Gemma Soldati, who grew up in New Hampshire and has performed all over the world, is back living near Portsmouth — and wants to bring clown to New England.
She’s performed at Edinburgh Fringe at Assembly, and has taught in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Toronto.
Last week, she launched an eight-week clown class at the Rockwell in Somerville. The session ($400) still has available openings.
She said the clown theater scene might not be as robust around Boston as it is in New York, but that sometimes the smaller the town, the more honest the clown.
Of a class she taught in Concord, N.H., Soldati said, “I did find that the people, they were just a little bit closer to their authentic self.”
Soldati also said that New Englanders interested in clown should look into Celebration Barn in Maine, where people visit from all over the world in the summer.
Find information on Soldati’s class at therockwell.org.