Mike Funt's Page

Mike Funt travels the globe performing and directing as a clown, actor, director, and teacher. Funt has led workshops in clown, mask, improv, and circus arts in China, India, Japan, England, France, Brazil and all over the U.S., with his home base as Associate Artistic Director of The Clown School in Hollywood. Funt is a regular performer in the theatre, in the circus, theme parks, cabarets, comedy clubs, and through the relief efforts of Clowns Without Borders and medical clowning. For years, Funt served as the Artistic Director of the internationally-touring, multi award-winning clown troupe Four Clowns. He also is on the Advisory Board for Dr. Stuart Brown’s National Institute for Play and was trained and certified in Laughter Yoga with Dr. Madan Kataria. Additionally, Funt is a Mentor Leader for PlayMatters!, a committee of the Southern California Advocates for Every Young Child. He formerly taught at the San Francisco Comedy College, Improv Olympic, iO West, The Annoyance Theatre, and served five years as head of the Theatre Department for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program.