About the Project
A visitor from another planet arrives.
A hoop alien… from the hoop planet.
They have come to fix the hole.
The hoop alien struggles to communicate with humans, but they will have to try.
Or the hole may never be fixed.
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This is a 45-minute clown piece built entirely around a hula hoop.
Combining immersive theater, improvisation, performance art, and audience participation, every iteration of “hoop” is unique.
What will we discover when you see it?
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R.M. Aranda is a queer Mexican-American performer who has trained in clown and immersive theater with the Idiot Workshop, Natasha Mercado, Phil Burgers, Adam Smith, Eric Davis; improv/sketch with Upright Citizen’s Brigade and Groundlings; Meisner at Elizabeth Mestnik’s Acting Studio; and the theater department at UC Irvine. They had a successful run of their solo show “…and the hits just keep on coming!” at Hollywood Fringe 2025, and they’ve been developing this new solo clown piece over the past year.
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Photo credits: Kim Newmoney & Jasper Lewis
Learn More at instagram.com/r.m.aranda
Production Team
