Le Why Not Productions

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Anne Zander

From the BBC Riverside Studios in London to the ancient amphitheatre of Messene, Greece, Anne has had the privilege to perform at all kinds of venues across the world.

A long-time London resident and international performer, Anne is now rooted back in Portland, close to where she grew up, and delighted to be performing at venues across the city, including & the Ellen Bye Studio .

During her graduate studies at and under the instruction of , she was introduced to clowning, an artform that would change everything for her. She was called to the simultaneous difficulty and simplicity, the need to surrender perfectionism, and above all, the unwavering connection to the audience. Plus the laughs. Always the laughs.

A long-time improviser and occasional sketch performer, clowning opened up a world of character-creation and performance that led to her 2019 debut solo show, JUICEBOX, a smash-hit ode to adolescence that took Portland by storm and was Official Selection 2020 at Chicago Sketchfest, Dallas Comedy Festival and HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival.”

Anne is a founding producer of Le Why Not Productions, sharing in the company’s mission to shine laughter into the dark corners of human existence. She is a clown, actor, deviser, physical comedy teacher, and mother of two-year old twins.

Her latest solo show ‘Anne Zander is MOTHER’: a postpartum comedy opens this Sat 4/13 and runs weekends through Sun 4/21. Link in bio for more.

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