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2026 Spring Student Showcase
Spring Student Showcase - Clown 1, Clown 2 + Buffoon
Directed by Dan Griffiths
Friday + Saturday, June 12 & 13
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8:00pm
$10
Shakespeare’s Fools with Jamin Jollo
In this physical acting class, students will excavate the gamut of Shakespearean Clowns, Fools, and Mythic Entities.
Help Me!!!!
THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! A DEAD MIME NEEDS HELP. The audience must help a family of ghosts complete their unfinished business. Play charades, solve puzzles and pierce the veil between life and death on a madcap quest for forbidden knowledge.
“Be Good!”
The mildest man imaginable stumbles into a room full of the most strangers he’s ever seen, and he doesn’t know whether to panic or mingle—so he does both. A good night for anyone who wants to scream at a polite person.
Clown Drawing
Calling all visual artists! Join us at Church of clown for drawing sessions with live clown models! Bring your own materials.
Every third Sunday of the month
Clown Jam
Got a show coming up and want feedback? Craving an audience? Have a new idea you want to test? Want to develop something but don't know where to start?
Bring it to Clown Jam—a space for physical theater makers to express and develop ideas, characters, and bits in front of others. No idea yet? Even better. Come ready to play and see what emerges.
DIY Circus with Frisco Fred
For a great show Frisco Fred needs your help! He needs guest stars (kids and grown ups too!) to help on stage to make the amazing magic and circus stunts happen. See you there!
Ughmerica the Beautiful Cabaret
It's the semiquincentennial!!! Calling all clowns, fools, agitators, mimes, dancers, drag artists, and chaotic patriots!
Clownprov
This 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.Things we’ll cover include: spontaneity, listening, storytelling, making strong physical choices, and failing cheerfully.
Clowncubator
The World's Smallest Mask - The World’s Biggest Stage
Through the Nose with Dan Griffiths
Physical Comedy with Nick Dickson
Learn to tells stories primarily through bodily movement, gesture, and expression rather than relying entirely on spoken dialogue
Physical Comedy with Nick Dickson (Copy)
DAY 2! Learn to tells stories primarily through bodily movement, gesture, and expression rather than relying entirely on spoken dialogue.
Physical Comedy with Nick Dickson
Day 3! Learn to tells stories primarily through bodily movement, gesture, and expression rather than relying entirely on spoken dialogue
Clown Drawing
Calling all visual artists! Join us at Church of clown for drawing sessions with live clown models! Bring your own materials.
Every third Sunday of the month
Clown Jam
Got a show coming up and want feedback? Craving an audience? Have a new idea you want to test? Want to develop something but don't know where to start?
Bring it to Clown Jam—a space for physical theater makers to express and develop ideas, characters, and bits in front of others. No idea yet? Even better. Come ready to play and see what emerges.
Commedia dell’arte
Commedia dell’arte is a highly physical 16th Century Italian theatre form based in stock characters and improvised scenarios. Learn the building blocks of comedic structure and relationships through character movements, building lazzi (rehearsed bits of comedy), and ensemble play.
Flocking, Mocking & Madness: Bouffon with Eric Davis/ Red Bastard
The World laughs at the Clown, but the Bouffons laugh at the World! Unleash your inner Bouffon in an explosion of fun and comedy gold.
The Invisible World
The Invisible World is a five-day exploration of the body as an instrument of perception, imagination, and resistance. Through mime, students learn to give form to invisible forces—objects, memories, relationships, atmospheres, and stories—using the oldest theatrical tool we possess: the human body. Suitable for all levels!
Clown Drawing
Calling all visual artists! Join us at Church of clown for drawing sessions with live clown models! Bring your own materials.
Every third Sunday of the month
THE ART OF MIME
Step into the invisible world of mime! In this playful and hands-on workshop, we’ll explore the fundamentals of mime technique while bringing stories to life.
PLAYFUL CLOWN
Come play! This workshop is an invitation to reconnect with your curiosity, imagination, and sense of fun. Through games, movement, improvisation, and red nose clowning, we’ll explore what happens when we let go of trying to be perfect and allow ourselves to be fully present.
Mime, Mask and Movement
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
The Fantasy Mis-Adventures of Short Sword and Long Bow
Looking for a fantasy adventure with a sharp edge and a sharper sense of humor?
The Mis-Adventure of Short Sword and Long Bow delivers classic Dungeons & Dragons-style thrills—packed with oddball characters, unpredictable magic, and glorious mayhem.
Mime, Mask and Movement
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
The Fantasy Mis-Adventures of Short Sword and Long Bow
Looking for a fantasy adventure with a sharp edge and a sharper sense of humor?
The Mis-Adventure of Short Sword and Long Bow delivers classic Dungeons & Dragons-style thrills—packed with oddball characters, unpredictable magic, and glorious mayhem.
