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Paper LaShay

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A full time working artist, entertainer, and facilitator. Through the medicine of clown, Paper turns trash into treasure. Transmuting daily challenges of chronic pain and grief, into art and laughter.

See Paper LaShay's clown excellence @threads.pnw @wornagain.thrift on October 24th! 🧵✨
Tix 🔗 in bio! by @paperlashay

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I had a great time playing John waterseque "Ducati" in @mmmatchmaker!!! what a steamer of an event... Thanks for capturing these epic shots that highlight just how wide I can open my mouth. @infinite.halves!
What an honor to collaborate with this epic cast and crew for this ridiculous show directed by the one and only @houseofbigd + getting to make out with her on stage was a real highlight of my life..
Big love. by @paperlashay

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25 days ago

Hello frams!
Exciting news!
My serious clown series is returning.
8 two hour sessions that benefit beginners and experienced clowns alike + non-clown specific performers and folks who just want to get more comfortable in their own skin- or maybe someone else's skin for awhile???
It will be a gay ol' time.
Gradually diving deeper week by week.
We will focus on presence, connection, breath, embodying emotions, finding character, and more!
$200 for 8 week series.
Tuesdays 5:30- 7:30 pm
September 22- November 17th
No class October 20th
At the Bellingham circus guild!
Book now! Spots are limited.

Additionally, if you would like a more production focused session with me- I am offering one on one "clownsultations"
Sliding scale- reach out for details.

Love ya'll!!
-Paper🎀 by @paperlashay

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a month ago

CLOWN 101 with @paperlashay begins Sept 22nd!

Clown is a tool box – helpful for any practice. It’s about being present in the moment, calming your nervous system, listening to your body and your environment.

This is an open level class for folks who feel the clown spirit & want to unlock their power(!), serious clowns ready to sharpen their tools, non-clown specific performers interested in deepening their relationship with audience, and folks who just want to have a good time, boost confidence, and LAUGH!!!

🟠Sept 22 – Nov 17 (no class 10/20)
🟢Tuesdays 5:30-7:30
🟡Ages 18+
🟣No experience required
🔵$200 for the 8-week series
🏁 Sign up by emailing paperlashay@proton.me

Paper LaShay is also available for 1:1 clownsultations for performers of all types looking to develop their characters, write acts, and give their performances some zhuzh. taken in Bellingham Circus Guild by @paperlashay

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2 months ago

I won the lip sync battle last Monday at @wildbuffalo!!
Finals are this Monday! If you're in Bellingham I'd love to have you come cheer me on!
I'm so grateful for this W. I really needed it.
Having a chronic systemic disorder is an absolute roller coaster. Ehlers Dan's Syndrome is a volatile and confusing partner, but death do us part.
I'm learning more about my mysterious mistress everyday.
The oscillating relationship with power I feel over my body and experience is unfathomable.
I'm a fucking sailer the way I weather these storms.

Anyway- here's a video from a lil impromptu lipsync battle I did.😭🤣🤡

P.s Long live Dolly and Tim in our fierce, unabashedly fabulous hearts. 🌈😭😘💅

Thanks for capturing this moment @bootstrapjuicebox by @paperlashay

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2 months ago

4 weeks until this madness comes to life at The @lookoutartsquarry Saloon Stage !!!
Never before seen hilarity & absurdity guaranteed @houseofbigd 🌟 5 course tasting menu @chefkassidy 🌟 7 piece house band @bangbang.and.the.badmedicine 🌟 a special treat from @cabaret.atelier 🌟
Don't miss this.
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#gameshow #lovestory #70sdisco #dinnertheatre #bellingham by @paperlashay

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2 months ago

Chaos magic at its ratchet finest...
The Arcadium at @libfestival
Brought to you by
@thekirilldeal & friends
Photos by the darling @shamaldeare by @paperlashay

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5 months ago

Nympho in the forest

with the one and only
@anthony.poncedeleon by @paperlashay

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5 months ago

@libfestival was a lot a lot. Grateful for our silly crew at the arcadium & the unicorn palace.
What a variety of antics: I hosted human cock fights as a talking mustard, heckled the masses as an old man who lost his pants, I got to be a human claw!!! & i was the dancing sandwich, it was me...

shout out to @lovelisounds for stepping in as my back up dancer 5 mins before the show...

Thanks for your hard work @thekirilldeal and crew!! Congrats on arcadium first year!!!

I love my friends. The end.
🎭🛸☠️🪱🤡🌈🦄 by @paperlashay

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5 months ago

I do this act for the people who ask "How did you make it look like it was going through your nose??"
I do this act because I'm strange. I want to give permission to all the strange heads- you can do what you want to do with your own body.
Thanks for having me Vaudevillingham.
-All the folks behind the scenes working hard to produce this labor of love
bringing so many talented artists and weirdos together

Thanks for the lovely photos @jas.ru! Always a good capture.

@bellinghamcircusguild by @paperlashay

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5 months ago

Surprise! Im returning to the unicorn palace at long last. Seven years or something??? So excited to see all the sweeties and cuties out there! I'm on at 1 am in the Saturday night variety show.
+I'll be roving at the brodega "Arcadium" throughout the weekend. Come playyy

P.s for those of you wondering if it's La Shay or LaShay... historically it's had a gap but I've been enjoying them together lately- now I can't decide.. 🤣😭 so it's BOTH! keep em guessing..
&yes it's still simultaneously Jordyn, Paper & (La)Shay. three raccoons in a skin suit, okay. The clown life chose me- I'm just doin my best to function in this society where we want so badly to pretend like ANYTHING makes sense. 😭 here to remind: it doesn't. & that's ok!!! We have the power to change the narrative. Send in the clowns. See y'all there.

Artwork by @fromearlier & @djnaughtyprincess by @paperlashay

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5 months ago

The rumors (that I started) are true!
I'm teaching clown at the Bellingham Circus Guild.
Kicking off with a 7 week series.
Wednesdays 6-7:30
May 27-July 8
Drop ins welcome!!

This is an open-level, exploratory clowning series.
This series is beneficial for non-clown specific performers interested in deepening their relationship with audience, those who are clown-curious, serious clowns who want to sharpen their tools, folks who feel the clown spirit deep within them & want to unlock their power (!), and people who just want to have a good time, boost confidence, increase quality of life, and live LAUGH love!!!

There are many ways to clown. There is actually no WRONG Way to clown. But! there are ways to clown BETTER – through studying the rich history and technique.
Clown is a craft.
Clown is a mask.
Clown is a palette
Clown is permission

Link in my bio or email me to sign up.

@bellinghamcircusguild
#bellinghamartist #bellinghamlife #bellinghamexperience #clowntheater by @paperlashay

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