Podcasts about Circus Flora

Circus Flora is back for its 39th season with a brand-new production starting this week under the Big Top in Grand Center. The new show, “Urban Legend”, is a monster story that features a new collection of talented performers, from acrobats to jugglers and even dogs. Circus Flora artistic and executive director Jack Marsh and St. Louis-native juggler Book Kennison take us inside the production to share their insights on bringing the magic of a circus act to life.

On this episode of The STL Bucket List Show, host Lucas Farrell sits down with Jack Marsh, Executive and Artistic Director of Circus Flora—a beloved St. Louis tradition that blends world-class circus performance with rich storytelling. Jack shares his incredible journey from performing in the ring as a toddler to studying law at Harvard and eventually returning to the circus world full-time. Recorded under the big top, this episode dives into the evolution of Circus Flora, the importance of community engagement, and how Jack continues to honor the circus's legacy while pushing the boundaries of modern performance. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to the magic, this conversation offers a fascinating look behind the curtain of one of St. Louis' most unique cultural institutions.Support the show

Debbie Monterrey talks with Circus Flora executive director Jack Marsh.

Heidi, Josh and Bob are joined by Kevin Scott of the Bi State to discuss the MetroLink new plans; David Pogue of CBS Sunday Morning talks recent Elon Musk interview; Brendan Wiese on STL City SC; Jack Marsh the Artistic Director of Circus Flora; and Royal Oakes ABC Legal Analyst talks Trump's tariffs

In the second hour Chris and Amy begin the hour talking with Cole Payne, President of Film in Missouri and worked with sponsors of the film incentive bill joins the show to talk about why films about Missouri are not always filmed in Missouri like the new HBO series 'DTF St. Louis' which is being filmed in Atlanta. Next, Ex-Circus Flora president embezzled $120,000. KMOX Sports Contributor Bernie Miklasz joins the show to talk about if the Blues could fire Bannister and bring in Montgomery? Also Illinois basketball could have a good season and Cardinals off season. Finally, Matt Gaetz has removed his name from consideration for Attorney General

St. Louis' intimate one-ring circus, Circus Flora, is back at the Big Top in Grand Center. Artistic and executive director Jack Marsh and Cecil MacKinnon, the show's narrator, discuss “Marooned!” The original production takes place on a magical island where two pirates encounter amazing, weird and wacky people — and animals — as they search for treasure.

Circus Flora Artistic Director Jack Marsh & the legendary Tino Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas join Tom and Debbie in-studio.  

This week, we're meeting under the Big Top. It's a St. Louis tradition dating back to the mid-80s and Circus Flora continues to entertain the next generation of families. The season kicked off June 1 and goes through June 25. We sat down with Executive Director Jack Marsh to talk about this year's show and the legacy of the circus in St. Louis. Jack grew up in the circus, his mother has been with Circus Flora from the start. He thought he wanted a different path, becoming an attorney after college, but the circus pulled him back. As artistic director and executive director, he has his hands in all parts of the performance and he shares the secrets of the circus and it's legacy in St. Louis with us on this podcast. For tickets and performance information: https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/circus-flora

Circus Flora has kicked off its 37th year and will be performing their new show "Undercover" under the big top in Grand Center through June 25th.

St. Louis' intimate one-ring circus, Circus Flora, is back at the Big Top in Grand Center. Artistic and executive director (and lifelong circus performer) Jack Marsh says acts such as aerialist Laura Lippert, the Globe of Speed, and world class juggler Roberto Carlos will thrill audiences in the circus' 37th season that runs until June 25.

Cat Neville, Explore St. Louis VP, joins Megan Lynch and Tom Ackerman on Total Information AM as they discuss the exciting events happening in St. Louis this weekend! From Shakespeare in the Park to Circus Flora, Craft Beer Festival to the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR race, and an incredible performance by Shania Twain, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Get ready for a fun-filled weekend in St. Louis! 

