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This option is for individuals who have already purchased a festival pass (https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/winterlewd-25-festival-passes)

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<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown - A Workshop by Melissa G. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Play is joy! Melissa will guide you on a journey to expand your imagination and find play in the mundane. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">This workshop will:<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">- give an introduction to clown <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">- teach you how to incorporate clown elements into your scene work - whether solo and/or in group<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">- give you tools to heighten play using physicality (within your capacities) and explore the magic of tapping into the small joys in the everyday!<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">--<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">PRE-REQUISITES: Some improv, clown or sketch comedy performance experience is beneficial but not required. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Suitable for improvisers, stand-ups looking to explore their stage presence, sketch comedians or anyone that wants to add a little more joy into their day-to-day life.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">--<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Melissa (she/her) is a clown, comedian, teacher, writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Tio:tia'ke/Montreal. She is proudly queer. Melissa is healthily obsessed with clown work.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">She has run her 2-hour workshop "Play in the Everyday: The Art of Expanding Play through Clown" in Montreal and Toronto. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Melissa teaches clown and play-based courses, <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Good Trouble: Intro to Clown (Level 1)<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> and <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Big Trouble (Level 2) <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">all of which have sold out.  <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Melissa is a comedy show producer, improv coach and was a behind-the-scenes supporter of Ladyfest Montreal (2022, 2023, 2024) and performed her clown act <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Real Live Doll <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">at Montreal Sketchfest 2024.  She produces the new experimental show, <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Clowndom, <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">with a focus on clown and alt-comedy performances.  She's also been part of comedy festivals in Toronto (2018), Ottawa (2020) and Montreal (2019, 2022-2024).<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">She has studied clown and Idiot work with Ken Hall, Isaac Kessler, Kevin Krieger, John Gilkey, Amrita Dhaliwal & Gemma Soldati.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#080809;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(8, 8, 9);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Melissa has extensive training in improv from Second City Training Centre (Toronto), Bad Dog Theatre Company (Toronto), The Assembly (Toronto) and Montreal Improv.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name , Thanks for grabbing tickets to the Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown! <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-8c3753d9-9276-444d-b9d3-9150358f0402}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Date<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{location-variable-fb7f08ea-4a3d-4a22-b5e8-0ee90eb08553}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Location (wheelchair accessible)  We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to settle in. If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this email. This event is part of <a href="http://Winterlewd.org" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Winterlewd</a>, a queer comedy festival serving up four days of ugly laughter, queer chaos, and downright absurdity across the Village. From March 6-9, take in a dozen workshops, pop-up performances, and shows -  all within a short walk from each other.  See you there! The Winterlewd Team

Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown - A Workshop by Melissa G. Play is joy! Melissa will guide you on a journey to expand your imagination and find play in the mundane. This workshop will:- give an introduction to clown - teach you how to incorporate clown elements into your scene work - whether solo and/or in group- give you tools to heighten play using physicality (within your capacities) and explore the magic of tapping into the small joys in the everyday!--PRE-REQUISITES: Some improv, clown or sketch comedy performance experience is beneficial but not required. Suitable for improvisers, stand-ups looking to explore their stage presence, sketch comedians or anyone that wants to add a little more joy into their day-to-day life.--Melissa (she/her) is a clown, comedian, teacher, writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Tio:tia'ke/Montreal. She is proudly queer. Melissa is healthily obsessed with clown work.She has run her 2-hour workshop "Play in the Everyday: The Art of Expanding Play through Clown" in Montreal and Toronto. Melissa teaches clown and play-based courses, Good Trouble: Intro to Clown (Level 1) and Big Trouble (Level 2) all of which have sold out.  Melissa is a comedy show producer, improv coach and was a behind-the-scenes supporter of Ladyfest Montreal (2022, 2023, 2024) and performed her clown act Real Live Doll at Montreal Sketchfest 2024.  She produces the new experimental show, Clowndom, with a focus on clown and alt-comedy performances.  She's also been part of comedy festivals in Toronto (2018), Ottawa (2020) and Montreal (2019, 2022-2024).She has studied clown and Idiot work with Ken Hall, Isaac Kessler, Kevin Krieger, John Gilkey, Amrita Dhaliwal &amp; Gemma Soldati.Melissa has extensive training in improv from Second City Training Centre (Toronto), Bad Dog Theatre Company (Toronto), The Assembly (Toronto) and Montreal Improv.

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Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown

1988 Rue Sainte-Catherine E #201

General admission

$20

Festival Pass holder

Free