I discovered Helen Donnelly through her Clown persona Foo. Deb and I went to see a Clown show called Morro and Jasp Get Baked. Foo was a guest performer for the show. Foo took my breath away. Literally. I was laughing so hard that I couldn’t breathe. Foo was an androgynous, white-faced clown who spoke…
I’m a playwright, so why am I putting on a clown piece for the 2018 Hamilton Fringe Festival? Good question. I didn’t have a play ready when it was time to submit to the Fringe Lottery. To be fair, I didn’t have a clown piece ready, either. But I was just wrapping up another Clown…
In July, I will be putting on my first solo Clown Show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Gulp. This show is almost fifty years in the making, so I thought I’d reflect back on my Clown influences. Jerry Lewis was my first Clown. I watched The Jerry Lewis Show when I was six years old and…
I’m a terrible procrastinator. Which means that I’m a really good one. Anyone who knows me, knows that I put things off. Especially writing projects. Since January, I’ve been meaning to write the next draft of my play Out to the Folks, do a quick update and polish of The Lost Years because we’re thinking…
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