Free Charles The Clown Show For Kids In Seattle

From Charles The Clown: Calling all kids, ages 4 - 8, to attend a free children's performance. Seattle's's own Charles The Clown (Charles Kraus), nationally known entertainer and author, is shooting a new video, and he's inviting kids (and their parents) to be in the audience. Not only do they get to see a free comedy/magic/clown show, each family receives a complimentary copy of a Charles The Clown story audio.

Billboard Magazine calls him "A true children's comedian." Well-versed in child development, the show features his signature, 'become-a-clown routine.' The kids are able to watch the transformation from regular man to clown. They see that the person under the make-up and rainbow wig is a regular guy. Teachers and librarians have often commented about Charles' comedy rhyming, word-play and silly verbal antics. The act encourages a love of language and the joy of being verbally creative.

This video project is a celebration of Charles' career -- over 50 years, and the 12,000+ comedy/magic shows given at schools, libraries, hospitals, and private parties from coast to coast as well as in Europe and Asia. Charles has entertained in every conceivable location -- from the wealthiest estates to Native American reservations, for billionaires and at homeless shelters, on boats, a bus, a monorail, in thousands of preschools, elementary schools, high schools, colleges, libraries, recreation centers, festivals including the US Olympic Arts Festival and Bumbershoot, at Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the Rose Bowl Parade, grand openings, corporate events, kids museums and science centers, in war zones (he is a decorated Vietnam vet) on children's playgrounds and at their hospital bedsides. He's appeared on stages from San Diego to Anchorage, New York City to Los Angeles, Berlin to Da Nang. Always on the move, this summer, Charles will be performing in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Northern CA, and Eastern WA.

An award winning A&M Records recording artist, Charles' first performance video was filmed "live" on the Charlie Chaplin Sound Stage in Hollywood. He's filmed others for his video channel right here in the northwest: charlestheclownvideos.com

This current project will take place at the Ravenna Eckstein Community Center on Sunday, June 30th. Two shows will be taped that afternoon, at 2 and 4 pm.

“Though Charles performs for children of all ages, these shows are formatted for K-3rd grade," says producer Linda Kirschner Kraus. Parents are asked to RSVP at charlestheclown.com/video-rsvp-form.php or to call 206-361-7171.

In addition to writing and starring in four children’s audio story collections and numerous videos, the entertainer has been seen on 75 TV shows, interviewed on many radio programs, authored four books and more than 100 newspaper and magazine essays that have appeared in leading publications throughout the U.S. He was a member of the WA Task Force on Child Safety and is featured in the US Department of Education/WA State video, Television & Video -- Children At Risk.

Catherine Cella, national reviewer of children's media, called Charles " a Master children's entertainer." She said, "His expert blend of stories, poems and jokes offers kids a feast of language play as well as creative problem solving."

Charles is a recipient of a King County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award for Community Service, and a William Vicary Community Service Award from the Hollywood-Sunset Free Clinic.

For more information about Charles visit charlestheclown.com