What is Soul Fool Comedy?

It’s what I do on stage. It’s what I teach in my classes. It’s ultimately who I want to be.

It’s absurd theatrical comedy. Bizarre comedic circus. Vaudeville. Physical comedy like Lucille Ball, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Kristin Wiig & Kate McKinnon. I follow in the traditions of “clown”. (Insert gasp here.) No, not the CLOWN with ghastly makeup and oversized shoes. That’s a style born in a time of kerosene lamps then twisted and stereotyped for Hollywood movies. The new clown (the soul fool) is a comedian who exists somewhere between a playful child and sketch. It’s breathing poetry and the thing that you can’t put into words. The clown on stage acknowledges the audience. The fourth wall is a toy as much as the construct of society. The clown breaks rules in order to topple tyrants and blast through bullshit. The clown is the child who sees the emperor is not wearing new clothes, but is naked! The clown plays with reality, to make it lighter, and maybe to break it a littler bit.

I found the words “Soul Fool” to capture the essence of my comedy. Sadly, the word clown has become a loaded and confusing word. Soul Fool is the Clown. Laughing at the human experience, playing with failure, beauty, innocence, charm, guilt, pleasure and desire.