Peter Bufano & Cirkestra

Peter Bufano was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (the home town of P.T. Barnum). He's a graduate of The Berklee College Of Music as well as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. His music can be heard in plays, movies, accompanying silent films, circus' and on morning radio news shows. He has run away to join the circus on more than one occasion and his appearances in the ring have played to hundreds of thousands across the U.S. and Japan.

Peter calls Boston home but can be seen playing piano and accordion across the United States with Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Bindlestiff Circus, Circus Smirkus or with his band Cirkestra, a circus band that has been described as "Eastern European meets jazz meets Spike Jones meets klezmer" kind of sound. They've also b

To find out more about Peter and/or Cirkestra, please visit the websites listed below:

http://www.peterbufano.com
http://www.cirkestra.com

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Will Shaw

Will Shaw is a skilled comic juggler and eccentric clown character. His routines generally feature juggling, unicycling, balance tricks, boomerangs, cowboy rope tricks, music, fire tricks, sight gags, clowning, audience participation, and.... a distinctly offbeat but sophisticated sense of humor steeped in the traditions of the great comedians from the silent film era to the present.

Will is the winner of the Bistro Award from Backstage , the theatrical trade paper, as one of New York City's top cabaret performers. Nationally he is recognized from commercials for Pizza Hut, IBM, Carvel, Burger King, Anderson Consulting, Terra Internet and Sesame Street. Internationally, he has taken his show to Japan, Thailand, Liberia, Jamaica, Panama, England and Canada. He is affiliated with New York's Big Apple Circus, representing them at a variety of special events and has been an instructor for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College.

To find out more about Will's work, please visit his website listed below:
http//www.willshaw.com

Red Hook Waterfront Festival Performance June 2

The Theatre Museum & the Waterfront Museum will present
SHOWBOAT 'ROUND THE BEND
A unique exhibition extolling the glory of the American showboat

The exhibition which will run through December will have a grand opening on Saturday, June 2, 2007 from noon to 6 pm on board the Showboat Barge (at the foot of Conover Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn) The opening is in conjunction with the Red Hook Waterfront Festival.

Artists of exceptional ability will perform at the opening (entitled AHOY THERE!)
Performances include acrobatic fleas, a yodeling ukelele, butoh dance, and a whole lot more (See the performance schedule below)

Admission: Donations requested

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Hosted by vaudeville scholar and performer Trav S.D. with Officer Crabtree

12:00 noon Moira Stone sings selections from "Show Boat"
(accompanied by Whitney Gardner)
12:30 Steve the Whistler America's premier whistling entertainer
1:00 Acme Miniature Flea Circus
1:30 Sorcha Dorcha Celtic folk music ensemble
2:00 Uke Jackson (ukulele player, singer)
2:30 Nellie Tinder (country operetta)
2:45 Kate Magram (acrobalance)
3:00 Mr. Patrick (story teller)
3:30 Kathrine Adamenko (butoh dancer)
4:00 Scottie Davis of the Salt and Pepper Mime Company (mime and song)
4:30 Maestrocities (clown band)

Questions? Visit:
http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org
or http://www.ttmnyc.org
FULL PRESS RELEASE & DIRECTIONS

Augusto Cabrera & Commedia Gillet

Augusto Cabrera is a director, actor, clown, puppeteer,commedia teacher and performer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the director of Mask & Commedia Centrum, an institution/school that focuses on spreading knowledge and information about masks, puppetry, and commedia to the world at large through workshops, festivals, and performances. Commedia Gillet is the professional company of Mask & Commedia Centrum, which is under the direction of Augusto.

Commedia Gillet has a number of performances available-- their latest is titled Thor's Saga, about a group of Viking clowns who tell the story of how Thor lost his hammer. Unfortunately, the clowns can't keep their personal lives off of the stage.

Other performances include an outdoor medieval spectacle called Pesten (The Plague), and Avstad (Distance), a puppet play about special people (I assume this means developmentally disabled, but I can't be sure.), and a clown variety show.

Augusto has also started a new social network for mask and physical theatre performers on Ning.com.

To find out more about Augusto's work, follow the links listed below:

Augusto's web page: http://www.commediagillet.com/cabrera

Commedia Gillet: http://www.commediagillet.com

Mask Social Network: http://masker.ning.com

Cirkus Inferno- Daredevil Opera Company

The Daredevil Opera Company is a Canadian based Theatre/Circus company founded by Canadian Clown Jonah Logan. Main performers in the company include Jonah, NY Clown Amy Gordon, and Sound Designer Paul Weir.

