Billy The Mime
Billy The Mime is a clown, performer, and (obviously) mime who has garnered international attention with his show stopping appearance in the hit documentary THE ARISTOCRATS.
Billy’s television appearances include The Jimmy Kimmel Show on ABC and Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! on Showtime. He recently appeared at The 2006 New York International Fringe Festival garnering rave reviews and sold-out shows. He returned to New York for a Fringe Encore ¡§Best of the Festival¡¨ at The Lion Theater at Theater Row.
He presented five sold-out shows at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in 2006 and recently appeared at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and New York. Other appearances include The Aspen Comedy Festival, The Revolutions International Theater Festival in New Mexico and a critically acclaimed seven week run at The Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles.
Billy has taken master classes with Marcel Marceau, in addition to studying with Flip Reade, clown and mask work with James Donlon and circus skills with Hovey Burgess at Ringling Brother’s Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College.
Billy will be performing a limited engagement of a new show America LoveSexDeath from Aug 23-Sept 29 at the Flea Theatre in New York City. The show will tackle controversial subject matter with such routines as JFK JR. We Hardly Knew Ye, Close To Her: Karen Carpenter, Slave!, World War II, Thomas & Sally: A Night at Monticello>, The Priest and The Altar Boy, The Abortion, Terry Schiavo, Adieu, A Night in San Francisco – 1979, A Day Called 9/11, Kurt Cobain: Why?, Christopher Reeve: A Super Man, Love & Death: OJ and Nicole, A Night with Jeffrey Dahmer and Virginia Tech 4/16/07.
To find out more about Billy’s work, visit his website listed below.
To get tickets to his show at the Flea Theatre, call 212.352.3101 and mention code BILLYTM to get a $5 discount. You can also order online by visiting the Flea Theatre website listed below.