The Easy Way
In 2011, Linnea walked 300 miles alone on the side of the road looking for a vision from God.
Fifteen years later, she wonders if she somehow just missed it.
by Linnea Bond
Sat, Apr 18, 2026 5:00 PM
Christ Church
Neighborhood House
Walk-up tickets ($5-50) available for all shows after online sales end!
A gently interactive memoir piece, about a non-binary clown with daddy issues, and their daddy’s daddy issues. Themes of identity, responsibility, and fortune, weave together a collage of memory and fantasy, to tell a story of making peace with something none of us get to choose- one's lot in life. Featuring cameo’s by Tom Cruise, Ataturk (the father of the turks), and a whole lot of salt and paper, come see a work in progress of the play that izzy can never ever ever ever show their dad.
This show is for you if…
you like clown memoir and want to see work still in progress.
TEAM CREDITS
artist: Linnea Bond
Linnea Bond is a Philadelphia-based performance artist, environmental justice organizer, and educator exploring apocalypse and renewal on a personal, interpersonal, and global scale. With her undergraduate degree in Sociology and an MFA in Acting and New Works Creation, her work lives in the intersection of art and activism and has included live proscenium theatre, immersive experiences, protest design, and audio and video creation. She is currently touring The American Revolution with Chicago-based Theatre Unspeakable.
Linnea has toured to twelve North American cities performing Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You!, her autobiographical comedic solo show about her life-threatening tumors and a devastating break-up, and connecting the pain of heartbreak to the climate crisis. The show won Critics’ Pick of the Cincinnati Fringe and artist vote for encore performance, and Producer’s Pick at the Atlanta Fringe, with the Orlando Weekly saying, “If Amy Sedaris and Jane Lynch had a baby who became the world's most intense timeshare salesperson, they still probably wouldn't be half as arresting as Linnea Bond… [A]n achingly funny plea for existence.” She has devised performances solo and collaboratively around a myriad of social themes, including addiction, aging and dementia, queer history, and post-deployment reintegration and the civilian/military divide. Other recent favorites include A Benefit Cabaret To Save Philadelphia From Climate Change and New World Rising!.
In addition to writing and stage acting, she has also directed and dramaturged, and played small roles in Todd Haynes’ films, Carol and Dark Waters. She has taught elementary through adult students, including three years teaching undergraduate theatre and acting at Ohio State. In addition to her graduate research, she draws on extensive acting and movement training with such companies as SITI, Pig Iron, the RSC, American Conservatory Theatre, Double Edge, and Frantic Assembly.