They specialize in doing circus/stunt shows that feature excellent clowning and pyrotechnics. Their main show Cirkus Inferno has played all over the world, and is currently playing at the New Victory Theatre in NY. I highly recommend seeing the show-- I've seen it twice before, and am going to see it this time too!

To find out more about their work, please visit their website listed below:
http://daredeviloperacompany.com


Here's a little about the main company members:

Jonah Logan, (Creator, Set/Prop Designer, Tech Director)The world's most dangerous clown! Has worked as a thrill clown and support for AntiGravity's Crash Test Dummies on Broadway, Cirque du Soleil and various shows worldwide.He is an accomplished designer and stunt performer and has worked extensively as a licensed pyrotechnician. Mr. Logan is the founder of the Daredevil Opera Company.


Amy Gordon, (Creator, Company Manager)
Amy G met the Daredevils in 2001, working as writer/co-director and clown for Broadway’s smash hit, AntiGravity's Crash Test Dummies. Amy also works/has worked with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit (NY), Royal Caribbean Int'l, and as the other half of Matlock & Gordon in their show, A Tale of Two Sillies. She has a degree in theatre and studied clown with Kenny Raskin, David Shiner, Phillipe Gaulier, & Avner the Eccentric, among others. Her work is seen on television, film and lots of downtown cabaret/variety shows in NYC. She has also directed and choreograhed many original and classic works.


Paul Weir (Sound Designer, Composer, Technician)
As a sound designer and composer with live foley and pyrotechnic skills, Paul brings a unique animated illusion to the stage. His extensive work as part creator of the Daredevil Opera Company's unique thrill clown performances has seen appearances at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C., in Antigravity's Crash Test Dummies on Broadway, Cirque du Soleil's Mystere, Just for Laughs, Ripleys and various circus festivals internationally including the 3rd annual Cirkuszfesztival in Budapest. Paul lives in Toronto and also works doing sound for film productions there.

Some Circus Fiction Recommendations

I was recently asked about Circus Fiction, so I thought I'd give a couple of recommendations. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments field below!

Amanda Davis's Wonder When You'll Miss Me
Amazon Link
Amanda toured with the Bindlestiff's when I toured with them (in 1998)
She wrote this novel (her first, and sadly her last) after that. It's about a young troubled girl who runs away to join the circus.

Amanda was killed in a tragic plane crash along with her parents on the way to a book signing in North Carolina in 2003.
She was an up and coming young writer, and showed amazing promise. It's a real tragedy.








Katherine Dunn's Geek Love
Amazon Link
Great and classic book about a touring sideshow of self-made freaks and the religion/cult that develops about one of the performers. This is a book that consistently gets very high praise, and is consistently on the list of "Best Books About the Sideshow." HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.










Angela Carter's Nights At the Circus
Amazon Link
A book about turn of the century London turns into an epic love story between a cockney trapeze artist who may or may not have wings and the hotshot journalist that is set to debunk her as they tour the frozen steppes of Siberia. I was in a recent stage production of this, and the story and novel twist of this is astonishing and beautiful. It's a slightly long read and very narrative, but oh so worth it.

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And as I said above, feel free to add recommendations below.

Joel & Juliet Jeske

Joel and Juliet Jeske are a husband and wife clown couple. They often perform together, but they also perform separately. They do a wide variety of performances, including meet & greet, stage shows, music, and face painting. They have shows for just about any occasion, and are willing to create a new show if they don't have one for your specific needs.


JOEL JESKE
Joel Jeske's professional clown career began with his graduation from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College class of 1996. He toured with the blue unit of The Greatest Show on Earth for three years and the elegant one ring circus, Barnum's Kaleidoscope, for one year. Joel had performed internationally and won awards as a clown and variety performer in England, Germany, Scotland, Canada, Mexico, and China. In New York, Joel is a member of the theatrical clown ensemble, The NY Goofs, and has performed in a number of television, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway productions. He makes his rounds in over six New York hospitals as Dr. Ya-dont-say for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care, and as Prof. Sylvester T. Smartypants for The Big Apple Circus School Lecture Program. Joel is the founder and member of the acclaimed new vaudeville troupe The Golden Age produced by Cagey Productions. Joel is also the founder and director of the mime and movement group The Jeske Company. Joel is also a current teacher at The P.I.T., The People's Improv Theater. Joel is currently featured with the Big Apple Circus in their latest show, and recently won the Golden Nose Award for 2007 "Clown of the Year"

