Clowning! - w/ Bonnie He
Season 4, Episode 17, May 15, 2023, 10:05 PM
Cj Pick!
Bonnie He is an Asian American actor, improvisor, award-winning physical comedian and clown, and Hello Kitty super fan. She was in the short film The New Empress with Maggie Gyllenhaal and was on the Second City Hollywood house improv team, Excelsior!. She is a staple at Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s monthly show, Send in the Clowns.
Bonnie’s award-winning live solo show A Terrible Show for Terrible People won Fringiest show at the 2023 Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest, Best Comedy at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and the Craziest Solo Show award at the 2019 Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival. Bonnie received the Maverick Award for her solo work from the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival this year. The Maverick Award is “presented to an artist or individual whose work has set a high standard of individuality and self-styled creativity.” A Terrible Show has toured nationally from Second City Hollywood’s Diversity in Comedy Festival to The Brick’s NY Clown Theatre Festival.
Bonnie is the resident clowning instructor at Company of Angels, the oldest non-profit professional equity waiver theater in Los Angeles, and at East West Players, the nation’s premiere Asian American theatre company. When she’s not clowning, Bonnie is fervently growing her Hello Kitty collection.
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LA Spotlights:
THEME and Stingers: Ryan Thomas Johnson
IG: @theatre_theater_pod
Twitter: @the_theatre_pod
Gmail: theatretheaterpod@gmail.com
tiktok: @theatre_of_the_absurd
Resources below
Bonnie’s award-winning live solo show A Terrible Show for Terrible People won Fringiest show at the 2023 Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest, Best Comedy at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and the Craziest Solo Show award at the 2019 Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival. Bonnie received the Maverick Award for her solo work from the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival this year. The Maverick Award is “presented to an artist or individual whose work has set a high standard of individuality and self-styled creativity.” A Terrible Show has toured nationally from Second City Hollywood’s Diversity in Comedy Festival to The Brick’s NY Clown Theatre Festival.
Bonnie is the resident clowning instructor at Company of Angels, the oldest non-profit professional equity waiver theater in Los Angeles, and at East West Players, the nation’s premiere Asian American theatre company. When she’s not clowning, Bonnie is fervently growing her Hello Kitty collection.
SUBSCRIBE. RATE. REVIEW!!
LA Spotlights:
THEME and Stingers: Ryan Thomas Johnson
IG: @theatre_theater_pod
Twitter: @the_theatre_pod
Gmail: theatretheaterpod@gmail.com
tiktok: @theatre_of_the_absurd
Resources below
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