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The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

Clowns Ex Machina presents a darkly comic look at women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods.

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The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion

Clowns Ex Machina presents a darkly comic look at women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods.

Clowns Ex Machina presents a darkly comic look at women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods.

Clowns Ex Machina presents a darkly comic look at women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods.

Clowns Ex Machina presents a darkly comic look at women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods.

Michelle Persoff
Michelle Persoff
Michelle Persoff
Michelle Persoff
1 Campaign |
New York, United States
$460 USD 8 backers
9% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

What is The Bad'Uns: Clown Acts of Contagion?

Women in dangerously, dangerously bad moods... portrayed by clowns.

The all-women clown troupe Clowns Ex Machina has a new production!

Inspired by legends of “the Bad-uns” – famous women criminals, outlaws and killers – this clown-theatre show examines notoriety, morality, defiance, and the social constraints of womanhood.  Mischievous, startling, and sublimely ridiculous, this world premiere contains interwoven acts of song, dance, verbal wit, and incredible humor.  
All women, all funny, being bad. 


Coming to the Tony-award winning theatre LaMaMa November 7th - 17th, 2019.
 

All The Stuff We Need 

Your money will go to all of these wonderful necessities!

  • Rehearsal space
  • Artists’ fees
  • Backstage Clown wranglers
  • Turning on the lights
  • Catchy Advertising things
  • Red noses
  • Screws, duct tape and twine (and other stuff )
  • Ticket takers
  • Potential overdue fines when returning library books (a.k.a. dramaturgy) 

    ... and somebody’s got to feed the baby! (babies, actually--there are a few)

 

Why Donate to Clowns Ex Machina?

The human race has one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”  -- Mark Twain

The physical, funny, bewitching, satirical work of Clowns Ex Machina is ripe for these days we live in.  Kendall Cornell and her troupe of all-women clowns use the ancient art of clowning to stir the pot of the collective unconscious and shake our deepest assumptions loose.   With their newest show The Bad’uns, they put our society in a dunk tank and land hit after hit with their unruly and sometimes unexpectedly heart-breaking clown-theatre.

The New York Times said they are “reminders that the greatest clowns try to make people laugh to help stave off existential horrors.”   
Eva Yaa Asantewaa called their work “kaleidoscopically-dizzying physical theater of the absurd with a wicked steel edge that organizes itself just below an insinuating charm.”   

 

Other Ways You Can Help These Clowns

 

 

amazing photos by Vanessa Lenz

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Shout Out

Shout Out

$10 USD
A shout-out on social media!  (and if you are not on social media, we will just shout your name out the window into the wind)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
Estimated Shipping
November 2019
3 claimed
Program Thanks

Program Thanks

$40 USD
Your name will appear in our program with an exclamation point after it! (and you'll get a shout-out)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
Estimated Shipping
November 2019
2 claimed
Extreme Program Thanks

Extreme Program Thanks

$75 USD
Your name will appear in our program with two exclamation points after it and when we see you we will shout your name in a joyful way (as if it has exclamation points after it) and say, “You are so fantastic!”
Included Items
  • Shout Out
Estimated Shipping
November 2019
0 claimed
Clowns Ex Machina Magnet

Clowns Ex Machina Magnet

$100 USD
A Clowns Ex Machina refrigerator magnet!   Place notes  and reminders and artwork stuff on your fridge without it falling down!   (Plus shout-out and your name in the program)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
  • Extreme Program Thanks
Estimated Shipping
December 2019
2 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Clowns Ex Machina Tote Bag

Clowns Ex Machina Tote Bag

$350 USD
A brand-new, specially-created Clowns Ex Machina tote bag -- so you can carry your groceries and items and pen/pencils with sophisticated clown style!  (plus a shout-out and your name in the program)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
  • Extreme Program Thanks
Estimated Shipping
December 2019
0 claimed
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A Ticket!

A Ticket!

$500 USD
One complimentary ticket to The Bad’uns at LaMaMa in November.   (plus a shout-out, magnet, and your name in the program with three exclamation points!!!)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
  • Extreme Program Thanks
  • Refrigerator Magnet
Estimated Shipping
November 2019
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Two Tickets!

Two Tickets!

$750 USD
Two (total) complimentary tickets to The Bad’uns at LaMama in November.    (Plus a shout-out, magnet, and your name in the program with 3 exclamations points!)
Included Items
  • Shout Out
  • Extreme Program Thanks
  • Refrigerator Magnet
Estimated Shipping
November 2019
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.

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