JULIET SCHAEFER JESKE
Juliet started her performing career at the age of 11 when she wrote her first comedy sketch for a school assembly. Then while still in high school she toured the former Soviet Union as a performer with a theatrical exchange group Creative Exchange. Juliet earned her degree at Columbia College Chicago studying acting, directing and vocal music and graduated with honors. While in Chicago Juliet ended up working with a number of amazing Theater companies including the premiere children's theater company Emerald City Theater. She was even an original cast member of the long running Improv musical based on "Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham". Once meeting her husband Joel she embraced the the art of clowning. Juliet studied clowning at the New York Goofs Ultimate Clown School with instructors Barry Lubin, Larry Pissoni, Hovey Burgess, Barbara Karger, Tiffany Rielly and Dick Monday. Since moving to New York Juliet has also performed in a few Off Off Broadway shows such as "Galaxy Video" by Marc Morales and "Carrot and Stick" by Chris Alonzo. Juliet is currently studying improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade and solo performance at The People's Improv Theater. She is also a member of both The Golden Age produced by Cagey Productions and The Jeske Company.


To find out more about Joel and Julie's work, visit their webpage listed below:
http://homepage.mac.com/jeskeschaefer/index.html

Drama of Works Presents PUNCH

Drama of Works and Galapagos Art Space present…

PUNCH
(NYC’s only consistent puppet slam)

MONDAY, May 28th, 8:00pm, $5.00
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 782-5188
http://www.galapagosartspace.com

PUNCH is a monthly showcase for all things puppet. Curated by Gretchen Van Lente, of Drama of Works.

EXPLODING PUPPET PRODUCTIONS are your hosts for the evening! They’ll be whipping out characters from “Die Hard the Puppet Musical” all night long. PLUS a premiere new scene from the show: In the latest chapter, they'll bring you three songs for the price of one! Where else can you witness gripping musical numbers revolving around sex toys, exploding helicopters, the triumph of love and gratuitous use of the word motherf***er? You can find out more about the Exploding Puppet show at http://www.diehardthepuppetmusical.com

IMAGINATIONEXPLOSION is back to PUNCH with their unique brand of avante-garde puppetry. “The Proboner Show” is a vaudevillian shadow puppetry piece about two frustrated penises that can’t seem to get enough satisfaction in their life. They confide in each other’s misogynist stories until a strange female visitor arrives. To learn more about this experimental puppetry collaborative, please visit: http://www.imaginationexplosion.com

ADAM GERTSACOV is the most educated clown in America (barring certain elected officials.) He wears many hats, including those of a professional clown, an arts administrator, a P.T. Barnum impersonator, a flea circus impresario, a Barbie puppeteer, and the esteemed hat of the Clown Laureate of Greenbelt, Maryland. Find out more about his work at http://www.acmeclown.com. This is his first PUNCH. He presents his “Barbie Oedipus Rex.” (need I say more?)

HOWIE LEIFER (a PUNCH staple) shows off a brand new piece: "THE PREACHER AND THE FLOOD" A hybrid piece - part flip book - part toy theater… nice…

Nicholas Flair

Highly skilled acrobatic juggler and performer Nicholas Flair (Nick Goldsmith) is a graduate of Brown University with a math degree, and of Montreal's celebrated École Nationale de Cirque.

In 2006 he won first place in the 2006 Cigar Box Juggling Championship. He has starred Off-Broadway and around the world with group "Lazer Vaudeville," performed with The Metropolitan Opera and Holland America Cruises, worked for corporate clients such as The US Open, AT&T and Bloomberg, and has been covered by MTV, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.




Nick is now producing a 60-minute solo show called "The Other Side."

On stage, on screen, and strolling, Nicholas Flair has charmed audiences from Rome to Rhode Island with inventive, fresh entertainment.

