Variety Acts
Flying Karamazov Brothers
The Flying Karamazov Brothers are a continuing experiment in comedy, theatre, music and, of course, juggling. From the beginning, it has been their intention to blend the worlds of performance art, improvisation, word play, harmony, emotion and above all virtuosity into a unique form of theatre and entertainment. Comedy is their bread and butter and they layer it on so that children of 2 or 92 will laugh at the same moment for very different reasons. Each of the Brothers brings his area of expertise to our enterprise. Mark Ettinger (Alexei) is our resident musician, composer and conductor. Rod Kimball (Pavel) is our master juggler. Paul Magid (Dmitri) is our writer, director, and founder. Nick Flint (Maximov) is our media savant. Stephen Bent (Zossima) is exceptionally tall. We play at the edge of our ability but to a purpose. Our main contention is that errors make us human but by working together we approach the divine. For us juggling is dropping. We continue to grow and learn. Our intention is expand the horizons of comedy and entertainment. Our next shows will explore the idea of what a live audience is as we continue to find new ways to astonish by air, by laugh and by scene.