Jessica Hentoff, Artistic Executive Director of Circus Harmony, stopped by to talk about the mission and works of the organization. ------   Circus Harmony is a non-profit social circus organization that uses circus arts to motivate social change. By inspiring individuals and connecting communities with our circus education and entertainment programs, we have a positive impact on the St. Louis area and beyond. ——— Our programs teach valuable life skills like perseverance, focus, and teamwork. Learning circus with others teaches trust, responsibility and cooperation. Perhaps the most important experience we give our participants is the opportunity to meet and interact with children from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds than their own. ——— We believe the path to peace is a path of cooperation and communication. Teaching children from different neighborhoods how to stand on each other's shoulders may seem like a strange way to take this path. But it's the technique we use! Circus Harmony promotes peace through pyramids, joy through juggling and harmony through handsprings. ——— About Jessica Hentoff: Jessica has been teaching and performing circus arts for over 40 years. Ms. Hentoff has been using circus arts to motivate social change since she founded the St. Louis Arches youth circus performance troupe in 1989. She created Circus Harmony in 2001 to expand youth circus opportunities for St. Louis youth. In 2009, Ms. Hentoff was named both St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year and Outstanding Arts Educator of the Year. Ms. Hentoff is the only person to be a founding member of both the Big Apple Circus in NYC and Circus Flora in St. Louis. She serves as youth circus advisor to both the Circus Fans Association of America and the World Circus Federation. In 2014, she was honored to be the first person to receive the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators' Excellence in Circus Education Award. Jessica is the artistic/executive director of Circus Harmony where she uses her remarkable vision and use of circus arts to build character and community and to help children “defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers.”  

Today, Kevin daughter Katie treated him to Circus Flora for Father's Day. He liked it so much, he went back to meet the performers.

St. Louis's very own circus is in full swing under the big top in grand center. But this year, a famous face is making people do double-takes. actress Britt Lower is spending the month in St. Louis performing with Circus Flora. best known for her role as Helly-R in the apple-tv-plus hit "Severance," Lower sits down with Debbie Monterrey to explain how she ended up running away with the circus.

Actress Britt Lower is fresh off her starring role in the Apple TV+ series “Severance.” Before filming for the second season gets underway this fall, Lower will live in a small trailer on a St. Louis parking lot for a few weeks — playing a central role in Circus Flora's “The Quest for the Innkeeper's Cask.” In this episode, Lower explains why she chose St. Louis for her circus debut.

Jessica Hentoff, Artistic Executive Director of Circus Harmony, stopped by to talk about the mission and works of the organization. ------ Circus Harmony is a non-profit social circus organization that uses circus arts to motivate social change. By inspiring individuals and connecting communities with our circus education and entertainment programs, we have a positive impact on the St. Louis area and beyond. ——— Our programs teach valuable life skills like perseverance, focus, and teamwork. Learning circus with others teaches trust, responsibility and cooperation. Perhaps the most important experience we give our participants is the opportunity to meet and interact with children from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds than their own. ——— We believe the path to peace is a path of cooperation and communication. Teaching children from different neighborhoods how to stand on each other's shoulders may seem like a strange way to take this path. But it's the technique we use! Circus Harmony promotes peace through pyramids, joy through juggling and harmony through handsprings. ——— About Jessica Hentoff: Jessica has been teaching and performing circus arts for over 40 years. Ms. Hentoff has been using circus arts to motivate social change since she founded the St. Louis Arches youth circus performance troupe in 1989. She created Circus Harmony in 2001 to expand youth circus opportunities for St. Louis youth. In 2009, Ms. Hentoff was named both St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year and Outstanding Arts Educator of the Year. Ms. Hentoff is the only person to be a founding member of both the Big Apple Circus in NYC and Circus Flora in St. Louis. She serves as youth circus advisor to both the Circus Fans Association of America and the World Circus Federation. In 2014, she was honored to be the first person to receive the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators' Excellence in Circus Education Award. Jessica is the artistic/executive director of Circus Harmony where she uses her remarkable vision and use of circus arts to build character and community and to help children “defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers.”          

KMOX's Debbie Monterrey speaks with Jessica Hentoff, the artistic/executive of Circus Harmony.   From CircusHarmony.org: Jessica has been teaching and performing circus arts for over 40 years. Ms. Hentoff has been using circus arts to motivate social change since she founded the St. Louis Arches youth circus performance troupe in 1989. She created Circus Harmony in 2001 to expand youth circus opportunities for St. Louis youth. In 2009, Ms. Hentoff was named both St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year and Outstanding Arts Educator of the Year. Ms. Hentoff is the only person to be a founding member of both the Big Apple Circus in NYC and Circus Flora in St. Louis. She serves as youth circus advisor to both the Circus Fans Association of America and the World Circus Federation. In 2014, she was honored to be the first person to receive the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators' Excellence in Circus Education Award. Jessica is the artistic/executive director of Circus Harmony where she uses her remarkable vision and use of circus arts to build character and community and to help children “defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Circus Flora, plenty of Halloween weekend activities, the Apple Butter Festival in Kimmswick, plus more!