To find out more about Nick's work, visit his website listed below.
http://www.nicholasflair.com

Jeff Seal

Jeff Seal is a clown who lives in Brooklyn. He recently moved from California where he was a graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center. There he studied Chinese acrobatics, pantomime, circus skills, dance, and clown. He studied Decroux-based corporeal mime under the direction of Thomas Leabhart for the Hippocampe Project in Paris. Jeff has performed at The New York Downtown Clown Revue, The New York International Clown Festival and attended the Pig Iron Clown Intensive in Philadelphia.


Jeff also works as an actor. He most recently played Arthur Miller and Aeacus in Rising Sun's production of Aristophanes' The Frogs and "B" in Samuel Beckett's Act Without Words II directed by Ariane Anthony, and as a performer in Voidville at Theatre for the New City.

To find out more about Jeff's work, visit his myspace page listed below:
http://www.myspace.com/jeffseal237

Golden Nose Winners...

I attended the New York Downtown Clown First Annual Downtown Clown Awards last night. A lot of fun (and hard to say fast) It was a full house, and a great community of performers. The bar upstairs was primarily full of clown performers, and it's a great thing to be a part of. Hats off to Christopher Luecke, who is the chief founder of the New York Downtown Clown Revue.

Presenters were Hovey Burgess and Barry Lubin, and hosted by Christopher Luecke.
Trophy's, bizarre golden nose sculptures, were created by expert maskmaker Stanley Allen Sherman.

Four performances-- Jeff Seal (who won THE BLUE BALL AWARD for danger in the face of performance), Hilary Chaplain, Kendall Cornell, and Mark Gindick.

And the moment you've all been waiting for-- THE WINNERS!

CATEGORY: Audience Choice Best Clown
NOMINEES: Brent McCoy, Hilary Chaplain, Mark Gindick, and Poofy Du Vey
WINNER: Mark Gindick

CATEGORY: Audience Choice Best Clown Piece:
NOMINEES: Classically Trained by Hilary Chaplain, Glamourpuss by Kendall Cornell, Super Nova by Mark Gindick, and Jeff Seal and His Big Red Ball by Jeff Seal
WINNER: Super Nova by Mark Gindick

CATEGORY: Clown of The Year
NOMINEES: Eric Davis, Hilary Chaplain, Joel Jeske, and Kendall Cornell
WINNER: Joel Jeske

SPECIAL CLOWN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: The Producers of Slava’s Snowshow (David Foster and Ross Mollison) for running the show for two record breaking years off-Broadway.

Scary Clowns The Book

This is a small fun book of over 80 photographs of clowns in a slightly scary or macabre mode. Not all of them are scary, but enough to give those with coulrophobia a moment of pause. A fair amount of the photos are classic, but there's also a bunch of other photos that I hadn't seen before. It's definitely a great gift for the clown or clown collector among you. The center of the book has a very cool 3D pop up (pictured). I can recommend this book!

Call For Entries, NY Clown Theatre Festival

The second annual New York Clown Theatre Festival has announced a call for submissions that represent a large range of clown theatre forms and backgrounds.


The festival will take place Oct. 5-27 at The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave., between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Clown teachers, clown show premieres, clown movies, solo and short pieces, experimental works, clown Shakespeare, sporting events, and reality shows are all expected to be featured at the three-week long event in early fall -- not to mention clown pie-throwing wars.

Any clown theatre-related work from performers, practitioners, and teachers in the national and international clown community will be reviewed, including full-length, short, and individual shows. Shows may be geared toward any and all ages and audiences.

All application packets must be postmarked ASAP to The Brick Theater, Inc., c/o John Silberman Associates, 145 East 57th St., 9th Floor, NY, New York 10022. Packets must include an official application form; a script or detailed proposal of the performance; a representational video or DVD; complete biographies of all performers; and any press materials available.

For forms and specific requirements, visit www.bricktheater.com. For more information, call (718) 907-3457.

Silly Billy - David Kaye

David Kaye is a professional children's entertainer based in New York City. Using comedy, magic, and balloon twisting, David entertains audiences of all ages. From the New Yorker to David Letterman, from Lincoln Center to Hong Kong, he has received high praise for his unique style. David has achieved great success in several different areas of entertaining children throughout his career.

Silly Billy is perhaps David's most famous character. Silly Billy is a comedian for children who uses magic and balloon twisting as the medium for his comedy. His core audience is 3-8 year olds. One of his main attractions is that he is not only funny to the children, but he simultaneously delivers comedy for the adults in the audience. Silly Billy’s hilarious, edgy style took New York by storm. Years of successful magic shows at children’s parties led to widespread positive word of mouth. Silly Billy received loads of press including a feature story in the New Yorker, and being named New York’s best children’s magician by five different New York magazines.

