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Mark Nizer – The Bad Boy of Juggling Named “comedy entertainer of the year,” Mark Nizer merges juggling, light and technology using everything from ping pong balls to bowling balls, from an electric carving knife to toilet paper. It all started with a juggling class Mark’s mother signed him up for in 1973. Since then, juggling has been his only "real job" and he continues to learn and invent new juggling tricks and juggling technologies. His performances have included the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Arsenio Hall, Carolines Comedy Hour and Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. Mark won first place in the 1990 International juggling championships and won comedian of the year at the 1994 APCA convention. "Juggling has helped me learn patience and control." said Nizer, " I juggle almost every prop with the exception of shaker cups."
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Transactors Improv Company “Ad-libbed lunacy” by the Triangle’s champions of improvisational theater. The troop builds musical and sketch comedy from whatever is on the minds of audience members, whether George Bush or the cafeteria line. Imagine a fantastical journey through time, historic events colored by your imagination and whim; or a musical with songs, characters and script composed on-the-spot with your input. The Transactors Improv Company was formed in 1983 at The ArtSchool in Carrboro, North Carolina. Utilizing music, dance, storytelling and their skills as actors, the Trasactors have spent 18 year honing their craft. Their unique hybrid style of improv has earned them a national reputation with appearances from Montreal to Austin and performances on National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Company. |
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Actors Comedy Lab Actor’s Comedy lab presents Shel Silverstein's "Shel's Shorts" including "No Dogs Allowed","No Skronking”, "All Cotton", and "Do Not Feed the Animal." Actors Comedy Lab was founded in 1998 - a vagabond theatre troupe dedicated to the art and craft of performing comedy. Founders Jack and Bunny Safron, and Rod and Nancy Rich are theatre veterans with experience both on and off stage. Their first production was Neil Simon's "Fools", which played to full houses in July 1998. They've never looked back! |
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Stillwater Theatre Company Meredith College’s new resident theatre company presents "Ledge, Ledger, and the Legend" by Paul Elliot. The fast-paced comedy Ledge, Ledger, and the Legend begins dramatically when Peter crawls onto a ledge with the intention of ending it all. The plot twists quickly however when J.M. joins him to offer advice, for a nominal fee, on how to go out in style. J.M., an “end of” life coach leads Peter through all the important elements of a successful departure. When a representative of “Drop Out” arrives on the scene, equilibrium shifts and the balance of all is tested in this side-splitting farce.
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