Walden resident RIP KELLER created and starred in the Emmy-nominated television show Viaje al Centro de la Música (“Journey to the Center of the Music”), which is currently in reruns in Chile, where it was produced. He is a pianist, conductor, singer, as well as author of two books. In his free time he works as a simultaneous interpreter for the United Nations.
Kelsey Strauch
Kelsey Strauch is co-founder of Flourish and Fool, a vaudeville style comedy/juggling/acrobatic duo. She is currently on sabbatical at the New England Center for Circus Arts fine tuning acrobatics, handstands and juggling. Kelsey has a BFA in painting from the University of Oregon and has designed set’s for Dream Science Circus and giant puppets with Superior Concept Monsters. When she’s not juggling she is cutting fine artisan cheeses or getting sliced in the sword box by magician Arsene Dupin. www.flourishandfool.com
Dolly Wagglers
The Dolly Wagglers, Lindsay McCaw and Adam Cook, make puppet shows, crankies, cantastorias etc. and perform them in Vermont and elsewhere.
Dave Cox
Dave started performing his one-man comedy juggling and strange feats act in the early 90s. His obsession with developing original material and hazardous situations has led to “The Toilet Paper Tightrope of Death” and many other skills, stunts, feats, acts, and predicaments. He has performed his “Shirt Trick” on The Late Show with David Letterman and his “Pants Trick” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He is currently working on a top-secret project involving magnets. www.dangerouscomedy.com
Mary-Go-Round
Tristan Nielsen & Camille Legris
Frank and Sophia Barsalow
Frank and Sophia Barsalow enjoy filling quiet spaces with sweet music. Usually found performing in their living room for each other, they welcome this opportunity to perform as part of Vermont Vaudeville for their community. Frank, the former bassist and vocalist for North Seven, now enjoys playing the guitar and singing; meanwhile, his wife Sophia, fulfills her long time dream as back up vocalist and tambourine player.
Shanty Town (assisted by Penelope Hillfrau)
Nine days after receiving his B.S. in Physics, Shanty Town departed the real world, joined the circus, and for the next 6 years traveled 31 countries in Europe and Asia with a six foot tall bicycle as the primary means of transportation and with pay checks in the form of a hat on the ground. From refugee camps in Denmark to underground bars in Berlin, bombed out cities in Bosnia to Italian markets, he has brought wonder and excitement to very diverse audiences. And he learned a couple tricks…
Ben Matchstick
Waldo & Woodhead
These “masters of mayhem” have been performing their one of a kind antics in theatres and festivals around the world for over twenty years. Their show has been broadcast on television in the U.S., Canada, France, Japan, Chile, Switzerland, and throughout the Middle East. Waldo & Woodhead have appeared together in seven feature films, and star in four family videos. After seeing their show, the legendary Gregory Hines claimed, “Waldo & Woodhead are the funniest and most original act I’ve ever seen.” www.waldowoodhead.com