In a four-week intensive exploration of movement for performers, Mime and Mask instructor Jamin Jollo guides students through classical mime technique and games to inspire and explore each student’s path of creation

This 3-hour masterclass explores the physics of play—the nuts and bolts of physical presence, attention, and playfulness - and how to use it to create aliveness in a room. Rooted in the principles of clown and physical comedy, you'll learn the foundational mechanics of comedy: physical authenticity, beginning comedic timing, structures for stage-play, and how the clown's relational awareness—connecting to scene partner, audience, space, and self—generates authentic comedy and compelling performance.

You never perform alone. Whether you’re working with fellow performers or the audience, every performance is an act of ensemble creation.

In this three-hour workshop, you’ll explore practical tools for strengthening your role within an ensemble.

This 3-hour workshop is intended for clowns who could benefit from building more spontaneity, presence, and listening skills and improvisers who could benefit from building some more physical character and play skills.

Where inner experience becomes shared meaning through ritual, movement, and play.

Unlock the next level of mime artistry with Mime Flow, a workshop designed for intermediate and advanced practitioners seeking to refine their imagery and integrate written constructs into their performance. This immersive experience explores the symbiotic relationship between physical movement and narrative design, emphasizing transformational flow, line design, and dynamic expression.

A 5-hour dip into the Pochinko (Canadian) style of clown work, focused on physical exploration, listening to ourselves, and being our most fantastic selves—whatever that may look like.

Step outside the box and unleash your most fantastical imagination through mime!

Hooray for play in the face of uncertainty! Improvisational principles, concepts, and games give us THE VERY TOOLS we need to navigate the next chaotic, unplanned, or uncertain moment - on or off stage.

Use clown and play to expand your mobility!

Step into the playful, unpredictable, and joyfully chaotic world of clowning! This workshop explores the profound connection between the clown’s body and the animate world around them. Through the lenses of physical comedy, slapstick, knockabout, and prop play, participants will discover how to transform simple actions into moments of hilarity.

 In this unique workshop at Church of Clown, mask maker and teacher Jamin Jollo will guide students through a world of improvised play using Larval/Basel masks to hone delightfully eccentric physicality and kindle the flames of character discovery.

Kick off with playful games, dive into the psychology of comedy, creativity, and connection, then wrap up with low-pressure, hands-on stage experiments. Perfect for aspiring clowns, comedians, improvisers, teachers, facilitators, hosts—or anyone who wants to bring more humor, curiosity, and authenticity to the stage and beyond. Come ready to play, laugh, and explore what it means to be unapologetically human!

Unlock the next level of mime artistry with Mime Flow, a workshop designed for intermediate and advanced practitioners seeking to refine their imagery and integrate written constructs into their performance. This immersive experience explores the symbiotic relationship between physical movement and narrative design, emphasizing transformational flow, line design, and dynamic expression.

The clown's relationship to the audience is at the heart of what makes this theatrical style vibrant and powerful. Audience participation and interaction is rarely focused on in clown training and this element of performance is so valued when well done. Oftentimes audience engagement is under rehearsed because it is hard to simulate. In this workshop we will explore techniques, methodology and practical skills of working with audience participants, creating interactive characters and creating effective gags, games and bits that use the audience as partners in your performance.

Discover the fundamentals of Neo-classic Mime taught by master teacher James Donlon. Explore gesture, energy, form, improvisation, and poetic illusion through introductory exercises inspired by James’ 50 years of international performance and teaching. James was the founder of San Francisco's iconic Flying Actor Studio which trained many physical theater performances you've seen in Flop Fest! Molly M Shannon and Nikolas Strubbe included.

Come for the workshop, head to 7 mile house for dinner, and come back for Donlon’s show at 8pm.