Archive for October, 2009

Hospital Clowns

Published Date: October 29th, 2009
Category: life

Went to Sloane-Kettering to see a friend today and was there during a visit from the Big Apple Clown Care Unit.  Getting to see Joel Jeske and Audrey Crabtree in action–priceless!

Published Date: October 19th, 2009
Category: life

I am analyzing the way I get dinner on the table, the mistakes I make, the timing that is off, I’m looking at it as a performance which can be improved (or not) with notes.  THAT can’t be healthy!

Axioms/Principals

Published Date: October 19th, 2009
Category: life

Outside logic and mathematics, the term “axiom” is used loosely for any established principle of some field.  Hmmm.  Clown Axioms–Clown principles
Avener the Eccentric has a list of clown principals on his own website:
©2005 Avner Eisenberg

Clown’s job is to make the audience feel things, and to get the audience to breathe.
Everyone inhales, but many of us [...]

not even dressed and already compromising

Published Date: October 19th, 2009
Category: life

Perfection is elusive, both in performance and in the care and feeding of a family.
I’m not even dressed and already I’ve made compromises and mistakes.  I packed My Kid’s lunch in the pink “baby phat” lunch box with a sandwich and a healthy assortment of fruit and vegetable options (although as I write this I [...]

After the final performance of Clown Axioms

Published Date: October 19th, 2009
Category: life

My Kid watched the last Clown Axioms show from the booth.  She loved it.  She was allowed to bring up the lights on a couple of cues and that was a thrill for her.  The woman who ran the light and sound board is so nice to have let My Kid sit up there with [...]

Published Date: October 16th, 2009
Category: life

It was a busy day of staying on track so that I could be at the theatre by 5:30 pm for the pick-up rehearsal.  I ran some errands after morning school drop-off.  Then I went home and did the dishes and some other things.  I took a shower and got ready for the show.  Then [...]

After performing at Free Night of Theatre 2009 in Union Square

Published Date: October 16th, 2009
Category: life

After we performed, I went with some of the other clowns and I went to Le Pain Quotidien which was pleasant in the rain.  We shared a basket of bread as we drank our tea and coffee.  One of the women talked about her vision of a little blonde girl in a strawberry field, the [...]

“Black Tie, Red Noses… A Classy Clown Affair”

Published Date: October 15th, 2009
Category: life

Tonight was the Black Tie, Red Noses fundraising event for Clowns Without Boarders at the Brooklyn Lyceum.  I would have liked to attend. Oh well, it had to be a mommy evening, not a clown evening.

Still Struggling With the Production Process

Published Date: October 14th, 2009
Category: life

I am still struggling with the production process and how it all went down, how Kendall was disappointed with my work and I was so upset that I shook.
Because Kendall told me that I was drifty and unfocused in rehearsal and because of all the talk about stepping up and taking on production tasks, I [...]

White Box

Published Date: October 13th, 2009
Category: life

Tonight I went to Jef Johnson’s Clownlab at Theatrelab. It was refreshing to work in another approach to clowning. I enjoyed playing with relationships without text and watching others in the space.
Several of the participants had been to see Clown Axioms this weekend and gave me some lovely comments.