Workshop: Dangerous Games (Improv and Clown)

Name: Workshop: Dangerous Games (Improv and Clown)
Start: 2025-01-17T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-17T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Zissimos Bar

Schedule

Fri Jan 17 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Zissimos Bar | Baltimore, MD

A key to clown work is creating games. But how can we add a sense of danger to our work, while still creating a safe space for the audience?
About this Event

About the workshop:

The key to clown work is creating games. But how can we add a sense of danger to our work – while still creating a safe space for the audience? This workshop explores different games and offers that walk that fine line. Open to all levels of experience.

About your instructor:

Chad Damiani has spent over a decade as one of the leaders and architects of LA’s current clown scene. He’s the creator/star of STAND UP AND CLOWN – where he directs well-known stand-ups through their first clown show (this is also a weekly podcast, with interviews and clown tutorials). He’s an ensemble member in the international clown variety show STAMPTOWN – which features some of the best alt comics and skill acts in the world. Chad is also the longtime leader of CLOWN ZOO – an all-star ensemble created during the pandemic that combines modern clown and theatrical mask work.

Chad has performed his solo clown pieces all over the country – often at traditional stand-up venues. He’s appeared in various TV shows and music videos, including AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, DAVE, and TBS’s upcoming reboot of JOE SCHMO. Chad is also a Blacklist-winning screenwriter and worked as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling (this was a very long time ago).

About the Venue:

The Lou Costello Room has been a mainstay of the Baltimore comedy scene for over a decade, regularly producing standup, improv, and sketch comedy shows in collaboration with many production companies. They also frequently host music and variety events from their location on Hampden's 36th Street, 'The Avenue!'

This show is not wheelchair accessible, it is on the second floor of the bar up a full flight of stairs. Find out accessibility details about all of our venues here.

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv’s mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater. Learn more at https://www.highwireimprov.com