As one of the most prominent avant-clowns — yes, clowns — working today, Natalie Palamides has (consensually) felt up Chelsea Clinton , sprayed mouthfuls of protein powder into open flame , and laid innumerable eggs onstage. That’s just the job for the 35-year-old L.A. comedian, who by day acts in insurance commercials and at night performs outrageous solo shows involving crazy stunts, gender exploration, and the abuse of prosthetic dicks.

Selling out its initial run A24’s newly reopened Cherry Lane Theatre, her latest WEER is a send-up of ’90s rom-coms like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Palamides, in split-character drag, plays both halves of the doomed couple Mark and Christina, a beard on one side of her face and lipstick on another. Flipping perspectives every few seconds

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