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Help Wanted
Help Wanted is a clown, mime, and shadow play inspired by real-life immigration stories and every clown’s fantasy of joining the circus. Through physical theater, the piece explores searching and failure, interspecies friendship, transformation, and belonging—tracing a journey toward finding a place to call home.
Running from La Migra, an exuberant and determined Reynato spots a HELP WANTED sign hanging from the side of a big top and slips inside, setting his epic in motion. He encounters a cast of misfits: Guido, a clown boss who saves him; a strongman with a fragile ego; a showgirl with an unrelenting John; a high-wire walker with a drinking problem; and other curious sideshow characters. Beneath the big top, Reynato tumbles into fantasy, bonding him to circus life in an exchange that sends him on a search to find himself and his place on the stage.
Awards: Best New Flop Church of Clown Flop Festival 2024
