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Press
"We can think back in time to watching Buster Keaton
and Charilie Chaplin...and you will see what Danzig and his
clowns do - make people laugh, but also to make them think."
Around the Town Chicago
"A remarkably clever ensemble that is as fantastically funny
as they are freakishly physical."
Robert Andersen Chicago
Stage Review
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"A superb and charming acrobatic trio...dynamic
performance was enjoyed by all - young, old, with or without
kiddies in tow."
Beverly Friend, Chicago Critic
"Bring someone who doesn't like theater and watch them change their mind."
New City
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Description
500 Clown
uses circus arts, improvisation, and action-based performance
to produce theater that catapults the performers into extreme
physical and emotioinal risk. Performances shift the audience
from passive to active observers, creating a charged environment
celebrating the unpredictable power of the moment.
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500
Clown Biography
500 Clown Macbeth premiered in Chicago in 2000, and
became a company in 2001 founded by Adrian Danzig,
Paul Kalina, Molly Brennan
and Leslie Bauxbaum Danzig. Since then 500
Clown has journeyed on, driven by a deep passion for developing
our highly physical and immediate theater, which had garnered
ongoing enthusiasm from audiences, critics, students and supporters
of all kinds. To date 500 Clown has created
4 full-length performances: 500 Clown Macbeth,
500 Clown Frankenstein, 500
Clown Christmas, and 500 Clown and
the Elephant Deal. Between 2000 and the present
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Repertory
500 Clown Trapped (60 min. no intermission)
Experience 500 Clown's signature mix of high physicality,
raw emotion, and powerful storytelling with content accessible
to an all-ages audience. In 500 CLOWN TRAPPED,
three clown-musicians are unexpectedly ensnared. Their response
to this surprising turn of events ineffectively spirals out
of control. Slapstick mishaps, vaudevillian turns, and untiring
resilience are put into play as the clowns try to escape the
trap they've made....>more
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500 Clown Macbeth (60 min. no intermission)
500 Clown's Macbeth is an unpredictable and hilarious
deconstruction of Shakespeare's classic. Three clowns descend
upon a stage to perform the Scottish play, and infected by ambition,
they compete for the title role. Ripping through the fourth
wall...>more
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500 Clown Frankenstein (60 min. no intermission)
Three clowns embark on a madcap journey to construct Dr. Frankenstein's
laboratory. Stymied by elaborate and exaggerated period costumes,
the clowns are propelled into acrobatic feats in an extended
battle with an unruly table... >more
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500 Clown Christmas (60 min. no intermission)
Diving into the dark and light sides of the all-consuming consumer-driven
yet still surprisingly touching Christmas season, three clowns
and a three-piece band throw a celebration to make Dicken's
Fezziwig proud, complete with a holiday toast, gift-giving,
and original live music written by the incisive John Fournier.
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Educational
Offerings
500 Clown teaches workshops in Risk, Clown, Physical Comedy,
Improvisation, Adaptation, and Devising Performance. 500 Clown
has taught at advanced theater programs, conservatories, universities,
high schools and grammar schools throughout the U.S. 500 Clown
will gladly design workshops for the specific interests and
backgrounds of participants.
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