One comic uses 4 masks to transform into a cast of characters: contemporary takes on classic Commedia dell ‘Arte archetypes in this comic extravaganza of queer identity featuring stand-up, improv, & campy/character-driven/pantomime-adjacent hijinks!

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Nick Mayfield (Performer) is an NYC-based comedian and theatremaker, specializing in Clown, Commedia, and Immersive Theatre! You can currently see him as the gay clown wizard emcee of The Fantasy Tavern @thefantasytavernnyc @nickdemay www.nick-mayfield.com

Virginia Scott (Director) directs and teaches comedy including clown, commedia, bouffon, solo shows and physical comedy. She devises and directs the Commedia Company and Some Clowns, performing original commedia and clown shows respectively. She was a co-founder and faculty member of the Funny School of Good Acting and recently published through TCG Discovering the Clown: the Funny Book of Good Acting by Christopher Bayes with Virginia Scott. Virginia offers training and coaching through her studio www.fizgig-studio.com

John Coyne (Music) is a composer/lyricist for the theatre. He runs Up Next (@_up__next_), a variety show of adventurous musical theatre, in collaboration with BEDLAM. He wants to help foster a strange community of alt-musical theatre. Won't you please join him? In the works: a musical adaption of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. @johncoyne_