Winners of the 2018 Who Wants to be a Vaudevillianaire contest with their ballet piece Harlequinade. They have collectively studied dance for 20 years at Moving Light Dance in Montpelier. Eva is from Middlesex and Ezra is from Calais.
Dr. Professor Alonzo Nonnamis – Miracle Man
They came from far and wide,
and with enormous expectations.
He wasn’t about to let them down…
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I shall now
stop the rotation of the Earth
for three full seconds!”
The one and only Dr. Professor Nonnamis is a comic genius, virtuoso vaudevillian, and all-round charmer who gives audiences an utterly joyous experience they’ll remember for a lifetime.
His latest creation is a rip-roaring revival of strong-man stunts, couples-counseling, snake-healings, and mass-hypnosis that leaves audiences dazed, beaming and in love with life once again…
“Masterfully played comedy…That secret mixture of daring, talent, and utter foolishness…”
Santa Fe Reporter
“Hilarious and enormously talented.”
TimeOut, London
“The audience sits transfixed, gleefully awaiting each new moment of mad brilliance.”
Badische Zeitung, Germany
“Absolutely expert and consistently charming!”
The New York Times
The Red Trouser Show
The Red Trouser Show consists of Circus Smirkus alumni David Graham and Tobin Renwick. They have been performing together since 1999, when they were both founding members of the Flying Gravity Circus. Between the two of them, they have studied with such circus greats as Jeff Jenkins, Julie Greenberg, Nourbol Meirmanov, Troy Wunderle, Alla Youdina, Zina and Valodia Avgoustov, Nyangar Batbataar, Vladimir Igorov, and Jaqueline Davis. Both talented acrobats, comedians, and jugglers, they have performed across the United States, at venues ranging from the street outside Faneuil Hall in Boston, to The Kennedy Center. Internationally, they have appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Coffs Harbour InternatBuskers and Comedy Festival in Australia, the World Buskers Festival in New Zealand, and the International Circus in Karachi, Pakistan. theredtrousershow.com
Ron Kelley
Ron Kelley is a saxophonist. As a young adult he toured with the Bread and Puppet Theater and led a New Orleans style jazz band in New York City. He was the band leader at the Bread and Puppet Domestic Resurrection Circus for 20 years. He recently retired from his job as a music educator where he taught middle school band, vocal music, samba band, and jazz band and is now enjoying playing in a variety of bands throughout Vermont and beyond.
Sam Malcolm
Sam loves comedy so much he once helped a chicken cross the road. He’s built a life out of bringing audiences together, having fun with them, and making people smile wherever he goes. He fell in love with performing years ago after already becoming one of the top jugglers in the world. This appreciation for skill, with years of stand-up comedy experience have blended together to become a show that’s unique, incredibly impressive and most of all engaging. SamMalcolm.com
Mutts Gone Nuts
Expect the unexpected, as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance, that’s leaving audiences everywhere howling for more. From shelters to showbiz, these amazing mutts unleash havoc and hilarity in a breathtaking, action packed, comedy dog spectacular, featuring some of the world’s most talented 4 legged performers. Deemed ‘A Must See’ by the Washington Post, the dogs are sure to steal your heart, and then your shoes! MuttsGoneNuts.com
Ragtime Shepard Kings Trio
This band’s mission is to perform the weirdest songs from the early days of tin pan alley on the format on which they were first recorded—wax cylinder. Meanwhile they’re touring the country putting on amazing shows. roochie.com
Timmy Findlen is a ukulele player from Aroostook County, Maine, but is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the former bandleader of Over A Cardboard Sea: Portland, Maine’s premier ukulele novelty act. When in Maine, he plays in The Vododeyos, a ukulele duo with Joel Eckhaus, with whom he also builds and repairs ukuleles. He also likes ukuleles. He currently plays electric bass with the honky tonk group J.P. Harris & The Tough Choices. See his work with Over A Cardboard Sea.
Lindsay McCaw has been playing American old time music and calling dances for over 15 years. She is also part of several theater and puppet companies, including her own, based in Vermont called The Dolly Wagglers. She has won several musical distinctions such as two-time winner of the Minneapolis Jug Band Contest and four-time first-place winner of the Sheffield Field Days Fiddle contest. See her work with the Dolly Wagglers and The Corn Potato String Band.
Aaron Jonah Lewis is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and educator. He has won awards at the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival, including First Place Neotraditional Band in 2008, and at the Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, including First Place Bluegrass Fiddle in 2007, and he has performed at major festivals from the US to the UK and from Italy to Finland. Lewis has appeared on dozens of recordings from bluegrass and old time to swing jazz, modern experimental and Turkish classical music projects. He has taught workshops at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and at the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London. He also plays and teaches banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass and is currently based in Detroit, Michigan. Aaron’s Website.
Rob Torres
Whether he’s changing his clothes, setting the table, or just sitting down, Rob Torres has a unique way of finding the absurdity in everyday tasks.His award winning international comedy has made Rob Torres one of the foremost visual comedians in the world today. See for yourself why Rob Torres has been in great demand by top venues worldwide for the past decade, and why he is known around the globe as the “International Man of Mirth.” rob-torres.com
Cate Great
A world class world traveler, Cate has performed on stages, pitches and at festivals across the globe, including England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Dubai, in addition to cities throughout the United States and Canada.
Cate is a native of sunny Florida and an alumni of snowy École de Cirque de Québec. She’s been lavished all kinds of praise and won all kinds of awards, including the title of 2011 IJA Busking Champion. CateGreat.com
Rusty DeWees
Entertainer, comedic artist, actor, producer, writer, musician, master of duct tape…and the Logger of course! Rusty does it all and keeps his fans and audiences laughing, as he puts it, “till their backs get better.” Rusty grew up in Stowe, Vermont where he was actively involved in theatre throughout high school and college. As a young adult, he performed with the award winning Vermont Repertory Theatre, before moving to New York City where he trained at the George Loris Actors Theatre School and the Lee Strasberg Institute. This professional training was followed by scores of notable roles off-Broadway, and in television, film, and national commercials. Missing his home state, Rusty moved back to Vermont where he continued his acting career and developed the Logger character. An eclectic and innovative act, THE LOGGER one-man comedy show is best described as “Blue Collar Comedy” meets “Prairie Home Companion”, and has been steadily selling out theatres, large and small, throughout New England ever since it hit the stage in 1998. Rusty also writes, voices, directs, and produces radio and television spots for various companies throughout New England, and has always, throughout his career, donated his time to promote positive lifestyle choices among high school age kids. thelogger.com