Mark Blankenship of TDF Stages: A Theater Magazine recently spent some time with our very own Jessica Frey to get a closer look at how she created her character, Petunia, in Clown Bar. Here’s a taste of the resulting feature article:
Considering all the gunfights and sex and dirty jokes in their show, you wouldn’t think anyone in Clown Bar would base their performance on It’s a Wonderful Life. But that’s one reason this raucous play has become such a downtown hit. It never met a vintage reference it couldn’t use. Read full article
Clown Bar is Jessica’s fourth Pipeline production. Past Pipeline credits include Alex Malcolm Mills’ Shakespeare the Dead, Colby Day’s Giant Killer Slugs, and Nate Weida’s Byuioo.
Photo by Suzi Sadler