St. Louis's Circus Flora had cancelled its June 2020 production due to the pandemic; however, Artistic Director Jack Marsh tells Debbie Monterrey that the Circus is ready for its Fall 2021 run. Tickets are available at circusflora.org or metrotix.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a lengthy hiatus, Circus Flora's big red tent in Grand Center will once again fill with circus tricks and fans next month — and lots of St. Louis talent. With shows running June 4-6, “The St. Lou Revue” promises a focus on hometown performers and plenty of COVID-conscious safety measures, plus some talented canine newcomers from Purina.

Circus Flora's Karen Shoulders | Debbie Monterrey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karen Shoulders of Circus Flora joins Debbie Monterrey discussing what they have been doing with Cardinal Glennon for many years to improve a child’s well-being and it is Clowns on Call. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Marsh, the artistic director of Saint Louis's Circus Flora and executive producer for The Big Apple Circus talks about how he ran away FROM the circus only to return as an adult. He gives insight into what it's like to run a one ring circus and what Circus Flora is doing during this time. Check out circus flora: www.circusflora.org   Please won't you be a Patreon?: http://www.patreon.com/theartistathlete This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top. Find her online: www.theartistathlete.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/theartistathlete/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_artist_athlete/

Debbie Monterrey talks with the Managing Director of Circus Flora Karen Shoulders discussing them having to cancel the 2020 show because of the Coronavirus but what they have planned to still for this year.

Rosemary was performer with Circus Flora as a young girl, but unlike many of her friends on the show, she did not come from a traditional circus family. In this episode, she talks about what it was like to be an outsider, how animals are treated, contemporary vs traditional circus, how to make “circus stitches” and mend your nude fishnets. Follow Rosemary: @rosemaryandcrime Visit Circus Flora: http://www.circusflora.org Please won't you be a Patreon?: http://www.patreon.com/theartistathlete This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top. Shannon McKenna is an internationally recognized circus performer and coach. For the past decade, she has been a freelance artist: giving workshops and classes across 7 countries and working on and backstage for both traditional and contemporary circus shows in the US, Portugal, Germany, and Australia. She holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a concentration on post-modern physical theater (how's that for a mouthful?). She founded The Artist Athlete in 2018 as a means to produce educational materials for aerial artists and a podcast in which she interviews experts in the circus industry about their careers. If you're reading this, you're probably listening to it. Thank you! She currently lives in Atlanta, GA USA, but gravitates towards whichever circus community is the warmest. Find her online: www.theartistathlete.com Facebook: The Artist Athlete Instagram: @the_artist_athlete

On today's episode Josh & Lyndsay recount the shows they saw last week including STOMP, The Devouring, and DayDreamers by Shinsa. Then they jump into a conversation about funding for circus in America, what you can do about it, and what the government should (or shouldn't) do about it. Later in the episode they sit down for a chat with acclaimed circus director Cecil MacKinnon. Cecil was a founding member of the Pickle Family Circus and is now the white face clown, ringmaster, and director of Circus Flora and the director of this season's Big Apple Circus.

Episode 74 - Cecil MacKinnon, director of Circus Flora and Big Apple Circus On today's episode Josh & Lyndsay recount the shows they saw last week including STOMP, The Devouring, and DayDreamers by Shinsa. Then they jump into a conversation about funding for circus in America, what you can do about it, and what the government should (or shouldn't) do about it. Later in the episode they sit down for a chat with acclaimed circus director Cecil MacKinnon. Cecil was a founding member of the Pickle Family Circus and is now the white face clown, ringmaster, and director of Circus Flora and the director of this season's Big Apple Circus. If you enjoy the episode please rate us on Apple Podcasts and share the episode with a friend. Have a great week!  

