Class Type Open
Dates July 13 and 14, 2024
Times 10am-4pm, Saturday and Sunday only
Location Madilyn Clark Studios, 10852 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Instructors Raquel Gendry
Cost $285 (no returning-student discounts for this class)

She is backt Raquel Gendry, the spectacular humanitarian clown from Ecuador, is here in person to offer a Medical Clowning workshop! Learn how to explore the endlessly fascinating world of medical clowning, exploring sensitivity, connectivity, games, your clown persona, and working with patients or people in need. Raquel will guide you with her inimitable care and attention, founded on many years of experience in the field.

Raquel Gendry is an award-winning actress and master trainer in performing arts with over 30 years of professional experience in theatre. radio, television and film. She has performed and taught in North and South America as well as western Europe. But what she is most passionate about is her work as a humanitarian clown and bringing back hope and joy to the lives of those who have lost them.

She is the founder and president of Narices Rojas, an Ecuadorian non-profit organization that she started in 2006 after experiencing a life-threatening disease herself, and the depths of despair that can exist in hospital intensive care units. She has since trained over 200 volunteer humanitarian clowns. Together they have positively impacted over 300,000 people in local hospitals and refugee camps, and continue to do so. In recent years, Raquel has launched affiliates of Narices Rojas in Los Angeles and France.

Prerequisite: None. All experience levels welcome!