Silly Billy became so popular that he had to turn people away because he was booked solid for months in advance. That was when he created The Funniest Clowns in the Whole Wide World. This children's entertainment agency books other clowns to perform at Silly Billy’s overflow. This division has now grown to offer many different kinds of entertainment at many different price levels. Unlike other agencies, David individually trains and manages each member of his staff in his troupe. These highly skilled performers travel throughout the tri-state area entertaining children with magic and clowning.

David has also consulted with companies that want to know how to make children laugh, including Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street), and a multinational restaurant chain. He also writes a monthly column in a magic magazine about performing for children.

To find out more about his work, visit his website:
http://www.sillymagic.com

Fred Garbo & His Inflatable Theatre

Fred Garbo has been a professional performer since 1974.

On Sesame Street, he was the acrobat inside Barkley the Dog. On Broadway, he was the chief juggler in the musical Barnum. He toured Europe, Hong Kong and Australia with the Obie Award-winning Foolsfire, with Bob Berky and Michael Moschen.

Whether tumbling for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center or dancing with MOMIX in Brazil, Fred brings a gymnast's timing and an actor's presence to his Inflatable Theater Co.

Most recently featured on David Letterman's Late Night, Fred Garbo continues to astound and tickle audiences with his pop-action inflatables and hilarious stage presence.

For the last 16 years he has been inventing inflatables with artist/builder George York, and touring them with his partner Daielma Santos. Fred has trained and performed with the Master of Illusion: Tony Montanaro. (Fred also "trains" in snowboarding every chance he gets.)

To find out more about his work, please visit his website listed below:
http://www.fredgarbo.com

Ultimate Clown School- August 2007 NYC

The NY Goofs will be presenting their Ninth Annual Ultimate Clown School this summer.

August 6 - August 18, 2007
New York City
Week One: August 6-11
Week Two: August 13-18

This two week session offers an intensive course of study in the art of clowning that is available nowhere else. Their faculty represents America's top guides in the art of Clowning.


2007 SPECIAL GUEST TEACHERS
John Lepiarz
Also known as Mr. Fish, spent seven years performing in the Big Apple Circus, and is a Graduate of the Le Coq school of Mime and Clown in Paris.

Kim Winslow National Creative and Educational Coordinator for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, and has performed from Alaska to Bosnia and brings his unique talent to Goof school this year.

Core Faculty:
Dick Monday - Clowning
Larry Pisoni - Character Development
Hovey Burgess - Skills/History
Barbara Karger - Movement
Tiffany Riley - Eccentric Dance
Evelyn Tuths - Bouffon

Week One: (August 6-11)
The first week will focus on finding, building and utilizing the most crucial aspect of your clowning: CHARACTER.

Week Two: (August 13-18)

Week number two is a continuation of our work, or a stand alone session for
students who have previously attended our Goof School. The focus will be on material development.

Classes will be held Monday through Saturday from 10am-6pm.

Several nights of each week we will also have Open Workshops where students can work one on one with teachers on material and character. The end of each week will culminate in a performance by the students for friends and family.

Tuition for the full two week program is $1,350.00

Tuition for Week One only is $750.00.

Extra Discounts:
Register by June 1st with deposit and get $50 off the balance.**

Reserving a spot
A phone call will hold your spot until July 10th, which is the deadline for receiving a deposit of $200.00. This deposit will secure your spot in the class and is non-refundable. The balance is due on the first day of class. Please download our registration form and include it with your check, or email it if you are paying through paypal. Online Registration Form


Any questions call: 212.591.0028 or 866-596-GOOF or visit their website:
http://www.nygoofs.com/workshops.htm

Dick Monday & Tiffany Riley

Dick Monday and Tiffany Riley are a clown team currently working in the Dallas Forth Worth area. To find out more about their shows there, visit their website:
http://www.slappysplayhouse.com/