After a paranormal weekend at the Haunted America Conference, Karen A. Dahlman joins Patrick for an overnight Ouija session and a creepy exploration through the dark corridors of the haunted Lemp Mansion in Saint Louis, Missouri. Visit BigSeance.com/146 for more info.   Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:11 We have new listeners! Welcome! And let us know how you found us! 1:54 Pouring the tea! Today I'm drinking Calming the Storm tea by the sponsor of today’s episode, Nuwati Herbals. 2:37  Patrick recently attended and had a great time at the Haunted America Conference! He’s never been in the same room with so many Big Seance family members! 3:47 Karen A. Dahlman was a new addition to the Haunted America Conference. She was also a speaker and was a big hit! 5:41 Karen’s turning point with the Ouija Board. 6:42 This episode of The Big Seance Podcast is sponsored by Nuwati Herbals - “Herbal Remedies from Mother Earth.” Visit NuwatiHerbals.com and use the code BIGSEANCE to receive 15% off your Nuwati Herbals order as a THANK YOU! 16:35 On the last night of the conference, Karen offered a workshop on working with the Ouija. And for the first time in six years of working with the board, Patrick’s planchette moved! 18:15 Circus Flora, a 30-year tradition in Saint Louis 18:54 Karen and Patrick spent the night at the haunted Lemp Mansion in Saint Louis! Patrick previously stayed in the William Lemp Suite, but this time stayed in the beautiful Lavender Suite. Karen stayed in the Elsa Suite, which is in the spooky attic! 19:37 Giving some kids a scare, and a Lemp Mansion experience they’ll always remember. 20:24 A brief history of the Lemp family, the mansion, and the suicides that happened there. For more information on the Lemp family, check out the American Hauntings Podcast. 22:56 Karen and Patrick sat down in the Lavender Suite for a two hour session using the Ouija Board, a K-2 meter, a spirit box, and the Ovilus 5. Here’s a taste of that session. 27:58 NANCY HUSBAND from the Ouija Board. 33:45 Introducing the spirit box to the session. 35:26 PEOPLE! from the spirit box while the table vibrates. 38:35 ALVIN (who isn’t here), ERIC, MOTHER, and PROTECT! from the spirit box. 39:35 PEOPLE! again (and again and again!) 42:00 OUIJA(ee) from the spirit box. 44:29 And this time, OUIJA(ee) BOARD from the spirit box. 44:52 Patrick and Karen went LIVE on Facebook for the Big Seance Parlor, and talked about the “Ouija(ee) Board” EVP that Patrick captured 5 or 6 years ago. 45:24 Patrick’s “Ouija(ee) Board” EVP clip from 5 or 6 years ago. 48:10 Some fun discussion about experiences from that weekend at the Haunted America Conference, Patrick’s experiences at Karen’s workshop, and the rest of their Lemp ouija session. 48:50 A late night exploration of the Lemp Mansion. 59:56 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:02:22 Outro 1:04:18 Easter Egg 1:06:03   Additional music in this episode was provided by the great Kevin McLeod from Incompetech.com.    For more on Karen A. Dahlman  KarenADahlman.com Twitter: @KarenADahlman Karen on Facebook   For more Ouija and Karen at the Big Seance Highlights from the 2016 Halloween Seance with Ouija Expert Karen A. Dahlman (Audio) Full Video of the 2016 Halloween Seance on YouTube Our previous LIVE Ouija session with Karen (Video) Highlights from the previous LIVE Ouija session with Karen (Audio) Karen A. Dahlman, The Spirit of Alchemy, and More Ouija LIVE, Episode #39 – August 20, 2015 The Spirit of Creativity and More Ouija with Karen A. Dahlman, Episode #29 – February 19, 2015 Spirits of Ouija with Karen A. Dahlman, Episode #5 – July 23, 2014 The Legends, Lore, and Symbols of Halloween, with Special C0-Host, Karen A. Dahlman, Episode #17 – October 16, 2014   The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe, submit a rating, or share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance! 

In the first hour the guys talk about Denman’s new mustache, why he thought it was a good idea, but most importantly how bad it looks. Later Gardner shows a video of him taking Sean to Circus Flora. Closing out the hour is a Traview of Toy Story 4. Follow @weareliveradio on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter for the latest WAL updates Check out www.midcoast.media for studio, production, apparel, and media capabilities. WAL@weareliveradio.com for inquiries --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-are-live-with-chris-denman/message

On today’s show the guys talk about a Twitter trend where people challenge celebrities 31 years older than them to a fight, followed by which celebrities the guys would fight themselves. Then Tommy the Intern punches Gardner in the stomach. Travis describes what it was like to be in New York when a helicopter crashed there, and what the police force is like there. The hour closes with a conversation with Circus Flora’s Karen Shoulders.   Follow @weareliveradio on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter for the latest WAL updates Check out www.midcoast.media for studio, production, apparel, and media capabilities. WAL@weareliveradio.com for inquiries --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-are-live-with-chris-denman/message

Circus Flora is a longstanding tradition for many St. Louisans and is back in action this month for its 33rd season. This year’s show is bringing audiences to an unlikely place for an adventure – a grocery store. Schnucks, to be exact. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy D. Goodwin delves into how “The Caper in Aisle 6” takes a usually mundane trip to the store and turns it into an exciting visual performance for circusgoers.

