Upcoming Fall Classes
We're thrilled to announce our Fall Classes for 2021: discover your clown, or get under the hood with Teacher Training; see what it's like to apply the relentless enthusiasm of the clown to text; mess around with some Shakespeare. Until we get this Delta Variant figured out we are, sadly, still going remote this fall. We're hoping to offer some in-person events when the world gets a little safer. But not to worry, we've cracked the elusive Zoom code! Log in for this strange and intimate new approach to the study of physical comedy and clown!
Read on to see what's on offer, mark your calendars, or sign up below!
Clown
with Christopher Bayes
Jump into your body....Open like a little flower....Rediscover your playful spirit and the simple pleasure and ferocious generosity of performance. We will pursue the Clown together in all of its messy and hilarious beauty. Your relationship to all other forms of drama will be enriched by the openness and reckless abandon that the Clown requires.
Sundays | September 12th, 19th, 26th and October 3rd & 10th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375
Clown Show (BRAND NEW OFFERING!)
with Christopher Bayes
Open to the public for the first time ever, Clown Show’s comin’ round the corner full of whatnot and all! Delve into your essential relationship with performance through the portal of your Clown and craft beautiful “shows” jam-packed with generosity, virtuosity, and messy fun! Get your thaumaturgy going.
Prerequisite: full Clown progression.
Wednesdays | October 13th, 20th, 27th, and November 3rd and 10th
1-4 pm EST | on Zoom
$375
Acting as Play
with Gabriel Levey
A Clown-based Scene Study class?? You got that right bucko!!
Harness the Clown’s relentless pursuit of fun in order to take big risks before feeling “ready”; get out of your brain and into your body; embrace the precarious pleasure of not needing to know what’s coming next; and most importantly, to lead with hope regardless of the inevitable disasters laid out in the text!
Group A: Tuesday | October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
1-4pm EST | on Zoom
Group B: Thursday | October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
6-9pm EST | on Zoom
$300
Improv with Ralf!
with Ralf Jean-Pierre
Eliminate that pesky, stinky pressure to be a genius, and find freedom in your magnificent dumbness! Unlock a playful collaboration so honest, so personal, so beautifully stupid, that it inspires cascades of real, quivering, gut-busting belly laughs! Use your voice and body to make a soundscape with Sound Travel; battle to be the most interesting person in the Zoom room with Challenge; every activity is designed to help you focus on the emotional and physical life of others and respond in kind. You will make people laugh til they snort! And you will tell them, “I heard you snort!”
Saturday, October 16th and Sunday, October 17th
12:30-3:30 pm EST | on Zoom
$150
Advanced Clown
with Christopher Bayes
After the clowns are discovered, they can begin to make a mess in gleeful pandemonium and go on to find their names and explore triumph and tragedy. Prerequisite: Clown.
Sundays | October 17th, 24th, 31st, and November 7th & 14th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 ($725 when you sign up for Clown at the same time)
Shakespeare as Play
with Annelise Lawson
Shakespeare as Play is a physical acting and ensemble-based course combining clown and heightened text. We'll work on Shakespeare’s most explosive monologues, supported throughout by clown, ensemble games, and exercises! Learn to unleash the theatrical potential of Shakespeare’s text through fully-activated, happy, and hungry bodies.
Thursdays | November 4th, 11th, 18th; Tuesday, November 23rd
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$300
Extra Super Advanced Clown!
with Christopher Bayes
Name? Check. Costume? Check. Perform the Greatest Trick in the World!
And face that greatest of Clown challenges...The Dreaded Flop.
Sundays | November 21st, 28th, December 5th, 12th and 19th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 ($1000 when you sign up for Clown and Advanced Clown at the same time)
Teacher Training
with Christopher Bayes
Observe clown training with master teacher Christopher Bayes. Each day ends with a half-hour discussion about teaching techniques, challenges, and strategies.
Taught in conjunction with Clown. Application required.
Find application information here!
Sundays | September 12th, 19th, 26th and October 3rd & 10th
Sundays | October 17th, 24th, 31st, and November 7th & 14th
Sundays | November 21st, 28th, December 5th, 12th and 19th
4-7:30 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 per round (or $1000 when you sign up for the whole dang thing!)
Read on to see what's on offer, mark your calendars, or sign up below!
Clown
with Christopher Bayes
Jump into your body....Open like a little flower....Rediscover your playful spirit and the simple pleasure and ferocious generosity of performance. We will pursue the Clown together in all of its messy and hilarious beauty. Your relationship to all other forms of drama will be enriched by the openness and reckless abandon that the Clown requires.
Sundays | September 12th, 19th, 26th and October 3rd & 10th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375
Clown Show (BRAND NEW OFFERING!)
with Christopher Bayes
Open to the public for the first time ever, Clown Show’s comin’ round the corner full of whatnot and all! Delve into your essential relationship with performance through the portal of your Clown and craft beautiful “shows” jam-packed with generosity, virtuosity, and messy fun! Get your thaumaturgy going.
