Dangerous Games: Improvise Like a Clown with Chad Damiani
The key to clown work is creating games. But how can we add a sense of danger to our work – while still creating a safe space for the audience? This workshop explores different games and offers that walk that fine line. Open to all levels of experience.
NOTE: the content will be different to the Disruptor: Intro to Modern Clown, but we ask that you sign up to one or the other for now (to give more people a chance to play). We will open it up for double registration with 1 week to go!
Friday February 14th 6pm - 10pm
$100
The key to clown work is creating games. But how can we add a sense of danger to our work – while still creating a safe space for the audience? This workshop explores different games and offers that walk that fine line. Open to all levels of experience.
NOTE: the content will be different to the Disruptor: Intro to Modern Clown, but we ask that you sign up to one or the other for now (to give more people a chance to play). We will open it up for double registration with 1 week to go!
Friday February 14th 6pm - 10pm
$100
The key to clown work is creating games. But how can we add a sense of danger to our work – while still creating a safe space for the audience? This workshop explores different games and offers that walk that fine line. Open to all levels of experience.
NOTE: the content will be different to the Disruptor: Intro to Modern Clown, but we ask that you sign up to one or the other for now (to give more people a chance to play). We will open it up for double registration with 1 week to go!
Friday February 14th 6pm - 10pm
$100
meet the Instructor:
Chad Damiani
Chad Damiani has spent over a decade as one of the leaders and architects of LA’s current clown scene. He’s the creator/star of STAND UP AND CLOWN – where he directs well-known stand-ups through their first clown show (this is also a weekly podcast, with interviews and clown tutorials). He’s an ensemble member in the international clown variety show STAMPTOWN – which features some of the best alt comics and skill acts in the world. Chad is also the longtime leader of CLOWN ZOO – an all-star ensemble created during the pandemic that combines modern clown and theatrical mask work.
Chad has performed his solo clown pieces all over the country – often at traditional stand-up venues. He’s appeared in various TV shows and music videos, including AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, DAVE, and TBS’s upcoming reboot of JOE SCHMO. Chad is also a Blacklist-winning screenwriter and worked as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling (this was a very long time ago).
Location:
Sweet Action Theatre
180 Shaw St, Unit 106 (inside Artscape Youngplace)