Jackie Reynolds is a clown, a magician and a seeker of odd skills. She is an ambidextrous author, and a tri-lingual ventriloquist. She left a chemical engineering career to pursue the mystery she finds in clowning. She often says yes to things she does not understand just for the thrill of discovery.

Bee Bee looking in Mirror
Jackie the Magician
Fairy Godmother
Mrs Claus with elf puppet

Bringing the best and brightest entertainment to events as Jackie the Magician, Bee Bee the Clown, Mrs. Santa Claus, and Fairy Godmother.

…check out my YouTube channel to see me in action!

Ten things about me:

  1.  The colors blue, teal, green and purple feel beautiful to me, especially when they are beside each other.
  2. I have a degree in Chemical Engineering. For a while I worked as an engineer for Polaroid making film. …That career did not develop.
  3. My work (and play) as Bee Bee the Clown began in 1991.
  4. I am self-taught as a clown, magician, ventriloquist and juggler.
  5. I greatly admire and appreciate those who teach, and encourage others.
  6. I write mostly with my right hand; sometimes I write with my left hand.
  7. I can paint, and draw, and read upside down, and backwards.
  8. I can speak English, and Spanish, and some Japanese.
  9. I appreciate sign language, and how people communicate, talking with their hands.
  10. I know how to milk a goat. I can make delicious goat milk cheese, and goat milk fudge.

A few thoughts and quotes…

  1. “Be a First-Rate version of yourself, not a Second-Rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland
  2. “To be a clown it takes more than a red nose. It takes three things: The mind of a writer. The heart of a poet. The body of an athlete. But the most important thing for a clown is to be a good person.” – Russian clown, Oleg Popov
  3. “If you find yourself able to make people laugh it is God’s gift. You have to do everything from the bottom of your heart.” – Great American circus clown, Otto Griebling
  4. “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” – Yiddish proverb about the value of laughter.

I’m happy to be a part of…

  • COAI, Clowns of America International
  • COAI Individual CHARLIE Award for International Clown Week ’21
  • Loomis Bros Circus as a Guest Clown
  • WCA, World Clown Association
  • NCI, Northeast Clown Institute
  • MACA, Mid-Atlantic Clown Association
  • SECA, Southeast Clown Association
  • Jest for Clowns Magazine Contributor: https://www.jestforclowns.com/
  • Mooseburger Clown Arts Camp
  • Education: Inside Theatre Classes with Misha Usov
  • DCRCoC, Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce

A few of the places where I have entertained…

  • Libraries: Schenectady County Public Library, Monroe Free Library, Menands Public Library, Scotia Library, Altamont Free Library, Voorheesville Public Library, Petersburgh Public Library, Waterford Public Library, Niskayuna Public Library, Rensselaer Public Library, Guernsey Memorial Library, William K. Sanford Town Library, West Hurley Public Library, Hurley Library, Plattekill Public Library, Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library
  • Nursery/Day Care Centers: Acorns to Oaks, Arc & Dove Preschool, Bright Horizons Children’s Center, Brewster Co-op Nursery, Cinnamon Tree Children’s Center, Cold Spring Elementary School, Funshine Nursery School, Friends & Fun Day Care, Happy Hours Children’s Center, Hyde Park Nursery School, Kerhonkson Elementary PARP
  • Senior Centers: Sharon, CT Healthcare, Poughkeepsie Lutheran Care Center, Delmar Good Samaritan Lutheran Care Center, Baptist Home, Ferncliff, Good Samaritan Adult Home, The Thomson House, The Pines at Poughkeepsie, Putnam Ridge, ARC of the Greater Hudson Valley, Ferncliff Nursing Home, Sharon, CT Health Care Center, The Baptist Home at Rhinebeck
  • Schools: Town of Ghent Summer Recreation, St. Thomas of Canterbury School, Astor Head Start, Upton Lake Christian School, Arthur S. May Elementary, Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Cold Spring Elementary, Seymour Smith Elementary, Kerhonkson Elementary, Stissing Mountain High School
  • Summer Camps: Bard College Summer Camp, St. John’s University Family Day,  Ithaca Collage Up Till Dawn, Cinnamon Tree Children’s Center
  • Rec Programs: Pawling Recreation, Milan Recreation, Carmel Civic Association, Soyuzivka, Germantown Fire Dept., Kerhonkson Fire Dept., Slater Chemical Fire Company, Germantown Sportsman’s Club, Stanfordville Recreation, Rhinecliff Waterfront Day
  • Events: Poughkeepsie Galleria, Hudson Valley Mall, JCC, Rhinebeck Savings Bank, Murphy Wealth Management Group, Royal Carting, Poughkeepsie Italian Center, Dutchess County ARC, Northern Dutchess Hospital,  Literacy Orange, Emergency One, Health Care Alliance of the Hudson Valley, All Sport Fishkill, Town of Poughkeepsie Police Dept., Chabad of MHV, Hudson Valley Renegades, Rhinebeck Ford, Hudson Valley Mall Kids Club, DCH Wappinger Falls Toyota, SplashDown Halloween, Abilities First
  • Churches: Dover First Baptist Church, Pine Plains Council of Churches VBS, Scottish Society, St. Thomas the Apostle Church
  • Nonprofit Events: Water Without Borders, JDRF, Ryan McElroy Foundation, WRWD St.-Jude’s Radiothon