to create characters, at once esoteric and identifiable, that appear to spring from deeply personal takes on humanity.”
“Eveleth is one of the best actresses to emerge from Chicago comedy’s scene.”
Esalen Institute faculty
2025-present
Faculty at Kinship Yoga, LA
2022-present
Post graduate studies on Meditation and Psychoanalysis at Harvard Medical School
2023
Professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Alhambra Medical University
2023
Doctor of Integrative Medicine , DAIM
2022
Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine, MS
2020
Graduate, Eckhart Tolle's School of Awakening
2018
Breathwork and ice immersion training with Wim Hoff
2018
Clown in Absinthe at Caesars Palace
2015-2017
Corporate training for University of Chicago MBA Orientation
2008-2013
Professor of Comedy Studies at Columbia College
2007-2012
Artistic Director of Chicago Improv Festival
2009-2011
Studies with Philippe Gaulier
2010
Taoist Yoga teacher Training with Paulie Zink
2009
The Second City
2008-2011
Corporate training for Columbia University Business School
2008
Masters Interdisciplinary Arts, MA
2007
Presenter and Facilitator Theater of the Oppressed Confrence
2006
The Reckoning , iO Theater
2001-2017