No clowning around with Shakespeare

Kenny Raskin has performed with Cirque du Soleil, originated the role of Le Fou in ”Beauty and the Beast” on Broadway, taught at Ringling Brothers Clown College and performed around the world with his own solo act. But even though he’s lived in the Boston area for the past six years, his performance in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s ”Twelfth Night,” which opens tonight at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, will mark his legitimate stage debut here.