Mime, Mask and Movement
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
The Submarine Show
Two explorers crash their submarine at the bottom of the ocean and embark on an epic, madcap journey from the ocean floor to the sky and back — conjuring a vivid world of flora and fauna from absolutely nothing. Nonstop, breathless, and gloriously absurd, this is physical comedy at its most fearless: not a word is spoken, and no two shows are ever the same. Award-winning and world-touring since 2009, The Submarine Show has claimed "Best of Fringe" at San Francisco, NYC, and Kansas City Fringe Festivals and a "Hot Pick" from the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Clown Jam
Got a show coming up and want feedback? Craving an audience? Have a new idea you want to test? Want to develop something but don't know where to start?
Bring it to Clown Jam—a space for physical theater makers to express and develop ideas, characters, and bits in front of others. No idea yet? Even better. Come ready to play and see what emerges.
Clown Drawing
Calling all visual artists! Join us at Church of clown for drawing sessions with live clown models! Bring your own materials.
Every third Sunday of the month
Mime, Mask and Movement
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
Catholic Guilt
In this deranged, fractured church service, Kelly McCaughan unpacks everything from losing her virginity in the most holy way to abortion to a bowling experience that leads to eternal damnation, and everything in between. Blending clown and bouffon, Catholic Guilt is a high- wire descent into sex, shame, and spectacle. Hang on tight - we’re riding sky daddy all the way to hell.
On the Road to Armageddon
Grand Guignol meets Looney Tunes in a short clown play set at the end of the world.
Physics of Play
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.
Fun with Loony
Fun with Loony Extravaganza is a 90s style kids show that’s not for kids, full of Fears, Lessons, and Fun! Featuring a Variety of performers
Ensemble Dynamics
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.
An Evening of Mime with Jamin & Maia
This isn't your ordinary talk show. Let your belly laugh and your imagination soar while two mimes dethrone the reign of spoken language and turn a simple stage into a beautiful riot of emotion, story, and razzle-dazzle.
Clown 1 / Spring 2026
Clown I: Presence, Play, and the Generous Spirit
In this 10-week introduction to Clown, students explore the essential elements of performing for a live audience.
Core Concepts: Character • Presence • Connection • Discovery • Delight • Generosity of Spirit
Instructor
Dan Griffiths
Clown 2 / Spring 2026
Clown II: Physical Comedy and the Architecture of Laughter
This 10-week intermediate course deepens the performer’s understanding of Clown through the language of the body. Students will refine their sense of timing, physicality, and spatial awareness, exploring how physical design and movement create comic rhythm and dramatic tension. We will construct bits, play with objects, and investigate the visual structure of comedy. Through physical improvisation and rehearsal, students will build skills in comedic form, movement precision, and ensemble play.
Instructor
Dan Griffiths
Clown 3 / Spring 2026
In this advanced 10-week course, Clown steps beyond the nose into the realms of satire, ritual, and ensemble creation. Students will explore clown as social commentary — using humor, absurdity, and vulnerability to reveal deeper human and cultural truths.
Instructor
Dan Griffiths
CLOWN Clothing Swap 2026
Dress up and play in a giant pile of clothes!!! All clothing and people welcome, not just clowns and costumes but regular clothes too :)
Holy Fools Day Parade
Join us for Church of Clown's Fourth Annual Holy Fools Day Parade!
Gather at Church at 11am
Parade Starts at 12 pm
We shall gather and parade to celebrate the holiness that is silly, joy, and laughter. Don yourself in your most joyous clown threads and gather at The Church at 11am to prepare for a parade up to our local park. We will be easy to find, so if you're running late, just look up the block for the clowns bumbling their way up the street.
Post parade we’ll congregate for food and yummy potluck. Bring things to share!
See you there!
Señor Babyhead
Mexico’s most famous sitcom star presents his Día de Muertos Especial: he sings, he dances, he crawls across the desert & into your heart.
2026 Winter Student Showcase
Spring Student Showcase - Clown 1, Clown 2 + Buffoon
Directed by Dan Griffiths and Eric Wilcox
Friday + Saturday, March 20 + 21
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8:00pm
$10
Fun With Loony
Fun with Loony is a 90s style kids show that’s not for kids, full of Fears, Lessons, and Fun!
CLOWNPROV
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.
Fuck The Patriarchy
Acts by women & femmes challenging societal ideals of the feminine, beauty and gender hierarchy.
Circumscribed: A True Tall-Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins
It's a show about growing up with a father who was a mohel (Jewish ritual circumciser) who buried foreskins at home, failed efforts at finding paternal figures after his untimely death, and wrestling with circumcising his own kid. Weaving together family video, pictures, and audio recordings, this comedic storytelling is a perfect show about the loveable eccentrics we call family.
Visionary Clown & Circus Fundamentals
Where inner experience becomes shared meaning through ritual, movement, and play.
Mae West - The Comeback Tour
It’s the opening night of the Comeback Tour, 2026. Mae West is 133 years old and hotter than ever. Sex symbol, gay icon, and the O.G. prophet of Camp is back to do all her big hits and be commodified. Because... inflation.
Mime Flow Workshop
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.
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