Here’s a little peek under the Risk/Reward production hood: we hold off on setting an order for the mainstage show until we’ve seen all the pieces in technical rehearsals. These are new works, y’all – we’ve got to see them before we can craft the program! But when we heard about how the Clown Mystics are planning on ending their one-of-a-kind, magically-insane piece, we figured (99% certainty) that we’d be putting them as the last piece in the program. No spoilers – you’ll just have to come and see!
The Clown Mystics are Given Davis, Urks Io, and Zai Outlaw, and are dedicated to the art of ritual performance through the absurdity and play of the clown. With their application, the Clown Mystics endeared themselves to our panel with their deep knowledge of commedia and clown scholarship – as well as the sheer madness they promised to bring to the stage.
Their performance in the mainstage show will be a part of an on-going work, Seers of the Savant Garde, and is going to involve a festival parade of fools, a wheel of chaotic fortune, and a Chaplin-esque ode to the power of the moon. The stage will be stuffed with musical instruments, traditional clown props, and occult artifacts, and the Tarot itself will guide the performance – it may not be the same from night to night!
Thus, the Clown Mystics are truly the avatar of Risk/Reward, in the best possible way.
The Clown Mystics will be performing their piece “SEERS OF THE SAVANT GARDE” as part of the mainstage event of our 2024 Festival of New Performance – June 21st through 23rd, 7pm each night.