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Time to go back to school!

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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. We cracked the elusive code and found a brand-new way to incorporate Zoom as a tool for actor training. 
It's a toy! A puppet theatre! A portal!
And a 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

Wednesdays | October 13th, 20th, 27th, and November 3rd and 10th
1-4 pm EST | on Zoom
$375

Acting as Play
with Gabriel Levey
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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


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 
$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 
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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
$375 per round $375 per round (or $1000 when you sign up for the whole dang thing!)
Sign Up Online!

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 
All proceeds will benefit Black Lives Matter.

Suggested donation $20
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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!


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  • Upcoming Workshops
  • Teacher Training
  • Laughing Club
  • The Studio
    • Class Descriptions
    • What's the Big Idea?!
    • Faculty Bios
  • The Book!
  • Press
  • Testimonials
  • Contact