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RocHaha Clown Festival 2024

4 unique shows, 7 performances, 3 workshops. Embracing theatrical clowning in all its forms!

RocHaha Clown Festival 2024
RocHaha Clown Festival 2024

Time & Location

Sept 24 - 28, 2024

Rochester, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA

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About The Event

RocHaha Clown Festival 2024

tickets for the festival available on this main page only

Sept 24 - 28, 2024: 

4 unique shows, 

7 performances, 

3 workshops. 

Embracing theatrical clowning in all its forms!

TUES, SEPT 24 

7:00pm: Itchy Clowns Cabaret (ASL Interpreted) 

 WED, SEPT 25 

6pm-9pm: Soft Clown: The Heart of Performance with Natasha Mercado (Workshop) 

 THURS, SEPT 26 

7:00pm: My Grandmother’s Eye Patch by Julia VanderVeen (ASL Interpreted) 

8:30pm: Tree by Natasha Mercado (ASL Interpreted) 

 FRI, SEPT 27 

7:00pm: Tree by Natasha Mercado 

8:30pm: 1-MAN NO-SHOW by Isaac Kessler (ASL Interpreted) 

 SAT, SEPT 28 

10am-1pm: “The Comic Impulse”  with Julia VanderVeen (Workshop) 

2pm-5pm:  Creative Play with Isaac Kessler (Workshop) 

7:00 pm:     My Grandmother’s Eye Patch by Julia VanderVeen  

8:30pm:     1-MAN NO-SHOW by Isaac Kessler

In an effort to make RocHaha Clowns Fest as accessible as possible we have opted to use a sliding scale ticket model for our events. 

If you are in a position to do so, we greatly appreciate you opting for the “Supporter” ticket to ensure we can offer “All Are Welcome” tickets to those who may need them.   

Standard show ticket: $25 (sliding scale $15 - $35) 

Standard Workshop ticket: $60 (sliding scale $$40 - $80)  

Every dollar goes directly to supporting artists involved in the festival; thank you for your contribution!

RocHaha Clown Fest is a newly formed, annual festival of contemporary theatrical clowning. Our program embraces clowning in all its forms; multi-disciplinary, wordless, circus-theatre, puppetry/animation, object theatre, mime, live art, and physical theatre.  

RocHaha Clown Fest was founded in 2024 by Katherine Marino and Ashley Jones to combine the talents of Rochester’s own burgeoning clown community with award-winning world-renowned clowns and physical theatre makers from across the globe.  

 We are excited to present our explosively inventive program of subversive, silly visual performance to tempt artists and audiences alike out of their comfort zones.

www.rochaha.com

Tickets

  • Itchy Clow… TUE, 9/24 at 7pm

    Itchy Clowns Cabaret (ASL Interpreted) RocHaha Presents: Itchy Clowns Cabaret By Katherine Marino, Ashley Jones, Various Artists Itchy Clowns Cabaret is a curated showcase of new and experimental works by local and regional artists.

    From $15.00 to $25.00
    • $15.00
    • $25.00
    • Soft Clown, WED, 9/25 at 6pm

      RocHaha Presents: “Soft Clown: The Heart of Performance” WORKSHOP Taught by Natasha Mercado Great for actors, performers, and humans who are clown-curious or already clown lovers. Open level, 3 hours, 18+

      From $40.00 to $80.00
      • $60.00
      • $80.00
      • $40.00
      • My Grand… THU, 9/26 at 7pm

        RocHaha presents: MY GRANDMOTHER’S EYEPATCH by Julia VanderVeen By Julia VanderVeen Directed by Isaac Kessler A lovable idiot holds a memorial service for a long-deceased family member and puts "the fun in funeral. ASL interpreted

        From $15.00 to $35.00
        • $25.00
        • $35.00
        • $15.00
        • Tree, THU, 9/26 at 8.30pm

          RocHaha presents: TREE by Natasha Mercado Directed by Deanna Fleysher TREE wants to be a human. Part game show and part lovable gaze into a spiraling staircase of existentialism. ASL Interpreted

          From $15.00 to $35.00
          • $25.00
          • $35.00
          • $15.00
          • Tree, FRI, 9/27 at 7pm

            RocHaha presents: TREE by Natasha Mercado Directed by Deanna Fleysher TREE wants to be a human. Part game show and part lovable gaze into a spiraling staircase of existentialism.

            From $15.00 to $35.00
            • $25.00
            • $35.00
            • $15.00
            • 1-MAN... FRI, 9/27 at 8.30pm

              RocHaha presents: 1-MAN NO-SHOW by Isaac Kessler Directed by Gordon Neil An artistic tour-de-force asking: “What is Theatre?” as only #CanadianComedyAward Nominee Isaac Kessler can. ASL Interpreted

              From $15.00 to $35.00
              • $25.00
              • $35.00
              • $15.00
              • Comic... SAT, 9/28 at 10am

                The Comic Impulse Workshop taught by Julia VanderVeen. Great for actors, performers, and humans who are clown-curious or already clown lovers. Open level, 3 hours, 18+

                From $40.00 to $80.00
                • $60.00
                • $80.00
                • $40.00
                • Creative... SAT, 9/28 at 2pm

                  RocHaha Presents: "Creative Play" WORKSHOP Taught by Isaac Kessler Fun is a technique, and Play is a muscle... so let's get swole. Open level, 3 hours, 18+.

                  From $40.00 to $80.00
                  • $60.00
                  • $80.00
                  • $40.00
                  • My Grand... SAT, 9/28 at 7pm

                    RocHaha presents: MY GRANDMOTHER’S EYEPATCH by Julia VanderVeen Directed by Isaac Kessler A lovable idiot holds a memorial service for a long-deceased family member and puts "the fun in funeral.

                    From $15.00 to $35.00
                    • $25.00
                    • $35.00
                    • $15.00
                    • 1-MAN... SAT, 9/28 at 8.30pm

                      RocHaha presents: 1-MAN NO-SHOW by Isaac Kessler Directed by Gordon Neil An artistic tour-de-force asking: “What is Theatre?” as only #CanadianComedyAward Nominee Isaac Kessler can.

                      From $15.00 to $35.00
                      • $25.00
                      • $35.00
                      • $15.00
                      • DONATE to the MuCCC

                        Thanks! for supporting our theater!

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                      • DONATE to RocHaha

                        Thanks! for supporting our clown festival!

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