“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus” (Turkish Proverb).

An ancient threadbare red curtain opens on a circus that’s seen a million audiences or more. The acrobats and jugglers have long since walked off the job, and the only ones left are the clowns trying to keep it together. This is a show of/about chaos, things falling apart, the center not holding, failure and catastrophe. Clown Show is a portrait of America as a falling apart clown show. A non-dramatic work that brings together physical theatre, clown, original music, and illusion to create a spectacle of disastrous proportions.