Tricia "Pricilla Mooseburger" Bothun Visit Pricilla Mooseburger Originals Web Site
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Tricia (Manuel) Bothun originally hails from Maple Lake. That's in Minnesota, the home of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Garrison Keillor of Lake Woebegon fame. She was working on a degree in Theatre Arts at the University of Minnesota and interning as a stage manager at the Children's Theatre Co. of Minneapolis, when her life was taken over by the art of clowning. She headed west to perform with the Kit-N-Kaboodle Theatre Co. as a beginning clown in the summer of 1982.

In the fall of 1982, she attended Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey's Clown College. Out of 60 prospective candidates, she was chosen by her performance to receive a contract to work for the Greatest Show on Earth. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus (RBBBC). She toured three full seasons with the circus, performing as a clown in over 1,000 performances per year from 1983 to 1985. To further her clowning art, she decided to leave the circus. She was offered a position with Ringling, performing at Disneyland in Circus Fantasy. For its entire three-year run, she performed in the theme park. During this time, in the off-season, she developed her skills in birthday parties, company picnics and did consecutive tours with traveling variety arts stage shows.

In 1987 she was brought in to teach the first Female Clowning and Costuming Course at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Clown Camp.

For seven consecutive years she has taught Clown Camp, creating new and innovative ways to educate the growing numbers of professional and amateur clowns.

In 1988 she designed costumes for the 20th Anniversary of RBBB Clown College. She also designed costumes and props for the 1988 Edition of the Gold Unit of RBBBC that toured Japan.

In 1989 she established Pricilla Mooseburger Originals (PMO), a costuming company. In five years she has become the foremost clown costumier in the country and has also broken well into the international market.

Presently she tours the country with her husband Dale, lecturing, teaching, performing, and selling costumes.

Because of her unusually divers background, she is one of the most qualified educators in the art of clowning today.

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