Hailey Jones & Friends

As a skilled improvisor, character performer, & physical comedianne — Hailey’s character interactions are adapted for every event, request, & person. It is her desire to make every booking unique & memorable!

WINTER HOLIDAY:
+ Elf Show: 20-40 minute long interactive, family friendly holiday show! Very funny, fast paced.
+ Elf Visits: usually involve a reading of the A. Jolly Elf book, perhaps some crafts, & games.
+ Elf Entertainment: walk around character/clown for atmosphere, crowd control, etc!
+ Santa & Elf Visits: same as an elf visit, except you’ll also get Santa to take photos with.
+ Christmas Carol (MC/HOST) : Wonderful for leading your grown-up company parties/events.
+ Holiday Mystery: murder is a great way to bring people together during the holiday season.

Year Round:
+ Character visits: custom & crafted based on the event.
+ Youth Parties: will come as a character for theme & lead theatre games or craft activities.
+ Variety Show: hosted by Hailey& Friends (her characters) featuring other talents (possibly your company)
+ Murder Mystery: will develop a custom murder mystery based on your theme & attendees.

+ Tarot Readings: inner child cards, animal medicine cards, tarot, & other intutive fun!

+ Spoken Word: can pull from years of poetry or can be commissioned to write something specific for you.

I speak with all clients on the phone prior to booking to assure we are a good match & that I can enhance your ideas to the fullest! You’re working directly with Hailey — if the event requires another performer, she will (usually) still be there WITH that performer. Small (creative) business owner keeping it close to the heart & committed to the experience!

Hailey Jones is a heart-centered comic performer, writer, & producer who brings playful laughter to all.
She's often described "as the reincarnation of Carol Burnett, only Carol isn't dead yet."

Mission: To create & collaborate. Invoke heart-centered laughter & soulful play. Will travel anywhere in the world to do this!!!

BackStory: My mom said that when she and my dad got together they just laughed and laughed... so I guess you could say that even my conception was a joke! I was raised in the LOONY BIN (Comedy Club), where I began practicing my comic chops since I was old enough to talk. I had a solid five at 5—at least my stuffed animals in the showroom thought so. However, I never wanted to be a stand-up comedian like at my dad's clubs. I wanted "to be a comedic actress & to help people laugh when they are not at work." I always wanted my comedy to be tied into character & story, and to have soulful significance to those who watched.
I got my Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance from the University of Missouri: Kansas City. If that wasn't enough to make my parents proud, I attended a year of post-graduate training at "a very prestigious clown school," Dell'Arte International in Humboldt County. Over the years, I have attended many classes & trainings at comedy schools such as Second City & The Groundlings. I'm proud to say that my entire "grown-up" life (thus far), I have been able to have performing as my primary source of income (people often ask if I do this full time!). I've traveled all over the world (India, Nepal, Scotland, Peru being highlights!) with my heart-centered entertainment. I also have ventured into smaller communities & taught camps where kids are able to co-create plays from scratch. We are all such powerful creators!

Uniquely Me: Living in the mountains in a cabin with two small dogs. Being as eco-conscious as possible. Adventurous travel with no plan. Life on the road! Energy healer—Highly Intuitive (love using these gifts when I write custom mysteries!). Very vivid dreamer; have kept a dream log for 14 years. I write a lot of poetry and have won a slam competition or two. Not a vegan at all, but often assumed to be. I'm originally from Kansas; I love steak (grass-fed organic lol). I lived off-grid in a school bus conversion for three years.

Hailey Jones & Friends: The "& Friends" refers to not only the professional performers/hilariously talented friends I hire to accompany me on certain gigs... it also refers to all the characters I play, which are the physical embodiment of different aspects of my personality. I usually discover what part after a few years of developing them (ha!). I also was obsessed with Marlo Thomas & Friends' "Free to Be: You & Me" as a kid, and I think that also explains a lot.

History of Mysteries: I worked for a corporate murder mystery company shortly after I was done with school, and it was a bloody mess. I started my own company for character performance during COVID—and guess what... Murder sells. It's the best way to do character entertainment in a way that's fun for me and marketable for everyone else!

History of A. Jolly Elf: Was created while I lived off-grid in a school bus conversion in Lake Arrowhead for three years. I developed the elf book so I could do more school and library shows. She's pretty much the embodiment of my joyous inner child, my best sELF.

History of Safety Sue: This character was created for a "Risk-Prevention Insurance Convention" as a short bit to mix things up. When I was backpacking in India, Thailand, & Nepal, I got lonely, so I made a YouTube series. Safety Sue has even been on NPR.
History of Snailey the Snail: I was asked to be a big bug at a big picnic at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. I chose Snail because I had just gotten back from my 9-month backpacking adventure, and I identified with having my home on my back. It took me the entire three hours to make it one circle around the event, but I had all the kids chanting "NO SALT." Be your best SHELF.

Madame Trewloooooony: Was developed because I was asked to read tarot at a kids' party. I was asked to host a Harry Potter mystery as her once, and it was hilarious because during the murder reveal, her scene came up on the TV screen behind me, and I "had never been upstaged by myself before." I developed this character more when I wrote my solo comedy-medicine show "Dead Dad Jokes: A Literal Stage of Grief" that I performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 (a year after my pops passed).

I am very grateful to be able to play for a living!

Thanks for reading—hope you enjoyed this personal & professional insight into the being you're about to hire!
(wink. wink, nudge, nudge!)

Mostly sElf-contained audio system.
Portable Pro Bose Speaker, music, and microphones.
If event is larger than 60 people, for children, or outside -- there might be an additional fee for a sound/audio person.