Dick Monday was the Director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College for the last three years of its existence. He created and directed the clowning for the Greatest Show on Earth during this period. Dick and his partner Tiffany Riley founded the New York Goofs in 1998, a theatrical clown troupe committed to producing clown theatre for and adult and family audiences. The NY Goofs have produced four off-off Broadway shows and been featured in every major festival in the NY/DC area. In 2004, Dick created "Slappy's Playhouse", a family theatre in Dallas, TX presenting European-style marionette shows, Variety Shows, and Magic shows. Dick currently writes and produces all the shows for that theatre, as well as shows for circuses, festivals and corporate events. He continues to clown with partner Tiffany in circuses and theaters world-wide including The Big Apple Circus and Circo Atayde in Mexico. Dick was recently one of the subjects of the acclaimed book, "Guiding Lights", about great mentors and teachers. He also started the Ultimate Clown School, which was recently named Best Clown School by the Village Voice, and is now in its eighth year. Dick's film and television credits include Into the Night with Rick Dees, Brain Donors, My Life, Love and Greed, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown.


Tiffany Riley is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, has been performing professionally since the age of six. In 1993, she appeared with the LA Circus and has been clowning ever since. Tiffany was a faculty member and choreographer for the Ringling Bros. Clown College, and since 1996, she has been curator and choreographer for The International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap starring Bob McGrath (Sesame Street). She also choreographed the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus show "High Heels & Red Noses". Along with Monday, she is co-founder of the New York Goofs and the Ultimate Clown School. Tiffany was featured in The Big Apple Circus' Big Top Doo Wop, becoming the first woman to clown with America's premiere one-ring circus in 25 years. She and Monday have appeared with Circo Atayde in Mexico, Circus Sarasota, and Extravaganza Le Cirque in Dallas. She is Director of the Ultimate Clown School, member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, and has recently launched a therapeutic clown program with Children's Medical Center of Dallas.

"Marvelous Marvin" Novogrodski

Marvin Novogrodski has been a performer and entertainer for over 20 years. He spent over 15 years with the Everett Dance Theatre, a group based in Providence 'RI that mixes modern dance, circus arts, wrestling, ballet, and storytelling techniques to create original movement pieces that have been featured around the country.

Marvin has also performed as an actor in plays, and as Marvelous Marvin has entertained thousands with a number of solo school science shows that incorporate juggling, comedy, dance, magic, and science, with the unique property that all of his school shows are written in verse. School shows include "How The Body Works" and "The Magic of Science"

Marvin recently relocated to the NY/NJ area.

To find out more about Marvin's work, please visit his website listed below:
http://www.marvmarv.com

Happy Hour Clown Trio

Happy Hour is a clown trio based in New York. It consists of three clowns who are graduates of Ringling Clown College and who have come together to create physical comedy shows. Each of the clowns also perform and teach individually.

To find out more, and see videos of Happy Hour in action, visit their website: http://www.happyhourclowns.com

The guys of Happy Hour are:

	Ambrose Martos has performed standup, clown, improv, sketch and dance around New York City and the world. He was a finalist in the BBC Open Mic competition at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and once had his roller skating disco act described as "brave comedy" by ABC's Diane Sawyer. Ambrose is a regular performer at New York City's best vaudeville reviews and has performed on the largest cruise ship in the world for Royal Caribbean. Ambrose plays the lead role in the short film Lutoski Fish Sticks, which won 3rd Place at the 2005 NYU First Run Film Festival. He is a 1997 graduate of Clown College, a member of The Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. Recent credits include Cirque du Soleil, off-Broadway's Slava's Snowshow and as a Merry Prankster in Julie Taymor's new film Across the Universe (out in 2007).
	Mark Gindick has been working as a physical comedian onstage and in the circus since his graduation from Clown College. He shared the role of "Grandma" in The Big Apple Circus for two years and has performed with The NY Goofs at Carnegie Hall and The International Children's Festival and with The Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus. Mark has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan Obrien. Mark wrote and starred in How To Be A Man at the Palace of Variety on 42nd Street in 2004. Mark is a former nationally ranked tae kwan do artist and teaches circus skills at SUNY Purchase College.
	Matthew Morgan has performed at Lincoln Center, Dance Theater Workshop, American Globe Theater, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, PS 122, chashama, Symphony Space, and the Princeton Repertory Company. He attended the University of Utah for acting and is a graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. Upon graduating from Clown College he toured with "The Greatest Show on Earth" for two years. He has also performed with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus where his duo act, the Slapinski Brothers, was hailed as "riotous" by the Village Voice and "hilarious" by Time Out NY. Keep your eyes open for Matthew as The Silver Guy in the upcoming feature film Just my Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan.