Feb-May | Clowning Workshops with Mycah Hogan
- Emma Ling-Hwei Young
- Jan 10
- 3 min read
Circus Academy is excited to welcome Mycah Hogan (physical theater artist, educator, and coach) to our space to teach a series of clowning workshops each with a specific focus to help you discover your own personal art of clowning.
Mycah Hogan is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is on faculty at Brown/Trinity Rep's MFA Program, where he teaches Clown and Physical Play.
Feb 7: Playful Presence
Saturday, 2/7 from 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $195
Reconnect with your innate sense of play! Learn to trust your instincts and respond in the moment from a confident space of pleasure and joy.
The foundation every performer needs, and has access to - this workshop will help you uncover it. Open to all.
Circus Academy Brooklyn: 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions)
Mar 7-8: Creative Confidence
Saturday, 3/7 & Sunday, 3/8 from 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $375
Take risks and stick to them. Access the physical toolkit that all performers have and learn to deeply, authentically connect with yourself, others, the audience. Explore timing and commitment and begin to find your voice.
(Playful Presence helpful but not required)
Circus Academy Brooklyn: 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions)
Apr 4-5: Welcome to Clown Town
Saturday, 4/4 & Sunday, 4/5 from 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $375
Clown without mystery. Find your flop, connect with audiences, build simple routines. This is workshop about being real, not being funny. A joyful space for performers of all levels who want to touch the clown state.
Circus Academy Brooklyn: 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions)
May 1-3: Make a Show
Friday, 5/1 (evening), Saturday, 5/2 & Sunday, 5/3
Cost: $475
In this workshop we will build short performances, or acts. Solos, duos, and trios. Learn how to make a choice, test it out, and refine what works.
Ends in community sharing of work and potluck dinner.
Circus Academy Brooklyn: 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions)
More About Mycah Hogan
A 2007 graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Mycah encountered the art of clown at the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam, where he began a lifelong study of the comic world with the Christopher Bayes, Head of Physical Acting at the Yale School of Drama. Finding his clown was - and still is - the most challenging work Mycah has ever done on any stage. Mycah credits a number of other world-class teachers as major impacts on both his pedagogy and his approach to making work for the last 15 years. Big ups to Kevin Kuhlke (Acting & Directing), Mary Overlie (Six Viewpoints), Emmanuelle Delpech (Clown), Quinn Bauriedel (Improvisation), Anya Saffir (Practical Aesthetics), and Justine Wolf Williams (Play) just to name a few.
As an actor, Mycah has appeared on stage in New York (off-Broadway: Roundabout, the New Group), regionally (Williamstown Theater Fest), and locally (The Gamm Theater, The Wilbury Group, and Trinity Repertory). He has acted alongside talents like Sarah Paulson, John Cullum, Jeremy Strong, Andrew Garfield, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Roger Rees, Lily Rabe, Jason Butler Harner, and Lili Taylor, among others; and has been directed by Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner and Tony nominee Scott Elliott.
Mycah is on faculty at Brown/Trinity Rep's MFA Program, where he teaches Clown and Physical Play. He also teaches at NYU Tisch, the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdamn, and at AF Providence High School. Mycah is the Education Programs Manager for The Wilbury Theatre Group, where he can be found on Monday nights teaching his hit class EMBODIED ACTION: An Acting Class for Everyone.