Bill Irwin is one of the best known American actors and clowns. He has performed as a circus clown, a stage clown, a television clown, and now has become very well known on the Broadway stage as an actor. Bill Irwin graduated from Oberlin College in 1973 with a degree in theater arts, and from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum […]
Read moreThe Celebration Barn is a center for variety arts performance, mime, clowning, and commedia. Founded by world-famous mime Tony Montanaro in 1972, The Barn has been the artistic home to many of the top clowns, jugglers, mimes, and variety artists in North America. Nestled in the sleepy town of South Paris, Maine, the Barn offers a full season of intense, […]
Read moreDell’Arte International is the United States center for the development, exploration, training, creation, and performance of the physical theatre traditions and their contemporary applications. We are a true “regional” arts center for our geographically diverse community. The four primary programs of Dell’Arte are: The Dell’Arte Company— a professional touring company. This on-going ensemble of artists has created over 35 award-winning, […]
Read moreAvner Eisenberg (Avner the Eccentric) is a world-famous clown who has performed all over the world. Avner is probably best known for his endearing portrayal of The Jewel, the scene-stealing holy man, in The Jewel of the Nile, co-starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. He was also featured in the film Brenda Starr and the television series’ Webster and Mathnet. […]
Read moreDrew Richardson (Drew the Dramatic Fool) reinvents the ancient art of brilliant bumbling. As a youngster, Drew began performing magic and juggling to compensate for his shyness. Now he plays the fool to take advantage of his increasing baldness. Drew‘s life-long personal tension between drama and foolishness gelled while studying Theatrical Clowning under the tutelage of John Towsen at Ohio […]
Read morePat Cashin is a New Jersey based writer, performer, and clown who has worked with several leading international circus companies. He has been described as “an inspired architect of slapstick circus silliness” whose performances are “a cartoon cavalcade of idiosyncratic oddities and imaginative absurdities” and that he is a “passionate practitioner of his ageless, eccentric art”, which is really just […]
Read moreAdam Gertsacov will be one of a number of artists performing excerpts from his show Buffoon Anonymous on April 24 at MOVE IT, a performance series, featuring physical and visual theatre artists. Performances will take place at HERE arts center as part of an evening of physical theatre.HERE is located at 145 6th Avenue (between Spring and Broome) in New […]
Read moreOne of Matisse’s best known works, Jazz was a book created by Henri Matisse when he was recovering from a serious operation. The theme of the book is circus, and many of the images (Cut outs that are brightly colored and then re-printed) are from the circus. A beautiful print of The Clown in Jazz is available through ArtInAClick. See […]
Read more“Not Just for Shock Value: A Femmes-Clowns Assemblage†is a nine woman clown ensemble theatre event that will be performing at the 6 Figures Theatre Company April 7-28. It is performed by Kendall Cornell and her Soon-To-Be-World-Famous Women’s Clown Troupe. Thoughts from Kendall about her work: “In a traditionally male field, I have discovered the need for women clowns. Women’s […]
Read moreApril 2nd Clown Playground Keland Scher will be the instructor of the next New York Downtown Clown Playground on Monday, April 2nd with his workshop, Rediscovering the Joy of Playing and Embracing the Unknown. Check out his unique approach to physical elements of clown before he leaves NYC to teach theater and movement at Chicago’s Roosevelt University! DESCRIPTION:Through the experience […]
Read moreThe NY Downtown Clown Revue performs on the Third Monday of the month at Under St. Marks, 94 Saint Marks Place (between 1st Ave & Ave A). Shows are at 8 pm. Tickets are $15, available by calling 212-868-4444 (SmartTix) Tickets are almost always sold out, so get your tickets early. The show features some of NY’s best clown performers […]
Read moreTHE ACME CLOWN COMPANY Uses Popular Theatrical Traditions To Amaze, Educate, And Entertain Audiences Of All Ages. Specialities include puppetry, clowning, commedia dell’arte, circus skills, magic, melodrama, masks, and method acting. They perform shows, teach workshops and residencies, and coach and direct physical comedy and clown routines. The boss clown of the Acme Clown Company is Adam Gertsacov (the author […]
Read moreThis website has as its aim to create, promote, and expand the clown community using the internet as a tool to do so. It is the work of Adam Gertsacov, an actor, director, and clown based in Yonkers, NY.(that’s me!) If you are a clown or performer that would like to be listed on the site, please send an email […]
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