K. Shaka Opare's video documentation/journal as inaugural recipient of the BAM/Baba Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer's Fellowship - GHANA, W. AFRICA

This pocket-sized clown circus is a family-friendly but sophisticated take on the traditional Circus, These charming vintage clowns play circus animals, sing as a human calliope, do the classic circus mirror routine, invent a number of ridiculous "entrees", perform live music, and execute a very satisfying slo-mo number involving a pie. This show opened in summer 2017 at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, The National Theater as part of their Saturday Morning family series, and at Joe's Movement Emporium.

BrouHaHa is a comedic, existential escapade inspired by images of refugees fleeing on foot, Edwardian workers, cinematic treasures like Fellini’s La Strada and Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, and the dark comedy of Samuel Beckett. In this devised, clown-esque piece, Happenstance Theater's troupe of eccentrics walks the precipice at the end of the world. Their play lights up the darkness like a firecracker.
This timely show appeals to audiences of any age.

"Happenstance’s troupe of Victorian clowns bring a sense of pathos and levity to the end of the world...the players’ well-honed use of improvisation, audience inclusion, and most notably, physical humor and superb live sound effects, enliven their remaining time on Earth."
- Washington City Paper