MYRNA PETLICKI
Mar 10, 2016
You’ll see everything from tightrope walking to skilled work on the trapeze, trampoline, unicycle and teeterboard, plus stilt walking, cycling, juggling and more at Triton Troupers Circus.
You’ll see everything from tightrope walking to skilled work on the trapeze, trampoline, unicycle and teeterboard, plus stilt walking, cycling, juggling and more at Triton Troupers Circus, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, plus 1 p.m. Saturday, March 17-19, in the Collins Center Gymnasium at Triton College, 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove. And there will be lots of clowns.
“There’s an actual class called ‘Circus Arts,'” related director Terry White. Students who take that class perform in the Triton Troupers Circus.
“It’s my 39th year with Triton Circus,” White said. “I started off as a gymnast here in the mid ’70s, then went away to school and came back in ’80. Ever since then I’ve been involved every year.” White has stayed with the circus because of the joy of “seeing people work for years and then accomplish something.”
There will be over 50 performers and more than 25 others helping with offstage duties.
Tickets are $6 cash at the door.
For details, call (708) 456-0300, ext. 3383 or go to tritontrouperscircus.com.
Carbo load before the show
Start your circus adventure on Saturday, March 19 with a Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of West Suburban Cook and Southern DuPage Counties. Breakfast runs from 8 a.m.-noon in Room R-221 of the Collins Center at Triton College, 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove. Breakfast is $4 in advance; $5 at the door. Breakfast/circus packages are $8 in advance; $10 at the door.