This class for clowns, physical comedians, character/sketch performers, actor/devisers encourages you to take your idiocy to a new degree with a holder of many degrees, cultural critic and multidisciplinary performer Gregory Nussen.
This two-day performance and writing workshop aims to fuse together the spontaneity of clown performance with the rigor of upper-level writing and acting courses, in order to bring shape to your madness.
Students are invited to bring works in progress, loose character ideas, short bits, and jokes to Clown College. Unlearn the idea that rigor comes at the expense of clown, or that writing is antithetical to spontaneity. Winkingly apply concepts as prompts to generate new work, stretch out their ideas, and find new ways into creations. They’ll learn tools for scripting what can feel like unscriptable moments, and apply some discipline to ensure their best, wildest, most unhinged moments in performance are repeatable and sustainable.
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Saturday & Sunday
June 13th & June 14th
12pm-4pm
in the Skunk Room
About the Instructor:
Gregory Nussen (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist from Los Angeles whose solo show QFWFQ won Best Solo Theatre and the Sydney Exchange Award at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe. It picked up an additional four nominations, including BroadwayWorld's Best Solo Production. It will play at Summerhall Arts at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe and QTopia at the 2026 Sydney Fringe. NYC credits include The Tempest (Off-Broadway, CSC), A Four-Letter Word (CSC/Plastic Theatre/World Event Young Artists in the UK), Old Paper Houses (Piehole) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pulse Ensemble). The Diary, their previous solo show, premiered Off-Broadway at Theater for the New City. They played Christopher in the regional premiere of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Phoenix Theatre Company). In LA, they have done several shows with Theatre of NOTE, Theater West, The Odyssey, Red Ink Ensemble, UCB and The Groundlings. They have previously taught at Columbia University and Palomar College, and hold an MFA in Theatre from Columbia, an MA from NYU and a BA from Emerson College. Proud AEA, SAG-AFTRA and GALECA member.
For info on their writing and festival programming career, head to gregnussen.com
Class cancellation policy: No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.