I’m hanging around with 50 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College (RBBBC) Alumni this weekend on Cape Cod. It’s a little overwhelming. Clowns of all shapes, ages, and classes are here. Clown college started in 1968, and went up until 1997, there are over 1500 alumni of the school. Of course, some have passed on, some have stopped clowning […]
Read moreJ.P. Patches, a very well-known TV clown in the Seattle area, has made his last public appearance. Before a crowd of about 1000, Patches, who is portrayed by 83 year old Chris Wedes, played games with kids, sang songs, and even hula-hooped. Wedes has been battling with cancer for the last 4 years, and the fight has sapped his strength […]
Read moreThanks to Mr. Gart Westerhout for pointing this out to me. To Mr. Mack Sennett, on His Animated Pictures SENNETT! Regard, I pray, our cinema – Its endless reels of rancid agonies. The drear dilemmas of its formula. There is no laughter in Los Angeles. CHAPLIN, arouse! Up, up, my HAROLD LLOYD! Ah, where is CONKLIN? MABEL NORMAND, where? Only […]
Read moreThe Brick Theater, presenter of the New York Clown Theatre Festival , has decided to make that esteemed festival biennial (for those of you who are not sure– that means every other year) In between, it presents the Amuse Bouche– a lighter selection of events.  This year it’s not really so light– 9 mainstage shows, 3 cabarets, clown films and […]
Read moreI have been following Steve Copeland’s blog for some time, but inexplicably missed their show when it was in the NY area. (for those that don’t know, Steve Copeland and Ryan Combs are the clowns currently on the Kelly-Miller Circus.) This week we’re on vacation in Chicago/Indiana with my wife’s family, and my step-mother-in-law says “Oh I think there’s a […]
Read moreI’ve been remiss– this blogpost was supposed to go out LAST WEEK! Sorry! You’ve got three more chances to see the show! If you are a careful reader of this blog, you know who Trav S.D. is.  Even if you are not a careful reader of this blog, you probably can’t help to have seen his name on the right […]
Read moreHappy birthday and a ceremonial pie in the face to Steve Smith, former director of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College. I’m not sure how old he is now chronologically, but I think that nearly everyone that knows him would say that he’s got the energy of a 20 year old, and the sense of humor of a 5 […]
Read moreIt’s Lucy’s Hundred Birthday Party… Here’s a few great clips from the show. There are far too many to post them all. If you want to see all of them, you should get the complete series on Amazon. Right now they are having a super big sale– $140 for the complete series (normally $249) It’s well worth it! It looks […]
Read moreA really great collage of Circus World Clowns. In case you don’t know, Circus World was a circus theme park that was owned by Ringling, then Mattel, and then later got shut down. Find out more about Circus World at http://www.lostparks.com/cwld.html The only thing about the collage is I really want to know who everybody is!
Read moreKeeping with the theme of international circus/clowns, I recently was invited to see a show that has just opened up at the Union Square Theatre. It’s by a wonderful troupe from Montreal called Les Sept Doigts de La Main (The Seven Fingers of the Hand) I was in a circus with two of the 7 fingers in the early 1990’s […]
Read moreGabriela Muñoz, Sabine Choucair & Farah Kassem, three international clowns (Mexico & Lebanon) are currently in India working with children in five different communities throughout the northern part of the country. Their journey started of in Dhampur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where they met with 60 children from Push Niketaan School and their teachers. They spent a week […]
Read moreThis is the third or fourth year in a row that I forgot that this week is International Clown Week. I have posted about it before. (In fact, when I went to go look for images for this, I found one of the images that I created!) What can I tell you, I’m a professional clown. I’m good at being […]
Read moreGreat introduction to some very interesting circuses. I’m happy to report that my show was chosen to be featured! http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-strangest-circuses  World’s Strangest Circuses Prev 1 of 12 Next Daniel Boud Forget any fear of circus clowns. The strangest shows on earth feature backflipping cats, race-car stuntmen, and burlesque puppeteers. From August 2011 By Danny Deza At London’s Hoxton Hall, […]
Read moreDISCOVER YOUR CLOWN (Level 1) 

 This 6-night workshop ‘Discover Your Clown’ is a level one approach to theatrical clown for students with limited or no clown experience. Drawing on various approaches, they will help you uncover your clown persona through the use of the world’s smallest mask–the clown nose. Character and costume will be explored. Suited for both actors […]
Read moreDaniel Stein in “Timepiece” Timepiece On Saturday, July 23rd at 8 PM, Celebration Barn Theater presents Daniel Stein in “Timepiece”. Having toured 30 countries, Timepiece deals with the passage of time in the life of a man, and how conflict and power and subsequently, joy and love emerge from time’s progression. “One of those rare revelatory experiences one waits for […]
Read moreFeatured on cover of July 15 weekend section. I’m usually great about publicizing my own stuff, but somehow fell down on the job this time. My show, The Acme Miniature Flea Circus, which features Midge and Madge, trained fleas, performing “spectacular circus stunts as seen before (and on top of) The Crowned Heads of Europe” will perform one show only […]
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