Mr. Murphy began his adventures as a professional acrobatic skier and made a chance detour into the performing arts when a local ballet company was in need of a male performer. Since then he has amused and amazed thousands of theatergoers across North America and Europe with his solo work and has been featured on SHOWTIME, appearead at THE JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL in Montreal and has had sold-out appearances at Broadway’s NEW VICTORY THEATER. Mr. Murphy lives in northern Vermont. www.murphclown.com
Melissa Knowles
Melissa K. Knowles is versatile to the extreme! She’s a juggler, aerialist, acrobat, hula hooper, stilter, hand-balancer, contortionist, musician, artist, and circus instructor. She is also “professionally tiny” and can often be found hiding in your locker or suitcase or being thrown high into the air by pretty much anyone. She has performed with a variety of circus companies most recently being Nimble Arts, Aerial Angels, Infinity Circus Productions, Boston Circus Guild, and Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures. She currently spends most of her time teaching and training hand to hand at the New England Center for Circus Arts.
“Perfect Harmony” Spring 2012
Rob Mermin
Rob ran off to the circus in 1969 and clowned with shows throughout Europe, Scandinavia, and the former Soviet Union. In 1987 Rob founded the award-winning international touring youth company, Circus Smirkus. In 2008 he was awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence, Vermont’s highest honor in the arts. www.RobMermin.com