Matthew Pauli is a 1991 graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and has been clowning ever since. He appears regularly at corporate events, street festivals, fairs and picnics and in his stage shows. His work as a clown has taken him around the U.S. and as far as Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Since 1999, he has […]
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Gautham Prasad was born in India and raised in America. He studied acting at Northwestern University and studied mime in Paris with Maximilien Decroux. He was a clown with Ringling Brothers circus for two years. He has studied clowning with Dick Monday, Tiffany Reilly, Sue Morrison, and David Shiner. He currently lives in New York city where he works as […]
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The Maestrosities are a clown cover band based in New York. The Maestrosities feature (from left to right) Gina Samardge as Gina on the accordion, Jenny Lee Mitchell as Dierdre on Clarinet and Operatic vocals, David Gochfeld as “The Maestro” on ukelele, vocals, and attitude, Glen Heroy as Glen on vocals and spoons, Andy Sapora as Chauncey on Tuba and […]
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Gale LaJoye is a clown who grew up and is now based in Marquette, Michigan. He combines clowning, mime, circus tricks, and a poignant sense of self to create silent shows that are both funny and sad. In the early 1970’s Gale was a clown and performer with Ringling, and by 1977 he had become Boss Clown of his unit. […]
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Jeff Gordon (Le Clown Gordoon) has been performing as a clown for nearly 30 years. He has performed all over the world, including serious stints under the tent of the Big Apple Circus; on Broadway with Bill Irwin; as a member of the Big Apple Clown Care unit in hospitals all over New York City, on cruise ships, and in […]
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Michael Rosman is a comedy juggler and entertainer. He has been performing for over 20 years and is one of the most respected and sought after performers on the east coast. He has performed all over the world, including stints in Japan, Singapore, Atlantic City, Reno and Las Vegas. He has performed on more than 25 different major cruise ships […]
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Doris The New Age Guru is a character created by Rachel Caine, an English business woman turned self-described “Sacred Clown Healer.” Doris’s story is the following: After thirty five years married to Stanley in Pontefract, Doris was blessed when a blinding flash electrocuted the hoover and her spirit guide came shining through. Instructed to branch out into the New Age […]
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CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS FUN-RAISER PARTYOn Sunday, June 17, there will be a “Fun-Raiser” party to benefit and support this summer’s expeditions, which will be bringing joy and laughter to kids affected by hurricane Katrina. The party will go from 4-7 pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum ( 227 4th Ave, Brooklyn) It’s a former swimming pool that has been turned into […]
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Lisa Lou (aka Lisa Lewis) is a graduate of the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Brandeis University and has an MA in Clown/Circus history from NYU. Lisa Lou is a versatile performer, incorporating clowning, magic, circus skills, and science into her shows. She has a number of different performances as either a solo performer or with her husband […]
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Summer Reading recommendations. Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants Amazon Link Water for Elephants is a story of a Depression era mudshow that Jacob Jankowki, a down on his luck veterinary student, joins. The fictional circus Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show On Earth shows the seamy underbelly of that era of circus. The novel is a little bit on the “typical […]
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Snuffy’s Magical Clown Review has been a family oriented act since 1972. Started by Archie Searle and Keith Hall, the project encompassed their family, included 9 members. Eventually Hall left, and Archie and his son Michael kept the tradition alive in San Francisco and then Nevada. Today Michael Searle and his wife Karen star as “Mouse and Daisy” They are […]
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Every Sunday in June, the Waterfront Museum & ShowBoat Barge will present “Circus Sunday”, an afternoon of circus and clown performances featuring some of New York’s best circus entertainers. They run 2 shows a day at 1pm and 4pm, and every Sunday they will feature new acts and different artists. Jugglers, trapeze artists, clowns, acrobats, and eccentric characters make up […]
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Clownville News is a website that features the best news and headlines about clowns all throughout the world. They subscribe to a number of news feeds, and compile them all into one site. How great is that? To get more information, or to start viewing the latest in clown news, visit their website: http://www.clownvillenews.com/
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A friend of mine is running this contest– and thought this might be of interest. A Tengu is kind of like a garden gnome, but it’s long-nosed, birdlike, red, and a protective demon in Japanese mythology. In the upcoming production that this contest is for, the tengu are also very clown-like. Visit the wikipedia entry for more information. My friend […]
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Peter Bufano was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (the home town of P.T. Barnum). He’s a graduate of The Berklee College Of Music as well as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. His music can be heard in plays, movies, accompanying silent films, circus’ and on morning radio news shows. He has run away to join the circus on […]
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Will Shaw is a skilled comic juggler and eccentric clown character. His routines generally feature juggling, unicycling, balance tricks, boomerangs, cowboy rope tricks, music, fire tricks, sight gags, clowning, audience participation, and…. a distinctly offbeat but sophisticated sense of humor steeped in the traditions of the great comedians from the silent film era to the present. Will is the winner […]
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