GALA SHOW

For our 5th annual show celebrating the return of Game of Throws, we have again assembled an incredible cast of performers--acknowledged experts with their respective props. Scroll down for each performer's photo, bio, and YouTube links.  Click on each performer's image for their Instagram account.  

Bri Crabtree (Host):  At 30 years old, Bri decided to change career paths, leave her lab job, and pursue her passion of making people laugh. Captivated by magic as a child, and spending her teenage years learning to juggle and unicycle, Bri fully believes in living a life of creation, play, and joy. She brings this essence to every event and show.

Spencer Androli:  Spencer Androli is a 8x world record holding juggler and has won the World Juggling Federation Overall Championship 3 times. Over this past year he has been pursuing life as a performer and circus artist.  He went on tour with Flynn Creek Circus over the summer, and just completed his second tour with them one week ago. This is his first time at Game of Throws and is super happy to be here.

Fernanda Sumano:  Fer Sumano is a hoop juggler from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She was the gold medalist at the very first IJA Regional Competition (IRC) in Mexico in 2011. She mixes traditional hula hooping with old school hoop juggling and rolling.


Taylor Glenn:  Taylor is a former professional film editor turned accidental professional juggler.  She is mostly known for her YouTube channel Taylor Tries, where she shares high-quality tutorials, vlogs, and reviews.  When she’s not juggling, Taylor can be found exploring other hyper-fixations such as knitting, superman, janky woodworking, and over-analyzing small parts of the human existence. 

She strives to be the best dropper in the world. 

Daniela Paličková :  Dani learned to juggle when she was around 10. Since then her motivation has not always been constant but the underlying love for juggling and joy of learning remain.

Christian Kloc:  Christian Kloc learned to juggle in the early nineties after a fateful trip to see the Flying Karamazov Brothers. His unshakeable affinity for juggling has brought him to stages as renowned as the Metropolitan Opera House and as campy as Atomic Doll's Stay-Inside Show. When he's not performing or teaching juggling, he works as a chef instructor at Food Lab, a recreational cooking school in Boulder, Colorado.

Mark Wilder:  Mark Wilder is a master of mediocrity. His average juggling is only matched by his unremarkable unicycling. But when these skills are combined and set to an 80's soundtrack, they go together like a mustache and a mullet. Wilder has been featured on The Ellen Show, The Gong Show, and ESPN's SportsCenter. Come for the juggling... stay for the jiggling.



Rhys Thomas:  Rhys Thomas has performed as “JuggleMania” over three decades of adventure. He’s hired machine gunners to visit 4,000 year old paintings of jugglers in Egypt, competed in the Street Performer World Cup in Japan, Served as Artist in Residence at The Smithsonian Institution, opened for Weird Al Yankovich and Weird Al Gore, etc. etc. Juggling has taken him from rural Oregon to 34 countries on 5 continents. Most importantly, juggling has populated his life with creative and witty friends like those who throw this festival.

Eric Sipos:  Eric Sipos is a Chicago juggler and fire performer. They coach at Aloft Circus Arts and enjoy riding electric unicycles. Eric handcrafts their juggling balls in a grand plan to distribute them to the entire  universe. You will find Eric practicing messes, weaves, and spinning styles within his juggling. 

Lisa Komatsubara:  Born and raised in New Zealand, Lisa Komatsubara is a multi-award winning performer with over 17 years of juggling experience. She has travelled all around the world throughout her career, from New Zealand, to Hollywood and Las Vegas, she has spent many years performing, teaching, and learning different juggling styles and techniques throughout her travels. She competed in the IJA’s International Regional Competition back in 2020, and became the Oceania champion. Lisa is known for delivering high energy performances with attention to detail in musical timing to perfectly execute her skills.

Matt Hall:  Matt Hall began his juggling habit at the tender age of 27, after he purchased Charlie Dancey's Encyclopaedia of Ball Juggling and vowed to learn every trick in the book. He has performed, taught workshops, and emceed all over the U.S., as well as in Scotland, England, Australia, Israel, Canada, The Netherlands, Mexico, Germany, New Zealand and Denmark. Matt has been a high school teacher of Japanese for 24 years, and is enjoying his 4th year as a Japanese teacher at Gunn High School.