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Acme Clown Company

14 Imperial Place Suite 303
401-351-2596

About

Uses Popular Theatrical Traditions To Amaze, Educate, And Entertain Audiences Of All Ages

Specialities include puppetry, clowning, commedia dell'arte, circus skills, magic, melodrama, masks, and method acting

History:

Adam G. Gertsacov is a professional actor, director, and clown based in Providence, RI. He has plied his trade all over the country including the George Coates Performance Works in San Francisco, the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Shakespeare in the Park in Buffalo, the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, and in Providence at Trinity Rep, Perishable Theatre, Alias Stage, The Cumberland Company, Big Nazo Puppets, The Pan-Twilight Circus and at numerous fairs and festivals. He is a graduate of the Ringling Bros. Clown College, the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre, and the Trinity Rep Conservatory, Rhode Island College, the University of Pennsylvania, the Boston School of Bartending, and served as an apprentice to Czech clown Ctibor Turba, making him one of the most educated clowns in America (barring certain politicians of course). He is the boss clown, chief bottlewasher, and big cheese of The Acme Clown Company.