OUTREACH. WORKSHOPS. RESIDENCIES.

FELLOWSHIP. ENRICHMENT. JOY.

Invite David Engel to:

  • Go deeper into your community with an outreach program designed for special needs children or for the pediatric hospital setting.

  • Enrich your audience’s experience with a clown/theatre workshop right in your venue.

With over twenty-five years specialized experience, David offers up several excellent outreach opportunities that will shine brightly with your audience (and sponsors) long after the curtain has fallen.

Hospital Clowning

A 5-hour visit to a local pediatric hospital includes performative ‘Clown Rounds” aimed at brining mirth and reducing stress for patients, their families, and staff directly in rooms, clinics, ER, ICU, and other units where children are being cared for.

Having been highly trained in this specialized field, David will work closely with your venue and local hospital staff to coordinate and realize an amazing day.

OPTIONAL: “What is Laughter Therapy?!” A Clown workshop for medical staff, nursing or social work students. Is your local hospital affiliated with a medical school? David can offer engaging 2-hour workshops to help enrich the doctors and nurses of tomorrow.

Special Needs Schools

After the show, David can visit for a day (or up to a week) at local schools which specialize in serving the physically disabled and Autistic communities.

Mr. Engel has two distinct programs. One is a “Play Therapy” series with multiple characters and the other is “Dr. Gravity’s Science Playroom!” that incorporates Earth Sciences in sensory-friendly and ability-appropriate ways with astonishing results.

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Tie-in workshops at your venue

Value-added workshops for your community to enrich the performance experience.

  • Pirate School: “Not Just Knots!” Knot tying fun.

    All Ages. 30-60 minutes.

  • “Stage Combat/Stunt Workshop”

    Ages 10-15. 30-60 minutes.

  • Theatre Games and Clown Performance Workshop

    Ages 7-11. 60-90 minutes.

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Hospital visit and workshop with College of Social Workers students, Florida State University.

“Thank you again for a wonderful workshop with our social work students. I could see how much you resonated with our social work students interested in hospital social work who are not necessarily natural clowns, but come with the same mission in mind to connect with and help hospital patients and their families however they can.
Your workshop brought them out of their shells and encouraged connection through humor. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on being okay with failure, finding the humor in it and the unexpected.
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— L. Antista, External Relations Coordinator, Florida State University College of Social Work

 Sample of virtual “Pirate School: Not Just Knots!” Tie-in workshop (no pun intended).

Courtesy of The Columbia Festival of the Arts, MD