The Amazing Adventures of Bewbs the Clown: a solo performance of my own design

Abstract

The Amazing Adventures of Bewbs the Clown is a solo performance of my own design in which a topless, opera-singing, feminist clown embarks on the absurdly impossible journey of finding something appropriate to wear. In creating this theatre piece, I sought to use the artistic tools I have gathered in my three years at the University of Washington School of Drama in order to explore the ways in which women are sexualized and oppressed by what society instructs them to wear. This thesis documents my inspirations behind creating this character and telling this story, my process in developing the piece, and my personal reflections on living as a woman with a body in a man’s world. What happens when a woman stops listening to “the Man,” or society, and reclaims ownership of her own body?