The Brick Presents Amuse Bouche Clown Theatre Festival Thru 9/27

The Brick, presenter of the blockbuster New York Clown Theatre Festival in 2010 (and returning in 2012!), does not want fans of Clown Theatre to go hungry in the meantime. This September The Brick presents its biennial Amuse Bouche selection of outstanding Clown Theatre work: 9 Mainstage shows, 3 cabarets, clown films and classes, with performers from Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the far corners of the U.S. of A.

September 7 - 25

Here's What's Coming Up This Week:

Clown Cabaret
Hosted by The Donovan Ensemble
Directly from their summer tour The Donovan Ensemble hosts this night of clown antics, featuring: Emmett and Merril and their popular comedy stylings. Former Ringling clown Emily Carragher in How to Catch a Man. Festival veteran Vincenzo Tortorici, doing an adaptation of Brecht's Baden Lehrst or Mr. Smith and Friends. Straight from her work in Austria, Hilary Chaplain does Fred goes fishing. John Leo and Jay Dunn present a snippet from their Vaudevillian Etiquette-Romp, Handshake Uppercut. And Lynn Berg as Awful Knofel does some daredevil clowning! More surprise guests to come! For more information on the Donovan Ensemble visit www.donovanensemble.com
Wed 9/14 @ 8pm

Morro & Jasp Go Wild

Following up their successful run at the 2010 NY Clown Theatre Festival, Canadian Comedy Award nominees Morro and Jasp are back with an all-new show. Morro and Jasp GONE WILD takes place as the hilarious and high-energy clown sisters depart for spring break vacation. Jasp is heading out in search of romance while Morro is planning to save the world by taking part in a "Save the Fish" volleyball tournament. The dream journey they had planned, however, falls off-course as things take a literal turn for the worse. Follow the "crowned queens of clown" on the hysterical and touching coming-of-age trip of a lifetime. Morro and Jasp GONE WILD is not recommended for kids. Visit: www.morroandjasp.com
Thu 9/15 @ 8pm
Fri 9/16 @ 8pm
Sat 9/17 @ 8pm
Sun 9/18 @ 7pm

COMEDYSHORTS:
Clowns on Film
John Towsen , the mastermind behind the original New York Clown Theatre Festival in 1983, and Audrey Crabtree, indentured servant of this festival, will host this night of hilarious clowns on film!
Fri 9/16 @ 10pm

TiVo La Resistance!
Newly back in the U.S. from their U.K. tour, the clowns that brought you Schaden, Freude and You have joined forces once again in a race against time! Don't miss this covert, clandestine-enhanced-security-clearance meeting of the resistance. Learn death defying acts of sabotage because...they're coming. And you know who we mean. This is not a test. Come! Join the underground for top-secret tips on death-defying acts of sabotage...because there's something out there....
Sat 9/17 @ 10pm
Sun 9/18 @ 3pm

PUPPETONIA!
An Interactive Puppet Show for Babies! (ages 0 to 4) Parents or guardians get in free!

Puppetonia (Ages 0 to 4)

Thursdays in September at 10am & 11am  $16 at the door $12 if booked ahead of time
Parent or Guardian gets in FREE! 60 minutes

Baby Puppetonia (Ages 0 to 2)

A more intimate Puppetonia aimed at the youngest puppet audiences!
Thursdays in September at 12pm and 12:30pm
$10 Parent or Guardian gets in FREE! 30 minutes

Bring your munchkin to an interactive hour-long show with music, bubbles, and, of course, puppets! Our fast-paced performance will keep your child engaged, laughing, and learning. With a new show every week and characters your child will get to know and love, PUPPETONIA is sure to become a weekly highlight!

For more, visit Puppetonia.com.

This week:

Puppetonia: (Ages 0 to 4)
Thu 9/15 at 10am & 11am

Baby Puppetonia: (Ages 0 to 2)
Thu 9/15 at 12pm & 12:30pm

Red Cloud Rising Extended!

Weekends by appointment only. Selling tickets through September and selling out fast! www.bricktheater.com for more!

Check Out This Cool New Show From Our Friends the NY Neo-Futurists!

The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill
Volume 1: Early Plays/Lost Plays
Once confined only to heated discussions amongst doctoral students, the New York Neo-Futurists unleash O'Neill's stage directions from their dissertation prison, transforming O'Neill's eloquent yet obsessive and often controlling stage directions into rip-roaring physical comedy (that runs under 100 minutes).

Now a Broadway mainstay, Eugene O'Neill was once considered an experimental, downtown playwright. His plays defied the melodramatic conventions of the day and much of his work premiered with The Provincetown Players on MacDougall Street. The New York Neo-Futurists return O'Neill to his experimental roots with THE COMPLETE & CONDENSED STAGE DIRECTIONS OF Eugene O'Neill, VOLUME 1: EARLY PLAYS/LOST PLAYS. This first in a series chronicles O'Neill's early stage directions (1913 - 1917), and include two of his "sea plays" (including Bound East for Cardiff) as well as more obscure early works such as his first play, the one-act A Wife for a Life, as well as his cynical comedy The Movie Man. Wed-Sat @ 8pm until 10/1

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The Brick is located at  575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg Bklyn (L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan) For further information, email: info@bricktheater.com

 

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