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Tickets will be available at the door!
presents
The Gizmo Guys
Saturday,
March 26, 2011
2:00 PM
ONE SHOW ONLY!
at
Penndale Middle School
400 Penn Street, Lansdale, PA
View a printable flyer about this show
Performing as the Gizmo Guys, Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker have amazed and amused audiences around the world. They work in a great variety of venues including theaters, corporate functions of all types, cruise ships ... you name it, they've done it. Sure, they've made numerous television appearances, won international juggling competitions, and taught at top circus schools. But what makes their act so appealing is their uniquely winning combination of dazzling technique and infectious humor. The Gizmo Guys' rapid-fire act exhilarates and inspires sidesplitting laughter in audience members of all ages.
Tickets: $12
Groups of 10 or more: $11
Tickets will be sold at the door the day of the show.
Curtain Time for Kids is a fundraising project of the Lansdale branch of AAUW, in partnership with the North Penn Community Education program. All proceeds go toward college scholarships and educational programs.
- All seats are reserved.
- Orders are filled / mailed in the order that they are received.
- Children age 2 and above must purchase a ticket.
- Sorry, no refunds.
If you have questions or special needs call 215-368-2691 or use our Contact Us page. Include your name, number, and a brief message and someone will get back to you promptly.
More about the Gizmo Guys
Simply put, the Gizmo Guys are a comedy juggling act. But they are much more. Their act includes original routines, quick-witted verbal repartee and world class juggling skills in a very light-hearted approach to the art. Touring worldwide since 1987, the Gizmo Guys have appeared before well over a million people in more than 2500 live performances. They have performed for millions more on television. In addition to touring extensively in the U.S. and Canada, the Gizmo Guys have strutted their stuff in places as diverse as Saudi Arabia and Japan and have taught juggling at the renowned French and Canadian National Circus Schools.
Allan was taught to juggle by his roommate while attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he graduated in 1977.
Shortly thereafter, he co-founded the comedy group Slap Happy (with Brian O'Connor and Tom Keegan) which was twice awarded Best Comedy of the Year by The Boston Globe, played at over 200 colleges and universities, enjoyed a four month run at The Other End in New York City, and made numerous appearances on local and national television.
While not touring with Slap Happy, Allan taught at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College (1978), won the International Jugglers Association’s Team Championship with Fred Garbo (1978), and Solo Championship (1983) and collaborated as technical consultant on The Complete Juggler, written by Dave Finnigan and published in 1987 by Vintage books.
Allan currently lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
Barrett learned the art of juggling at the age of 15, from his cousin. After completing his studies at the University of Arizona, he moved to Boulder, Colorado where he collaborated with Peter Davison and Kezia Tenenbaum and in 1980 won the International Jugglers Association’s Team Championship.
Later that year he launched a solo career by taking an eight week contract with The Harlem Globetrotters that was extended time and again. Three years, five continents and thirty countries later, he settled in Europe where he worked his solo act in circuses and variety theaters for two more years and learned to speak Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
In 1985 Barrett teamed up with Jim Strinka to form The Dynamotion Jugglers, a duo that appeared with New York City’s Big Apple Circus, Germany's Circus Krone and on television variety shows in Europe and South America.
Barrett currently lives in New York City.
View some references for the Gizmo Guys (PDF)
In 1992 Lansdale AAUW launched Curtain Time for Kids (CTK) with the dual goals of bringing quality children’s music and theater to area families while raising funds for AAUW’s many scholarship programs. Visiting artists have included Tom Chapin, Fred Garbo & Company, the Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Trout Fishing in America, the musically talented Dutton Family, Rick Hubbard, and his All Kid Kazoo Band (the audience!), Theatre Works’ production of The Jungle Book, The Potato People from Canada, and Parents’ award winning Red Grammer, along with sign language artist David Parker, Kathy & Marcy, the Magic of Lyn and more. Our performance is co-sponsored by the North Penn School District Community Education Office.
Curtain Time for Kids has been an overwhelming success. Our audiences tell us time and again how much they enjoy the shows and appreciate what we are doing. Each season, they “vote with their feet” coming back to fill the auditorium. The numbers speak for themselves as we consistently sell between 800 to 1,200 tickets for each performance, occasionally selling out all 1,700 seats.
Curtain Time for Kids has enabled Lansdale AAUW to award over $40,000 in scholarships to area college students and graduate and post-graduate scholars on the national and international level. When North Penn area families attend a Curtain Time show they know they will be entertained and enriched by the experience while at the same time they will help support a greater good through our scholarship programs. Our efforts have now come full circle as children from our earliest audiences are now attending college with the help of Curtain Time scholarships.