On Time for Success - Business Owner Dads Edition We are interviewing Joel Emery founder of Ignite Strategies. Ignite Strategies represents 24 years of experience, with processes that bring together skills derived from the worlds of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses, combined with academic experience in neo-institutional economics and human behavior analysis. Previously, As Executive Director of St. Louis' own Circus Flora, Emery built the Circus Flora brand as an integral part of the St. Louis community, driving earned revenue increases of greater than 90%. Using data-driven client and patron profiling and strategic pricing structures, he developed and directed comprehensive marketing campaigns, including special events, printed media, patron recognition, direct mail, digital, outdoor, social media, public relations, and direct sales strategies, tactics and executables. Further, he developed collaborative and innovative community and business partnerships and programming key to institutional growth, branding, and new revenue streams. With clients across an array of sectors from real estate to law, from bricks-and-mortar retail and manufacturing to personal training, Emery and his team build revenue-generation strategies, tactics, plans and initiatives that engage your customers, clients, employees and communities.

Kevin Patton shares experience as an elephant keeper & trainer that give us insight to how the skin helps us maintain homeostasis of body temperature. An update in memory formation regarding the role of netrin at the synapse. And a reminder about your homework! 00:41 | Homework! 02:03 | Netrin and memory 06:47 | Sponsored by HAPS 07:04 | Featured: Elephants and skin 23:29 | Sponsored by AAA If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day. (Mark Shand)   1 | Homework! 1.5 minutes Don't forget your homework assignments: Share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives. Yes, I do accept late homework. Have questions, comments, stories, or ideas related to accommodating student needs? 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Key molecule responsible for learning and memory discovered (summary of new discovery) https://my-ap.us/2zgjc5c Activity-Dependent Netrin-1 Secretion Drives Synaptic Insertion of GluA1-Containing AMPA Receptors in the Hippocampus: Cell Reports (full research article) https://my-ap.us/2zizHNU If the diagram is not visible in this view go to https://my-ap.us/netrin-art This diagram is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.     3 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a reduced "early bird" registration rate for the annual HAPS confercnce in Portland OR next May? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society  |  theAPprofessor.org/haps     4 | Elephants and skin 16.5 minutes Kevin's experience in zoos, circuses, and on safari in Africa form the basis of some elephant stories he tells in his A&P courses to emphasize some concepts of the integumentary system. In this episode, he shares some elephant research updates, then goes into how elephant skin can help us better understand the thermoregulatory function of human skin. The images show Kevin (on ground in dark suit) and his elephant friend Flora, the retired namesake of Circus Flora. The anterior and posterior sides of Flora's ears pictured are referred to in Kevin' stories (you may use these images in your teaching with attribution). Image of the Day: Swish Swish | Animals' tails swat away insects using both wind and whack. (video and animation of the "double pendulum" pattern of elephant tails) https://my-ap.us/2zgjuZQ Mammals repel mosquitoes with their tails (journal article about elephant tails repeling mosquitos) https://my-ap.us/2zgkAVs Discerning Elephants | Elephants are able to tell human voices apart based on cues for age, sex, and ethnic group. 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For more than 30 years, Circus Flora, a one-ring circus that makes St. Louis its home, has offered a circus show that’s best described as live theater. It’s an intimate setting that is in stark contrast to the images some people might conjure of the large Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which performed for the last time 10 months ago. Two things are significantly different about this year’s Circus Flora season, as Cecil MacKinnon and Jack Marsh noted this week on St. Louis on the Air.

On today's episode Josh and Lyndsay talk about their new circus and dance show designed for virtual reality, their latest trip to San Diego and Las Vegas where they saw The Miss Behave Game Show and Piff The Magic Dragon, drama in the industry press about the Cirque De Demain Festival, and new performing circus animals bans in the UK. They also travel to the East Village to interview circus educator and legend Hovey Burgess. Hovey taught 100 semesters at NYU as well as at Julliard, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Circo Dell'Arte; he's also performed on stage with Circus Flora, Hunt Bros Circus, Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Electric Circus, Patterson Brothers Circus and Toledo Zoo Wild Animal Show.

