Member Organizations
Laughter League
Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Washington and Georgia
The Laughter League uses laughter and humor as a catalyst for healing, learning, and engaging.
Each and every day, our teams of professionally trained performers transform pain and worry into moments of light and laughter. Our performers “write prescriptions” for laughter in pediatric settings across the country, and our programs instill moments of joy in which illness and disease take a back seat to simply being a kid.
Fondation Dr Clown
Canada
The Dr. Clown Foundation brings joy to the most vulnerable people in our community.
Since 2002, the Dr. Clown Foundation has been developing its personal relationship approach that is focused on improving the quality of life of hospitalized children, students in specialized schools, hospitalized patients of all ages and seniors in care facilities.
Good Medicine Productions
Ohio
The Mission of Good Medicine Productions is to bring humans transformative joy through the art of improvisation, comedic performance and innovative storytelling.
Our signature program serves pediatric facilities and nursing homes in central Ohio with programming rooted in improvisational and comedic performance to reduce anxiety, sadness, and isolation in the medical environment.
MIRTH Unit
Vancouver, BC
MIRTH Unit (Medicine Incorporating Remedies that Tickle the Heart)
Since 1994 the Auxiliary has provided funding for The Therapeutic Clown Program. This program provides for weekly hospital visits with inpatients and the outpatient clinics monthly. Therapeutic Clowns Fizzie and Cosmo make up BC Children’s MIRTH Unit (Medicine Incorporating Remedies that Tickle the Heart).
Established more than 25 years ago by Paul Hooson, this popular program serves young patients and their families on inpatient wards and outpatient clinics across the BCCH campus.
Medical Clown Project
California
The Medical Clown Project provides therapeutic medical clowning as an integrated component of care for adult and pediatric patients and their families.
The medical clowns also benefit the community milieu by lightening the mood of healthcare providers and staff.
Prescription Joy
Louisiana
Prescription Joy interacts with children, families, older adults, and staff members of hospitals, assisted living facilities, shelters in New Orleans, Louisiana.
We aim to transform an environment of stress, fear, loneliness, and boredom into one of human connection, imagination, and play. Prescription Joy also hosts community health talks, and produces originally written hospital plays that tour to each location. Everyone has a right to joy.
Red Nose Remedy
Ontario, Canada
We offer compassion and joy to those in care.
Our mission is to bring joy, compassion, and connection to vulnerable populations in healthcare and beyond through the art of Therapeutic Clowning. Currently, we are serving children and adults with disabilities: both residential and respite populations.
Vaudeville Chicago
Illinois
The mission of Vaudeville Chicago is to employ the eccentric variety entertainments of vaudeville to create performance experiences for diverse audiences, especially those in medical and community institutions.
Our goal is to empower our audience in environments where they often feel powerless and to use music, improvisation, theater, and physical comedy to promote healing laughter and joy, and to reduce anxiety, sadness, and isolation.