In 2010, circus veterans Matthew Pauli, Karen Beriss, and Rich Potter founded Clown Cabaret as a monthly performance laboratory with a simple goal: to promote and elevate the archetype of the clown in popular culture while providing a platform for performing artists to develop new material.
Since then clowns and other variety artists from across America and the world have found a home to create, play, learn, and fellowship in a supportive atmosphere. It was not uncommon to see clowns, tap dancers, jugglers, musicians, physical comedians, and performers from all walks of life testing new material just to see what works.
Many shows workshopped at Clown Cabaret have toured the United States and internationally, including at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show, “Delusions of Grandeur,” developed at Clown Cabaret, was produced at Capital Fringe Festival, The New York Clown Theatre Festival, and other venue.
At the beginning of 2024 the original trio of Rich, Karen, and Matthew have passed the torch (or rubber chicken) to Christina Day and Jim "Crickett" McGrath, 2 devoted Clown Cabaret fans devoted to keeping the tradition alive and thriving in DC and everywhere else.
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