On today's episode Josh and Lyndsay talk about their new circus and dance show designed for virtual reality, their latest trip to San Diego and Las Vegas where they saw The Miss Behave Game Show and Piff The Magic Dragon, drama in the industry press about the Cirque De Demain Festival, and new performing circus animals bans in the UK. They also travel to the East Village to interview circus educator and legend Hovey Burgess. Hovey taught 100 semesters at NYU as well as at Julliard,  Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Circo Dell'Arte; he's also performed on stage with Circus Flora, Hunt Bros Circus, Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Electric Circus, Patterson Brothers Circus and Toledo Zoo Wild Animal Show. If you enjoy today's episode please rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Have a great week!   [15:16] Growing up in four states as a "corporate brat" [22:02] Leaving home after high school [33:30] First circus job with Hunt Bros Circus  [38:30] Eloise and her bears and a discussion of animal rights [52:31] Hovey starts teaching at NYU [1:10:10] How to build a circus library [1:13:39] Hovey's time with Circus Flora [1:21:48] Hovey on the State of the Circus

Guest Jessica Hentoff, Artistic Executive Director of Circus Harmony, talks about their collaboration with Circus Flora and shares details on their mission of teaching the circus arts to kids both here and abroad.

On this week's episode, Josh and Lyndsay talk about new developments in the circus industry including a Cambodian circus called Phare Circus, Big Apple Circus's tour route, Hovey Burgess's retirement, Circus Flora's new home, and spend the majority of the episode talking about the health and state of Cirque Du Soleil. They call up business and management guru Brett Derby to help dissect what is going with Cirque and what the plans of their new ownership might ultimately be.

Episode 56 - WTF is going on with Cirque Du Soleil?   On this week's episode, Josh and Lyndsay talk about new developments in the circus industry including a Cambodian circus called Phare Circus, Big Apple Circus's tour route, Hovey Burgess's retirement, Circus Flora's new home, and spend the majority of the episode talking about the health and state of Cirque Du Soleil. They call up business and management guru Brett Derby to help dissect what is going with Cirque and what the plans of their new ownership might ultimately be. If you enjoy today's episode, please rate it on iTunes and share the show with a friend. Have a great week and happy new year!

A finalist for a CAPS Grant in Poetry from the National Endowment of the Arts, Jane is the author of Poems of The Laughing Buddha. You can see and hear her reading four of them on YouTube. Her first chapbook, Dogs in Topanga is, like this one, set in Topanga, where she lives. Commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to write and perform the one-woman play, Reminiscences of Mozart by His Sister, she also performed it at Lincoln Center in New York. Her one-woman play, Miriamâ??s Dance, in verse, about Mosesâ?? sister, was produced in New York and Los Angeles. Her most recent play, A Radical Friendship, a two-hander about Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, has been seen in New York and Los Angeles starring Ed Asner. Janeâ??s first book, the best selling Acting Techniques for Everyday Life: Look and Feel Self-Confident in Difficult Real-Life Situations, is the basis for a USC study showing how effective the techniques are for helping veterans at their job interviews. Its accompanying deck of cards, Perform At Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Social, and Personal Success, won the Gold Axiom Business Book Award. Jane teaches workshops with the techniques in Topanga, at universities and corporations, and coaches privately. Her first one-woman play, Dear Nobody, co-authored with Terry Belanger, was nominated for an Obie, ran for a year Off-Broadway, was produced on CBS, and toured to London and all over the United States. Also in New York she starred in her three-character play Jane Avril. Her one-acts include: Bats in the Belfry, produced at the Spoleto Festival; Cornucopia, winner of The University of St. Thomas One Act Play Competition; and Norman and the Killer, a co-adaptation for PBS. Jane has acted in movies (Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky V, Arachnophobia); on TV (ER, The Heidi Chronicles); on Broadway (Richard III, Morning, Noon and Night); and played The Clown Ringmaster with Circus Flora. For more information go to www.janemarlarobbins.com

