We create work that can only be done theatrically, often including performance art, audience participation, temporality, tasks, and games. We produce with a focus on experimental play, but we also believe in classical rigor. The Fool Volk theatrical experience is whimsical and filled with focused and compelling acting and directing.
Our next staged production is Harris Singer's original play Take Me to Dollywood, coming to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in March 2026 after a sold-out run in Brooklyn.
From Taylor Mac’s Gary A Sequel to Titus Andronicus:
The clown encourages the idiotic
By getting laughs and praise for being dumb.
But Fools, they tease out our stupidity
With brains, so spark our feelings and our smarts.
The clown’s a selfish bloke whose only goal’s
To satisfy his belly, heart, and groin.
But Fools are empathetic sorts who learn
The suffering of others ‘cause they’ve been
Thrown out of homes and had the poo of life
Thrown at them just for being different-from.
And so while clowns are in it for themselves,
A fool’s ambition is to save the world!
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