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Circus clowns can find work with the many resident and traveling circuses in the U.S. and beyond, including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Cirque du Soleil, and the Big Apple Circus.

it continued to have auditions to replenish clowns over the years. And many circus professionals have found work in new circus schools. "That speaks to the interest that young people have in ...