Trickster

Colin Coughlin (Ensemble)
Colin Coughlin (he/him) is a comedian and actor. Most recently, he debuted his first solo show, A Moment to Spare, directed by David Bridel at the Elysian Theater. He would like to thank the cast and crew for making this whole experience so wonderful and YOU for being here.

Joyce Ha (Ensemble)
Joyce Ha is a Korean-American artist and clown. She received her BFA from ArtCenter College of Design and has since expanded her storytelling through performance. Her illustration work often lives where the absurd and tender meet, a world she’s thrilled to embody with The Clown School Company. She can be seen in her latest on screen feature Waiting for the Light to Change by Linh Tran now streaming on Amazon and Apple TV, as well as creating impromptu shows with clown ensembles.

Michael Lyons (Ensemble)
Michael Lyons is an LA-based actor-writer-producer, originally from Staten Island, NY. He’s studied acting, clown, improv, singing, and musical theater in LA, most intensively at Berg Studios, The Clown School, The Groundlings, and USC. He appeared in the festival-award-winning “You Missed a Spot” (Dir. Liam Walsh), portraying a mime in a clown universe, and a neurotic hopeless romantic in the queer short film “Polywood” (Dir. Alessio Mineo). As a writer, he’s studied at Writing Pad, Idiot Workshop, and with decorated multihyphenate Ann Noble. In 2022, Michael premiered his original one-man show “Dickin’ Around” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning “Pick of the Fringe”. He’s also been cast in stage productions with IAMA Theatre Co and Echo Theater Co. As a producer, he’s worked on Hollywood Fringe shows, staged play readings, and variety shows. Michael is also a licensed occupational therapist, now working in medical technology, and allows those experiences to thoroughly inform and inspire his creative work.

Ariel Timmons (Ensemble)
Ariel Timmons (she/her) completed her training in theater at UCLA and the Guildford School of Acting, and has studied in the Clown Series with David Bridel. She is thrilled to keep exploring this world where humor, honesty, and heart collide. Ariel is endlessly grateful to her friends and community for their unwavering support which has remained a constant, and to acting and clowning for reminding her that life is a playground.

Arrow Schulman (Ensemble)
Arrow Schulman (they/them) is thrilled to be part of the Trickster team! They are an actor, director, clown and storyteller, and always happiest when they're in the theatre. Arrow is also the founder and artistic director of Living Room Shakespeare, which creates intimate, micro-scale productions of classical works in non traditional spaces. Most recently, they appeared as Richard II and Macbeth with LRS; recent directing credits include associate directing A Kind of Electra and Harriet, Alone with The Clown School Company. Arrow received a BA in Theatre from Northwestern University and also trained with The Clown School and Dell’Arte International. Check out their work at LivingRoomShakespeare.com!

Sebastien Siclait (Ensemble)
Sebastien Siclait is a Los Angeles-based writer and performer. He studied theater and computer science at Columbia University in NYC, where he started improvising with UCB. He's also trained with The Groundlings and The Clown School. You can find him improvising at UCB on Monday nights with his team, tattletale, or around town with his indie team, Garage. He would like to thank Sarah, David, the crew, the cast, his fiancee Moira, his dog Oliver and the audience for making this whole funny, emotional and inspiring experience possible!

Sarah Painter (Director)
Sarah Painter (she/her) has been working in the theater for the last 25 years. She started her career performing and devising plays in New York’s experimental downtown theater venues: SOHO Rep, Dixon Place, Richard Foreman’s Theater and Bushwick Starr. Most recently in Los Angeles, she performed with Living Room Shakespeare as Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) and Henry Bolingbroke (Richard II), as well as devising shows with various clown ensembles. She produced The Clown School Company’s production A Kind of Electra. She received a BFA in Acting at University of Maryland Baltimore County, MSW at University of Southern California and Clown Cred from The Clown School.

Jessika Pilkes (Art Director)
Jesse’s childhood in NYC and early exposure to Cirque du Soleil were formative to her creative journey and love for wonder and whimsy. Jesse graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied screenwriting and film directing and went on to earn a best director award from the Director’s Guild of America for her vintage circus themed short film. While living in Hong Kong and working as a photographer and videographer for cultural travel companies, Jesse traveled to over thirty countries, throughout Asia, Northern Africa and Central America, capturing the essence of diverse cultures and deepening her affinity for visual story-telling and world building. In addition to costuming, Jesse is currently writing, directing and choreographing clown foolery. Previously for The Clown School Company she designed costumes for A Kind of Electra.

David Bridel (Script/Producer)
David is the Founding and Artistic Director of The Clown School and The Clown School Company. He has worked as a director, playwright, choreographer, and teacher of clown, physical theater and acting in many venues and many countries for many years.

Tiffany Elle (Producer)
For The Clown School Company: A Kind of Electra (Los Angeles, Edmonton); The Idiot’s Paradise. On screen, Tiffany has been in Better Things, The High Note, and lots of commercials. You can also find her in Los Angeles’s cutest bouffon troupe, iL Fungo.

Steve Dukeheart (Music Composer and Performer)
Steve Dukeheart is a Los Angeles based musician, songwriter, and performance artist. He’s been a student and performer at the Clown School since 2021. An alumnus of Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Steve writes, records music, and performs in his own group “Song Lab”, an experimental multimedia rock band. He lives in Eagle Rock with his wife Courtney, daughters Joy and Ivy, and cats Caystro and Penelope. For more information about Steve and his work visit www.thesonglab.net.

Jess Esa (Dramaturg)
Jess Esa (they/them) is an actor, writer, and dramaturg from the UK. They have an MA in English Literature from The University of Exeter, and are passionate about bringing classical work to life for contemporary audiences. Their most recent acting roles include The Witches & Malcolm in Macbeth, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Living Room Shakespeare) Antonio in The Tempest, Soothsayer & Octavius Caesar in Julius Caesar (Revelry Theatre Group), and Issac in Family Dinner (AnyWay Production Co). They’re currently working on The Road to Mantua, an original, devised play premiering in 2026. Jess is also a performing arts photographer, check out their work at jesaphotography.com.

Camille Roberts (Lighting Designer)
Camille Roberts is an LA based lighting designer. She has had the privilege to design for a multitude of productions, including iLuminate at the STRAT Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas and a variety of dance festivals across southern California (camillerobertsdesign.com). Additionally, she has worked as a lighting technician on many shows, including Comet / Poppea at MOCA, When We Were Young Festival, EDC Las Vegas, Countdown, and many others. Camille is very excited to be working on this production, and hopes that you enjoy it as much as she does!