Clowning & Physical Comedy/Circus Arts/Variety Theatre
Joe Reichlin studied theater and dance at the University of Kansas, before leaving school to tour the US with the Royal Lichtenstein Circus. He has also studied physical theater and clowning at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theater, taught creative movement at Canopy Aerial Dance Studio, and studied Middle School Education at University of Georgia. For the past 6 years he has been lead instructor for a series of youth circus summer camps in Los Gatos, California. Locally, he has taught circus, puppetry, and variety theater at the Community Center for the Arts, and circus workshops at the Urbana Fine Arts Center. He has performed as the roving troubadour of the Fairy Tale Ball at the Urbana Free Library, and directed a multi-aged cast in The Little Princess at the Homer Opera House.