Spring 2025: “The Circus of Second Chances” tours Washington’s Puget Sound! Stay tuned for details

Photos from “The Circus of Second Chances”

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 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 this capricious acrobatic piece as they ask, “What does your heart wish for?”

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

85 minutes without intermission.
Appropriate for all ages

This cathartic and personal show pivots on points in the performers lives which have left them with questions that they are still working to answer. Throughout the show, the audience is invited to participate in this process.

Director: Terry Crane
Artistic Curator: David Taft
Sound and Scenic Design: Max Sarkowsky
Lighting Design: Bryce Bartl-Geller
Costume Design: Elizabeth Klob
Stage Management: Mackenzie Breda