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We were lucky to catch up with Felicity Hesed recently and have shared our conversation below. Hi Felicity, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

One of the most meaningful projects I worked on was my solo show, “Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto.” In 2018, I took the leap and left my day job in order to work as an artist full time. Already a mother of two, this was a very scary step for me. As soon as I stepped away from my day job, more and more artistic opportunities began to open up for me. With the ability to concentrate on my art, I suddenly had so many new creative ideas…Read Full Article

If you grew up loving Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden,” you might remember the hidden key, the dead aunt, the hidden bedridden Colin, the loneliness and grief, the way two brats learn how to be less bratty. You might have forgotten that protagonist Mary Lennox lost her parents to a disease outbreak, which makes Circus Center’s version of the 1911 story poignant for our own moment…Read Full Article

Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto takes us on a journey of romance, retaliation and rage. A thrilling exploration of relations through many a medium of storytelling from puppetry to mime to AERIAL! (Yes, that is correct: AERIAL!) Hesed takes an immersive experience to (literally) new heights with breath taking stunts and at just an arm’s length…Read Full Article

Unlike most of us who read it as kids in school, director Felicity Hesed read The Secret Garden for the first time during the pandemic, and instantly started seeing connections. In her new circus theater adaptation, Mary Lennox’s parents, who died of cholera in the book, are victims of Covid-19. There aren’t many other explicit Covid references, but the themes in the story of renewal, grief, growth and the healing power of beauty and nature feel timely…Read Full Article

In ‘Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto’ actor, physical comedian and aerialist Felicity Hesed takes us on a moving, whimsical journey through life. From love, marriage through parenthood, there are many laughs to be enjoyed in this show, but it also has a poignant side, as our clown loses herself, and her music, to the demands of family life…Read Full Article

Clown meets Circus meets Classical Music.

Felicity Hesed has happily and triumphantly summed up this performance in her title. Full of comedy, music, Cara Vita is a great piece of fun for any evening…Read Full Article

Airborn babies, wine violins and an unusual linen basket – discover the world of Felicity Hesed’s Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto, which has its European premiere at VAULT Festival in February…Read Full Article

Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto is both a deeply personal and universally human story. Created and performed by Hesed, this comedy offers a uniquely female perspective on the struggles of maintaining one’s identity in the midst of family life. The production incorporates music, trapeze and magic to spin a whimsical tale of love and loss. Hesed’s show offers a fresh, female voice in the world of clowning…Read Full Article

Felicity Hesed’s “Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto” is one of the lucky performances selected for the festival. It is a solo show incorporating clowning, physical theater, circus, magic and music. The show explores the joys, sorrows and hilarity of marriage and parenthood, according to Hesed who is based in San Francisco. Her performance even includes a violin and a trapeze…Read Full Article

On the comical end of the festival spectrum is local actor/clown/aerialist Felicity Hesed’s “Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto,” a world premiere. Initially a clown act in which two people fall in love, Hesed developed it into a quasi-solo piece in which she chooses an audience volunteer as the object of her desire and ends up encapsulating the ups and downs of love, loss and more in mere minutes…Read Full Article

Felicity Hesed’s Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto debuts at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Felicity Hesed’s Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto is a solo theatrical clown piece which explores the joys, sorrows, and hilarity of romance, relationships, and child-rearing, May 30-June 1. Created and performed by Felicity Hesed, this comedy offers a uniquely female perspective on the struggles of maintaining one’s identity in the midst of family life. Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto incorporates music, acrobatics, and magic to spin a tale of love and loss, offering   a fresh, female voice in the world of clowning…Read Full Article

Felicity Hesed is special. Her idea of a good time is performing complex acts on a trapeze while bantering with an audience. “It is unusual,” she admits….Read Full Article