Prerequisite: full Clown progression.
Wednesdays | October 13th, 20th, 27th, and November 3rd and 10th
1-4 pm EST | on Zoom
$375
Acting as Play
with Gabriel Levey
A Clown-based Scene Study class?? You got that right bucko!!
Harness the Clown’s relentless pursuit of fun in order to take big risks before feeling “ready”; get out of your brain and into your body; embrace the precarious pleasure of not needing to know what’s coming next; and most importantly, to lead with hope regardless of the inevitable disasters laid out in the text!
Group A: Tuesday | October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
1-4pm EST | on Zoom
Group B: Thursday | October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
6-9pm EST | on Zoom
$300
Improv with Ralf!
with Ralf Jean-Pierre
Eliminate that pesky, stinky pressure to be a genius, and find freedom in your magnificent dumbness! Unlock a playful collaboration so honest, so personal, so beautifully stupid, that it inspires cascades of real, quivering, gut-busting belly laughs! Use your voice and body to make a soundscape with Sound Travel; battle to be the most interesting person in the Zoom room with Challenge; every activity is designed to help you focus on the emotional and physical life of others and respond in kind. You will make people laugh til they snort! And you will tell them, “I heard you snort!”
Saturday, October 16th and Sunday, October 17th
12:30-3:30 pm EST | on Zoom
$150
Advanced Clown
with Christopher Bayes
After the clowns are discovered, they can begin to make a mess in gleeful pandemonium and go on to find their names and explore triumph and tragedy. Prerequisite: Clown.
Sundays | October 17th, 24th, 31st, and November 7th & 14th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 ($725 when you sign up for Clown at the same time)
Shakespeare as Play
with Annelise Lawson
Shakespeare as Play is a physical acting and ensemble-based course combining clown and heightened text. We'll work on Shakespeare’s most explosive monologues, supported throughout by clown, ensemble games, and exercises! Learn to unleash the theatrical potential of Shakespeare’s text through fully-activated, happy, and hungry bodies.
Thursdays | November 4th, 11th, 18th; Tuesday, November 23rd
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$300
Extra Super Advanced Clown!
with Christopher Bayes
Name? Check. Costume? Check. Perform the Greatest Trick in the World!
And face that greatest of Clown challenges...The Dreaded Flop.
Sundays | November 21st, 28th, December 5th, 12th and 19th
4-7 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 ($1000 when you sign up for Clown and Advanced Clown at the same time)
Teacher Training
with Christopher Bayes
Observe clown training with master teacher Christopher Bayes. Each day ends with a half-hour discussion about teaching techniques, challenges, and strategies.
Taught in conjunction with Clown. Application required.
Find application information here!
Sundays | September 12th, 19th, 26th and October 3rd & 10th
Sundays | October 17th, 24th, 31st, and November 7th & 14th
Sundays | November 21st, 28th, December 5th, 12th and 19th
4-7:30 pm EST | on Zoom
$375 per round (or $1000 when you sign up for the whole dang thing!)
Ongoing Pandemonic Offerings
Laughing Club with Christopher Bayes
Since we find ourselves in extraordinary times full of mind-boggling gobbledygook and bewilderment we have decided to try something altogether brand new to ease our anxiety, boost our immune systems, purge some toxins and kick the endorphins off the charts and right in the yowie!
It's called a Laughing Club.
We hope you can join us for this ongoing wellness practice designed to help process the grief, rage and anxiety of the present moment while also trying to remember the sound of your beautiful laugh.
Sign up, and have a good fall-apart from the safety of your own living room, or bedroom, basement, bathroom, or kitchen!
Fridays, 5pm - 6pm EST
On Zoom
25% of all profits will benefit Black Lives Matter.
Suggested donation $20
Click here for details!
AND CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THIS NEW YORK TIME ARTICLE
ON ALL THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER!
Since we find ourselves in extraordinary times full of mind-boggling gobbledygook and bewilderment we have decided to try something altogether brand new to ease our anxiety, boost our immune systems, purge some toxins and kick the endorphins off the charts and right in the yowie!
It's called a Laughing Club.
We hope you can join us for this ongoing wellness practice designed to help process the grief, rage and anxiety of the present moment while also trying to remember the sound of your beautiful laugh.
Sign up, and have a good fall-apart from the safety of your own living room, or bedroom, basement, bathroom, or kitchen!
Fridays, 5pm - 6pm EST
On Zoom
25% of all profits will benefit Black Lives Matter.
Suggested donation $20
Click here for details!
AND CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THIS NEW YORK TIME ARTICLE
ON ALL THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER!
Give the gift of Laughter!
To sign up or ask questions, email admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com