JANE MARLA ROBBINS A finalist for a CAPS Grant in Poetry from the National Endowment of the Arts, Jane is the author of Poems of The Laughing Buddha. You can see and hear her reading four of them on YouTube. Her first chapbook, Dogs in Topanga is, like this one, set in Topanga, where she lives. Commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to write and perform the one-woman play, Reminiscences of Mozart by His Sister, she also performed it at Lincoln Center in New York. Her one-woman play, Miriamâ??s Dance, in verse, about Mosesâ?? sister, was produced in New York and Los Angeles. Her most recent play, A Radical Friendship, a two-hander about Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, has been seen in New York and Los Angeles starring Ed Asner. Janeâ??s first book, the best selling Acting Techniques for Everyday Life: Look and Feel Self-Confident in Difficult Real-Life Situations, is the basis for a USC study showing how effective the techniques are for helping veterans at their job interviews. Its accompanying deck of cards, Perform At Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Social, and Personal Success, won the Gold Axiom Business Book Award. Jane teaches workshops with the techniques in Topanga, at universities and corporations, and coaches privately. Her first one-woman play, Dear Nobody, co-authored with Terry Belanger, was nominated for an Obie, ran for a year Off-Broadway, was produced on CBS, and toured to London and all over the United States. Also in New York she starred in her three-character play Jane Avril. Her one-acts include: Bats in the Belfry, produced at the Spoleto Festival; Cornucopia, winner of The University of St. Thomas One Act Play Competition; and Norman and the Killer, a co-adaptation for PBS. Jane has acted in movies (Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky V, Arachnophobia); on TV (ER, The Heidi Chronicles); on Broadway (Richard III, Morning, Noon and Night); and played The Clown Ringmaster with Circus Flora. For more information go to www.janemarlarobbins.com

Happy 2017! On this week's podcast, Josh and Lyndsay sit down for an interview with the renowned juggler and clown Adam Kuchler. They talk about growing up in Wisconsin, joining the road with Ringling, working with Les Sept Doigts, act creation, and virtual reality. Also on this episode, Josh and Lyndsay talk about their successful Kickstarter campaign, Ottavio Gesmundo's new book "The Grand Gypsy," and about the shows they've seen recently. If you enjoy the podcast please share it with your friends and rate us on iTunes. Have a good week! [09:58] Growing up in Wisconsin [13:10] On the road with Circus Smirkus [22:48] Adam's time with Ringling and Barnum & Bailey [43:25] Audition for Les Sept Doigt's 'La Vie' [52:57] Dream job with Circus Flora [57:01] Creating virtual reality circus experiences

Jack Marsh, the artistic director of Circus Flora, joins Josh & Lyndsay by phone. We had a great a time talking with Jack about Circus’s Flora’s current season and what it’s like to collaborate with your parents. If you enjoy the show, please share it with your friends and rate us on iTunes. You can send your questions and guest suggestions to hello@hideawaycircus.com. Thanks!

Jack Marsh, the artistic director of Circus Flora, joins Josh & Lyndsay by phone. We had a great a time talking with Jack about Circus's Flora's current season and what it's like to collaborate with your parents. If you enjoy the show, please share it with your friends and rate us on iTunes. You can send your questions and guest suggestions to hello@hideawaycircus.com. Thanks! Show Notes: • [02:55] - The history of Circus Flora • [06:35] - Jack joins the circus at age one • [09:03] - Running away from the circus to become a lawyer • [12:56] - Circus Flora plays baseball • [19:54] - Writing a circus show with your parent • [23:41] - Communicating your NFP Circus needs public support • [25:21] - Jack's artistic influences People mentioned for further reference: Circus Flora, St. Louis Arches, Circus Harmony, Big Apple Circus, Circus Vargas, Circus Sarasota, Shayna Swanson, Aloft Jack's Recommendations: Book: The Sell Out TV Show: Broad City Show: Universal Circus

Reviews of (1) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (2) ARIADNE ON NAXOS, by Richard Strauss & Hugo von Hofmannsthal, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis , (3) MACBETH, by Giuseppe Verdi, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) PASTIME, by Cecil McKinnon & Jack Marsh, at Circus Flora , (5) BROKEN BONE BATHTUB, by Siobhan O’Loughlin, at That Uppity Theatre Co. & The Drama Club STL, and (6) ATOMIC, by Danny Ginges & Philip Foxman, at New Line Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE, by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, at Stages St. Louis, (2) LA RONDINE, by Giacomo Puccini, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (3) ONE SUMMER ON SECOND STREET, Circus Flora, (4) RICHARD THE LIONHEART, by George Frederic Handel, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (5) THE THREEPENNY OPERA, by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, at New Line Theatre, (6) THE PILLOWMAN, by Martin McDonagh, at Theatre Lab, (7) DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD, by Bert V. Royal, at Stray Dog Theatre., (8) DISNEY’S THE ARISTOCATS, by Michael Bernard, Bryan Louiselle, et al., at Stages St. Louis, (9) IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?, by Mollie J. Ambugey & Will Bonfiglio, at GoodPeople Theatre Co.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE ELIXIR OF LOVE, by Gaetano Donizetti & Felice Romani, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (2) THE PAWN, at Circus Flora, (3) THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG, by Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Baker Sager, & Neil Simon, at Stages St. Louis, (4) OLIVER!, by Lionel Bart, at Insight Theatre Co., (5) HANDS ON A HARDBODY, by Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green, & Doug Wright, at New Line Theatre, and (6) THE RIVER, Elizabeth Heffron, and THIS IS NOWHERE, by Caitlin McCommis, at Tesseract Theatre Co.

