Send in the Clowns: Humanitarian Clowning in Crisis Zones - Paperbackby David Bridel (Editor), Mike Funt (Editor) Send in the Clowns presents interviews with 24 pioneering humanitarian and activist clowns and thought leaders working in hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages and war zones, and at the sites of street protests and locations of social unrest, across the world. Author Biography David Bridel is an artist, scholar, author, and educator, and the Founding and Artistic Director of The Clown School in Los Angeles,