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Clown Bar Christmas

  • Adam Szymkowicz
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 5M, 3F, 2M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573711152

This edgy comedy with music is a prequel to Clown Bar. During a snowstorm, the denizens of Clown Bar try to entertain some clown kids with some clown holiday stories.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
The clowns have all come home for the holidays!

Set before the events of Clown Bar, Clown Bar Christmas tells the story of clowns... in a bar... at Christmas. There’s more to it, but you'll have to venture into the seedy underbelly of clown crime to see for yourself. (This play is not appropriate for children.)

Premiere Production: After a reading at The Nola Project in New Orleans on December 11, 2023, Clown Bar Christmas made its world premiere with the Crow River Players at the Little Theatre in New London, Minnesota on December 21, 2023. The production was directed by Matt Hegdahl.
  • Casting: 5M, 3F, 2M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting

  • DUSTY – M, the crooner
    PETUNIA – F, the good time girl/waitress/dancer/babysitter/bartender
    ZUZU – A child clown played by an adult
    ZIPPY – A child clown played by an adult
    TIMMY – M, Happy’s brother, an addict. Can be doubled with BOBO.
    GIGGLES – M, a gangster
    SHOTGUN – M, a gangster
    OLD SPATCHY – Any gender, very old, Slavic accent. Can be doubled with BOBO.
    HAPPY – M, the leading man
    BLINKY – F, the moll
    POPO – F, an assassin
    BOBO – M, the mob boss
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    The clowns have all come home for the holidays!

    Set before the events of Clown Bar, Clown Bar Christmas tells the story of clowns... in a bar... at Christmas. There’s more to it, but you'll have to venture into the seedy underbelly of clown crime to see for yourself. (This play is not appropriate for children.)

    $24.95