Step right up!!! Circus Flora partners with Grace Hill Settlement House to share the circus with children in North Saint Louis. For these children to have a pop-up circus, in their own backyard, is truly a-ma-zing! It creates a sense of pride for all in the community. Joel Emery from Circus Flora and Vicki Taylor of Grace Hill Water Tower Head Start join us explain this unique act of grace.

Step right up!!! Circus Flora partners with Grace Hill Settlement House to share the circus with children in North Saint Louis. For these children to have a pop-up circus, in their own backyard, is truly a-ma-zing! It creates a sense of pride for all in the community. Joel Emery from Circus Flora and Vicki Taylor of Grace Hill Water Tower Head Start join us explain this unique act of grace.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE WIZ, by Charlie Smalls & William F. Brown, at The Black Rep, (2) ALWAYS . . . PATSY CLINE, by Ted Swindley et al., at Stages St. Louis, (3) SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, by John Guare, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) IL TABARRO & PAGLIACCI, by Puccini & Leoncavallo, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (5) CHAPTER TWO, by Neal Simon, at Insight Theatre Co., (6) KING LEAR, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (7) A TRIP TO THE MOON, at Circus Flora, (8) BUKOWSICAL, by Spencer Green & Gary Stockdale, at New Line Theatre, and (9) THE CHERRY SISTERS REVISITED, by Dan O'Brien, at R-S Theatrics.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Dan Kelly of Lion's Paw Theatre after reviewing (1) WICKED, by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, at the Fox Theatre, (2) A GNOME FOR CHRISTMAS, by Sarah Brandt & Stephen James Neale, at the Imaginary Theatre Co., and (3) A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, conceived by Cecil MacKinnon, at Circus Flora and the St. Louis Symphony.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) CLYBOURNE PARK, by Bruce Norris, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Studio Theatre, (2) A RAISIN IN THE SUN, by Lorraine Hansberry, at Unity Theatre Ensemble, (3) MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, by Ron Hutchinson, at Dramatic License Productions, (4) ANNE AND EMMETT, by Janet Langhart Cohen, at the Black Rep, (5) A CELTIC NIGHT CIRCUS: Tir na nOg, at Circus Flora, (6) ANNIE, by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, & Thomas Meehan, at Variety Children's Theatre, (7) IN THE BLOOD, by Suzan-Lori Parks, at at Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis, and (8) CABARET, by John Kander & Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff, at Washington Univ.

1) AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', by Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr., et al., at Stages St. Louis (2) COSI FAN TUTTE, by W. A. Mozart & Lorenzo Da Ponte, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis (3) THE WIZARD, at Circus Flora (4) HIGH FIDELITY, by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, & David Lindsay-Abaire, at New Line Theatre (5) 9 CIRCLES, by Bill Cain, at R-S Theatrics (6) TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, by Graham Greene, adapted by Giles Havergal, at ACT Inc. (7) THE DAMASK CHEEK, by John Van Druten & Lloyd Morris, at ACT Inc.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) A CHORUS LINE, by Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante, at Stages St. Louis, (2) THE IMMIGRANT, by Mark Harelik, at the New Jewish Theatre, (3) PELLEAS AND MELISANDE, by Claude Debussy, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) JUST DESSERTS, by Neil LaBute, at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (5) VAGABOND ADVENTURES, at Circus Flora, (6) KIND SIR, by Norman Krasna, at ACT Inc., (7) THE VISIT, by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, at Stray Dog Theatre, (8) BARE, by Damon Intrabartolo & Jon Hartmere, at New Line Theatre, and (9) BECKY'S NEW CAR, by Steven Dietz, at Insight Theatre Co.