

Rich co-created (w/Matthew and Karen) “Delusions of Grandeur” and “The Heist. He also created “God! The One-Man Show.” Other credits include “Late Show with David Letterman,” Kennedy Center, Wolftrap, and the Vice Presidential Mansion. He worked as a Big Apple. Circus pediatric hospital clown. Since 2019, Rich has resided in NYC, appearing on Fallon’s “Tonight Show”, in Macy’s Parade, and he teaches for National Circus Project where he brings circus skills to a new generation. www.richpotter.com

International jester and award winning juggler, Paolo Garbanzo has been performing from the west coast of America to the Czech Republic and all parts in between.

With over two decades of performance experience, Mark Lohr brings a world of laughter, color, and interactive fun to fairs, festivals, and stages across the country. His unique style of entertainment seamlessly blends classic clowning, expert juggling, and playful improvisation, transforming ordinary spaces into spontaneous stages of delight. Throughout his career, Mark has effortlessly drawn crowds in the US and abroad, entertaining and keeping audiences smiling from ear to ear. Check out his Circus School, Theatricks, in Frederick, MD.

You may know Les S. Moore as a dapper, vaudevillesque pickpocket and sophisticate, but you may be surprised (and so may he) by some of his other skills.

Goose Money Productions is made up of Emily “Money” Crews and Carrie “Goose” Monger, who have been performing professionally in the DMV for a combined 58+ years! Each of us has created as independent artists and this is our first long-awaited collaboration. We bring our decades of experience and shared sense of humor about what it means to stay in the field for so long. It comes together in this exploration about aging and continuing to make a place for ourselves in the performing arts world.



Stage Manager Supreme
Jenna has stage managed a lot of things over a lot of years, but loves stage managing clowns the most.

Video Extraordinaire
Best* known for his work on the Dr. Dour & Peach Webseries (lighting, editing, visual effects, sound recording, prop making, boom holding, floor sweeping, and craft services), Kevin has also lit various local theater productions, and especially supports Faction of Fools.
*hardly at all

Photography Fool
Dani Pierce has been snapping photos of circus artists in DC since 2015, but her love for portrait photography has been lifelong. She’s also a collector of tiny treasures, a dabbler in flying trapeze and trampoline, a traveler, and a Petworth local dreaming of adopting an Old English Sheepdog.

Technical Guy