"Club Clown" Program

Sacred Fools Theater Company presents...

Club Clown

a Stupid, Sexy Party
created by Will Thomas McFadden

Tap a date for tonight's cast!

Sat, June 6 @ 9:30pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* as Nigel Littlechild
Ali Grusell (she/her) from Step Uncle and Tier One Operators
Byron Coolie (he/him) from TYT5 (Fringe 2024)
Julia Finch (she/her) from Grief Box
Mark Vigeant (he/him) from Out There and Welcome to Hell
Riley Smith from Husky Whispers: Baked Alaska and The Council of Elrond

SPECIAL GUEST STAR:
Geri Courtney-Austein (she/her) from SHOTZLA: An Exquisite Corpse

Fri, June 12 @ 11:30pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* as Nigel Littlechild
Molly Sharpe from F*cking Famous and Welcome to Hell
Sidney Edwards (she/her) from Ms. Edwards (Fringe 2025)
Ali Grusell (she/her) from  from Step Uncle and Tier One Operators

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
Kristen Hansen & Katie Oliver from The Mary & Margo Art Expérience
Marisa Llamas (she/they) from The Great Marzini
Trevor Reece (he/him) from 1 Year Later... I Do Have a Fringe Show (For Reals!)

Sun, June 14 @ 4pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* (he/him) as Nigel Littlechild
Mark Vigeant (he/him) from Out There
Julia Finch (she/her) from Grief Box
Alan Linic (he/him) from Welcome to Hell

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
Meg Cheng (she/her) from She's So Special
Jackie Skinner (she/her) from Hysterical
Nora Dell (she/her) from I Am a Snail

Wed, June 17 @ 7pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* (he/him) as Nigel Littlechild
Mark Vigeant (he/him) from Out There
Riley Smith from Husky Whispers: Baked Alaska and The Council of Elrond
Zander Raphael (they/them) from Welcome to Hell

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
Kathleen Leary (she/her) from Grief Box
Tom Szymanski (he/him) from Three Eulogies for Tyson Miller
Alex Derderian from Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy and Welcome to Hell
Irene Serrano (she/her) from Perimentoparty

Sat, June 20 @ 5pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* (he/him) as Nigel Littlechild
Byron Coolie (he/him) from TYT5 (Fringe 2024)
Ali Grusell (she/her)  from Step Uncle and Tier One Operators
Alan Linic (he/him) from Welcome to Hell

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
George Aivaliotis (he/they) from Soft Animal (Fringe 2025)
Anděl Sudik (she/her) from The Solo Show Show
Michael Lyons from Trickster
Jill Young from Welcome to Hell

Wed, June 24 @ 8:30pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* (he/him) as Nigel Littlechild
Zander Raphael (they/them) from Welcome to Hell
Riley Smith from Husky Whispers: Baked Alaska and The Council of Elrond
Alan Linic (he/him) from Welcome to Hell
Sidney Edwards (she/her) from Ms. Edwards (Fringe 2025)

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
Serena Anis (she/her) from Her Ghost and others (Past Fringes)
Sophie Power (she/her) from CVNT and Welcome to Hell
Michael Lyons from Trickster
Max Charbonneau (he/him) from Frank Sriracha: Home Is Where the Stage Is and Welcome to Hell

Sat, June 27 @ 11:30pm

RECURRING CLUB CREW:
Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) as FrÜnk
Scott Leggett* (he/him) as Nigel Littlechild
Sidney Edwards (she/her) from Ms. Edwards (Fringe 2025)
Byron Coolie (he/him) from TYT5 (Fringe 2024)

SPECIAL GUEST STARS:
Tozy (she/her) from Mr. Ow
Aidan Flynn (any) from Fame Maxxing
Natasha Mercado (she/her), director of Diane Diane!, Maniac, Syrian Soap, Mr. Ow and Doofus
Charlie Day from Paris + Juliet
Bonnie He from Radical Acts with Ramón

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Stage Manager: Matthew Steward

Original Music: Scott Simons

Key Art: Michelle Hanzelova

Key Art Selfie: Will Thomas McFadden

* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule.

Produced for Sacred Fools by Sidney Edwards & Scott Leggett

Special Thanks:
Bruno Oliver, Cynthia Ettinger & Mike Rose

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This production is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.

This production is supported, in part, by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

This production is supported, in part, by a grant from Council District 13, City of Los Angeles.

Our educational projects are supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.

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CAST & CREW

Will Thomas McFadden as FrÜnk | Director

Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) is an actor, writer and director born and raised here in Los Angeles! His two-man clown show entitled Absolute Legends! won the award for Best Clown/Alt Comedy at last year's Hollywood Fringe and is now an ongoing show at Sacred Fools; watch for a new installment later this year! Will also wrote, directed and starred in the political satire What The Chuck?! which was selected as a Best of The Broadwater and nominated for Best Comedy in the 2024 Hollywood Fringe. For over ten years, Will was a member of The Actors' Gang Theater Company, where he performed in countless productions, including 1984, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Harlequino: On to Freedom. He also directed the Gang's award-winning production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist and the family-friendly fan favorites Toy Story Tempest and Much Ado About The Avengers. If you want to see more of Will's work, check out The Council of Elrond - The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Part 4 which he directed and is currently playing at The Broadwater Black Box!

Scott Leggett as Nigel Littlechild | Producer

Scott Leggett (he/him) is a Fringe veteran, having directed This Show Is Surrounded By True Events in 2024 while at the same time Producing the shows TYT 5 and The Planet Earth Farewell Concert. He won Best Two-Person Play, along with Nedra Gallegos, for Ronnie Larsen's If I'm Good in 2023. He performed multiple characters in Burglars of Hamm's critically acclaimed production of Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk, which won Top of Fringe in 2017. He was Monster in Cookie and the Monster at the HFF '15, which won Best Ensemble. He earned praise playing Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle opposite French Stewart in the critically acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse production of Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton. At Sacred Fools, he played the titular character in Watson: The Last Great Tale of the Legendary Sherlock Holmes as well as its sequel. He studied theater at Penn State University and has appeared in several films, commercials and TV shows. Scott is also an accomplished director, having staged the hugely successful adaptation of Forbidden Zone at Sacred Fools. He also directed The Poe Show, which won Best Comedy at the HFF '15, and Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to "Hamlet." He currently serves as the Co-Artistic Director for Sacred Fools.

Sidney Edwards | Producer

Sidney Edwards (she/her)  is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California, working as an actress (AEA), singer, dancer, improv artist, and director. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from William Peace University and an MFA in Acting from the University of Louisville, where she also earned a graduate certificate in African American Theatre.

Sidney is the director and co-writer of TYT 5, an award winning one-man show starring Byron Coolie that premiered at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

One of Sidney's most celebrated achievements is receiving the Distinguished Actor Award at the 2018 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She was also honored to perform at the 2017 National Black Theatre Festival. During her graduate studies, she was awarded the prestigious Warren Oates Award in recognition of her outstanding talent and promise as an MFA student.

Her favorite stage roles include Amneris in Aida (Karamu House, 2019), Sally Bowles in Cabaret (NC), and Squeak in The Color Purple (NC).

A passionate advocate for arts education, Sidney has served as a teaching artist with the Geffen Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, and the legendary Karamu House Theater. She has also held faculty positions at Baldwin Wallace University and the University of Louisville, where she served as Director of the African American Theater Program.

Insta: @ms.sidneyedwards

https://www.sidneyedwards.com/