The Circus of Second Chances

June 28 - 30, 2024. Please select your date from the upper left drop down menu.

On a relentless quest for wonder, three veteran acrobats let their imaginations run wild to fulfill  secret longings. Fluent in the language of circus, Acrobatic Conundrum’s principal performers melt the fourth wall to reveal their fatal flaws and journeys to redemption. The audience plays a vital part in The Circus of Second Chances, in which ropes are dancescapes, trapezes are windows to the soul, and spinning hoops are portals to infinite possibility. In our homes we are out at sea, on our living room couch we find ourselves on an epic odyssey; so much rests upon the fate of a dozen lemons.

Leveraging their long running friendships with each other, Emma Curtiss, Melissa Knowles, and Terry Crane put all their talents and quirky craftiness into this dada circus romp. They climb, cavort, invert, revert, and subvert in a capricious acrobatic tale for the ages.

Featuring ropes, trapezes, Cyr wheel, equilibrism, handbalancing, and clown.

75 minutes with no intermission. Appropriate for ages 4+. Show includes discussion of smoking, mention of family members' deaths, and emotional and physical recovery.

Performers: Emma Curtiss, Melissa Knowles, and Terry Crane; 

Broadway Performance Hall