Clown Level 3: Ensemble

You’ve started getting laughs as a clown but now how do you do it 6 days a week and twice on Saturdays for an audience that’s never even heard of clowning? In this class we’ll take the skills you learned in Clown 1 and 2 honing your clown persona and learn to create working acts as part of a fully realized show, collaboratively created by the ensemble.

How does your clown solve a problem? How do you work as a company? What's the world you're going to set up with lots of clowns?

You will further build your clown character by finding a costume that makes you look and feel stupid and start creating material by finding your own stupid clown logic. We’ll also explore “le jeu” and status in clown duos and trios, as well as building a thematic world that ties the whole show together. Come to class with ideas, costumes, props or anything that ignites your imagination. Students should be prepared to rehearse as they would in a professional ensemble process - with homework prepped outside of class and attending classes and the tech rehearsal on-time and present.

This class culminates in two class shows.

Prerequisite: Clown Level 2 at BCC or similar experience.

Please Note:

12:00 - 3:00 PM classes may end between 2:30 - 3:00 PM depending on the number of enrollments.