In 1995, we made our first statewide tour (well, it is Rhode Island).
The show, "Creatures of The Lawn" brought audience members up close
and personal with lifesize insect performers. Our audiences delighted
to the escapades of a drunken fly, juggling fireflies, a bumbling bee
unable to fly, a caterpillar that turns into a trapeze swinging
butterfly, a stiltwalking praying mantis, ant stage hands, a 16-foot
grasshopper, and many others. The set was designed by David Macaulay,
noted children's illustrator.
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- ANTS: Our stage hands were
ants. Here they are seen taking a break.
- SLACKROPE: Tom The
Assistant Gardener doing some ropewalking among the human
trees.
- BUMBLING BEE: Adam Gertsacov
played the Bumbling Bee who spent the entire show trying to fly up to
a flower to engage in a little pollination.
- THE SPIDER : Anja Dietrich
as the Spider performs on the high trapeze.
- PRESS SHOT : We got some
great press wherever we went. Here is our color press photo on the
front page of the Westerly Sun
The 1992 Show: Pandora's Boxes:
The 1992 show was performed in Providence by a cast of 35 (including a
17 piece band!) It told the story of Pandora after she opened her
box. At the opening of the show, the entire circus came out of a very
large box that Pandora opens. Throughout the rest of the show,
Pandora endeavors to fit all of the evils back into the box.
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- BALANCE BEAM: The lovely
Lolita Lipa atop a Russian Barre
- RINGS : Our high-flying
aerial act, featuring Joe Burns, now of the East Providence Fire
Dept.
- POLE : Noah Chorney and Tom
Sgouros perform on the Chinese pole.
The 1990 Show: The Myth of Icarus:
Our 1990 show was performed in Portland Oregon. Despite the West Coast
geography, over half of the performers were from Rhode Island. The
theme of the show centered around the myths of Icarus and Lilith.
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- The first picture has two
photos. The photo to the left show shows Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein
wrangling some rare animals. The photo to the right is a picture of
the world's only juggling zebras.
- The second picture is a
black and white picture of our 1990 band.