Only Fooling: Boston's All-Women Clown Troupe

Only Fooling: Alice, Barbara, Mal, Kim; Michele, Wendy
photos by Alli Ross

In America, clowns are men... Only Fooling! This collective of ridiculously talented women joined farcical forces to create clown shows for parks and stages, including being a part of the historic reopening of Boston's Opera House. The group was an ongoing physical comedy and theater laboratory, with all of us teaching each other from our

Consternation in Out of Line

theater backgrounds in movement, voice, character, and dance. We performed for both children and adults, including shows at The Arlington Center for the Arts, Cambridge Community Schools, and our showcase Out of Line at the Brookline Community Center for the Arts. It has been said that you don't choose clown, that clown chooses you. All of us still clown by our own definition!