Joe’s teaching incorporates the daring improv of street theatre, the large-scale visual play of stadium shows and outdoor spectacles, the focused work of the theatre actor, the broad style of the circus, as well as the confrontational approach of the stand-up comic.

He’s taught at La Escuela de Clown y Comedia in Zaragoza, Spain, the Belfast Community Circus in Northern Ireland, Teater Studion in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dell’Arte School, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Coastal Carolina University, Wuqiao International Circus Festival, Shijiazhuang, China and served as Director of the Clown Conservatory, where he developed an extensive pedagogy combining Clown, Circus, Theatre, Slapstick and Commedia.

His students have worked for Cirque du Soleil, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 500 Clown, the Pajama Men, the Dell’Arte School, the New Pickle Circus, University of Missouri at Kansas City, La Soirée, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Actors Gymnasium, Lookingglass Theatre, University of Chicago, University of Idaho, Columbia College, Big Apple Circus, DePaul School of Theatre. Many have started successful theatre companies creating original devised work.

He’s written two teaching manuals, CLOWN The Physical Comedian and Drama Games for Clowning and Physical Comedy. For more info, click here. Check out Joe’s tour schedule.