Ron Jarvis is certainly a Renaissance man. He is a writer, actor, improviser, and really great human. He’s also truly an adventurous soul! He shared the story of his bucolic childhood that led him to sail on a Norwegian freighter to exotic places to his entry into clown college and being a clown with the Ringling Circus. You’ll love his stories of working with clowns and other circus folks! His love of elephants and working with them is truly a love story! His life changed when he was still at the circus and had time off to see the Lampoon Comedy show in 1975. 
After a stint at Second City, Ron turned his attention to acting and writing. He wrote an episode for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and The Munsters Today (1989) and 2 episodes for the cable sitcom Rocky Road. He also co-starred in the cult classic film Bagdad Cafe. I met Ron in a class with Aretha Spolin Sills over a year ago and have been in many classes with him over the past 1 ½ years. Over the past summer, he and Max Schafer led theater games with children on the autism spectrum and other neuro-diverse challenges at the Ed Asner Family Center. He is dedicated to the Ed Asner Family Center, link to donate https://edasnerfamilycenter.org/donate/ and to the Sills/Spolin Theatre Works, link to donate https://www.paulsills.com/donate/