Clownifornia

October 14, 2007
Clownifornia
There are two completely different shows here that have nothing to do with each other. The Damsels is one show and Jeff Seal’s is another show. The only connection is they both studied at the Circus School in San Francisco, California.

Damsels
Created and Performed by: Suzanne Santos and Summer Shapiro
Jeff Seal “A Sudden Gust of Gravity”
Performed by Jeff Seal
Directed and Developed by: (Me) Stanley Allan Sherman

First the “Damsels”
Suzanne and Summer are both very talented women coming out of the Circus School in San Francisco, California. Summer Shapiro goes into classical theatre – song, clown and shows off well trained her talent. Suzanne Santos moves well, has a good voice and knows her clown. Their show needs to take real emotional and theatrical risks. The subject base of their show needs to go much deeper. They have a great potential as long as they push their envelope further than they can imagine with no limits. At times for me they could have gone deeper into their clowns and more in the moment. An excellent outside San Francisco eye of a director could help these two talented women move on to the next level. I look forwards to seeing where they go in the future.


UP DATE October 15, 2007: Just saw Damsels last show and here is the good news and one of the reasons why the 2007 Clown Theatre Festival is so good. They improved their show greatly by changing small things. These two performers listen to reactions and comments from other performers and festivalgoers made the changes that they could and it made real difference. What is great is they were not stuck in what they were doing so much that they could not make these change. Choose your director well and have fun… looking forwards to catching a glimpse of your show next time your in town.


Jeff Seal “A Sudden Gust of Gravity”
This is not a full show yet. It is a preview (work in progress) and from a totally bias place as the director and developer of Jeff’s show – it is funny. Jeff’s clown makes this material about Time and Space funny. It is very different. It is using material that Jeff is really passionate about. So yes it is worth seeing Jeff’s preview – as a glimpse of a beginning of a very good show.

Clownifornia Sunday October 14 10:00 PM