Clown Alley Women's History Month: Antoschka

Antoschka performing a rola bola act in the Planet of Smiles show.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Annie Fratellini

Annie Fratellini and her husband, Pierre Etaix performing on French television in 1975.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Christina Gelsone

Christina Gelsone and her husband/partner, Seth Bloom, are better known as the Acrobuffos. Their international touring theater show, Air Play, just performed its 400th performance to a sold out audience in Adelaide, Australia. 

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Rone & Gigi

Rone & Gigi perform Part 1 of the Big Ears Show at Clown Camp in 2008.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Ruthie Chaddock

Soon to be ICHOF inductee, Ruthie Chaddock and Steve Smith perform Dr. Quack, Chiropractor for a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about the Ringling Clown College in 1990.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Marni Zalban

Marni Zalban, Gregory Parks, and Leo Acton rehearse a musical gag in Winter Quarters for the Ringling Blue Unit in 2001.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Jessi Hoffchildt

 

Please join us in celebrating Jessi Hoffschildt, who just completed a ten year run with Kinoshita Circus in Japan!

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Gardi Hutter

A highlight reel from Gardi Hutter's show, "The Tailor". 

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Female Fools Part 2

Joe Dieffenbacher highlights more women clowns in the second part of his video series: Ariel Speedwagon, Sophia Knox-Miller, Devin Shacket, Windy Wynazz, and Leah Orleans.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Karen Hinrichs Lukes

Karen Hinrichs Lukes, Sean Hartman, Karen Fox, Brandon Magnuson, John Rieffel, Kenny Mikey, and Beth Cooper performing a rainy picnic gag during the 1994 Ringling Clown College graduation. 

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Lisa Chapman

Lisa Chapman and Tyler Bechtel performing a brain bank gag during the 1993 Ringling Clown College graduation. 

Note: If the video is silent at the beginning, it is due to copyrighted audio. Just hum Darth Vader's theme from the Star Wars films to yourself and enjoy!

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Mooky Cornish

A promo for Glories of Gloria, Mooky Cornish's solo show. 

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Iman Lizarazu

A demo reel for Iman Lizarazu's solo show filmed in 2018.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Female Fools Part I

Joe Dieffenbacher highlights three women clowns in the first part of his video series. This segment features Kate Brehm, Tobi Allison Daniel, and Devin Shacket. 

Clown Alley Black History Month: Jamarr Woodruff

Jamarr Woodruff, Brandon Bolden, Neal Skoy, James McGrath, Dan Berkley, and Gabor Nemes teach about the importance of hydration during the Ringling Blue Unit preshow in 2006.

Note: Again, sorry for the bad audio, but for some reason it is silent for the first half of the gag.

Clown Alley Black History Month: Willie Yeomans

Willie Yeomans demonstrating his proficiency with a fire baton during the 1982 Ringling Clown College graduation.

Clown Alley Black History Month: Stephanie Knox

Stephanie Knox and Hiromitsu Harada perform a head crank box walkaround during the 1988 graduation of the Ringling Clown College.

Note: I had to remove the music from the end of the video due to a copyright claim. Just hum "Twist and Shout" to yourself when the video goes silent.

Clown Alley Black History Month: Sean Davis

Sean Davis, Darren Burrell, Stephen Simon, and Molly Pelley performing a Rapunzel gag during the 1995 graduation of the Ringling Clown College. 

Clown Alley Black History Month: Marlon Russ

Marlon Russ, Rudy Wollrabe, and Brandon Foster perform a football themed slide table routine during Winter Quarters for the Ringling Red Unit in 2010.

Clown Alley Black History Month: Brian Wright

Brian Wright, Ben Macon, and Linsey Merryfield Britt performing a wrestling gag on the Ringling Red Unit in 2015.