DAN (aka Sadye Osterloh) is a world renowned Vegas heart-throb. The Fabio of magic. The pudding on the pan. His hair whispers sweet nothings as it dances in the subtle wind. It floweth like a fondue fountain. He will be joined onstage by his real live actual son – Danny Junior II (aka Matthew Poki McCorkle). Danny Junior II recently graduated from magic school. We’re so proud! Together, Dan and Danny’s REAL LIVE ACTUAL MAGIC (TM) is sure to knock your socks off and comfortably put them back on again.

Heidi is a talented stilt walker and aerialist always pushing the boundaries of her performance art. In addition to being in this year’s Halloween show, she is also one of the producers for the Beastly Frightful Spooky Circus of Dooooom every year! She has been producing and performing at the Bellingham Circus Guild for over a decade, and is excited to be a part of this year’s Halloween show, both on stage and off.

For Jules, juggling is his art, hobby, and work. He performs his frenetic solo show hundreds of times a year at festivals and events around the Northwest. An integral part of the Bellingham Circus community for the past 15 years, he has performed with the Juggling Jollies, Dream Science Circus, The Mud Bay Jugglers, and has been featured on the Bellingham Circus Guild stage dozens of times.

Junru started touring as a solo hand-balancer with Cirque Du Soleil’s Dralion at the age of 9. After 5 years with Cirque du Soleil, Junru went on to win China’s Got Talent season 4, and the same year she created a Guinness World Record for hand balancing which she still holds. In 2016, Junru moved to California, U.S. to pursue a Film & TV Production degree at University of Southern California. When she graduated, Junru joined The 7 Finger’s and has been performing around the world with companies like Palazzo in East Europe, Troupe Vertigo, and Shoestring Circus.

Colin is a crafty clown with the flair of an escape artist. He transports you to the mercurial reaches of your imagination. Raised in the heart of the midwest, he dreamed of a life on-stage. After studying at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, he spent the next fifteen years traveling with the circus. He is a founding ensemble member of Hypothetical Circus and Artistic Director at Haus of Wire, a physical theatre venue and training space in Oakland, California. You can follow along @donkyprince on Instagram.

Also known as “Stinky Lil’ Ratman,” Amica (they/them) is basically just a creaking calcium scaffolding wrapped in wet pulsing blood tubes and layers of raw meat, all dipped in skin coating and rolled in hair, like some sort of effed up, sentient, caramel apple! You might recognize them as the worm and the mutant mermaid from last year’s show. Amica is a touring performer who dropped out of college to go to clown school, and has been creating and touring original full length shows for the last dozen years. They live in Mount Vernon with their spouse and three pet rats.

As the co-founder of A Little Bit Off, a theatrical circus entertainment company, David is passionate about providing the highest quality of entertainment. A Little Bit Off merges circus, clown, and theatre seamlessly to create playgrounds of the imagination. His goal as an artist is to connect with people, to give them emotionally impactful experiences, and have them come away from his performances affected, and changed. He loves performing in theaters, at festivals, on the street, and even at parties.

Leah Jones is a ballet trained aerial straps artist who has been training, teaching and performing straps for the past twelve years. She received her training under the tutelage of Cirque du Soleil straps coach Chloe Farah and has performed with companies such as Quixotic Fusion, Stufish Asia, Acrobatic Conundrum and Teatro Zinzanni. Leah’s fixation is technical precision, and her favorite experiences with straps have been ones that have required her to push her focus, work ethic and creative problem solving skills to their limits.

Eric James (he/they) is a local multidisciplinary artist with wide-ranging skills in juggling, acrobatic dance, clown, visual arts, and youth circus instruction. Featured regularly in Bellingham Circus Guild productions, they have toured three seasons with the Shoestring Circus, internationally as half of comedy duo Figmentally, on the water for two seasons with Flotsam River Circus, and have appeared in Seattle’s famed Moisture Festival. They served 15 years as a lead instructor and director of Circo Latino Circus Institute of New Mexico, and contribute to the Bellingham arts scene as a Lookout Arts Quarry board member and lead producer of the local mainstay Sh’BANG arts + music + circus festival.

Space Oddity is a Seattle based eclectic arts organization that highlights quirky and enigmatic performance art within opulent spaces. Space Oddity’s work is known to invoke creation, connection, and freedom of expression. They are the creators of Ambrosia and have offered vignettes at the Olympic Sculpture Garden, Shambhala Music Festival, Panacea Festival, Imagine Festival, and more.

Emily has been practicing aerial circus arts since 2015, specializing in aerial silks but has experience on rope, straps, and sling. She joined the Bellingham Circus Guild in 2021 and is truly grateful to part of this special community. As a coach at the Bellingham Circus Guild, Emily works with students to master basic aerial silks or sling skills and gain a thorough understanding of fabric theory. This is her second Halloween show at the Bellingham Circus Guild.

Wren is a full time juggler making all sorts of appearances at festivals and shows around the PNW. This will be Wren’s 8th appearance in the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Beastly Frightful Unspeakably Spooky Circus of Dooooom. He’s been a juggling monk, butcher, ghostbuster, space pirate, trash pirate, hillbilly, and haunted photograph. The Halloween show is one of his favorites and he’s excited to be back at it this year!

Luke Gavin is currently finishing his Bachelors in Music Education at Western Washington University and is an active part of the music scene in Bellingham. In addition to playing standard rep with his quartet he also enjoys playing new works by student composers. Besides school he works as a coach for the North Sound Youth Symphony and maintains a small studio teaching piano and viola. He performs regularly with the Portobello String Quartet, Western Symphony Orchestra, and is looking forward to performing outside of the Classical realm.

Sam is a lifelong dancer who is always looking for opportunities to wiggle and play. They grew up studying primarily ballet, spending summers at Carolina Ballet and BalletMet. They are currently in their third year of dancing with Bellingham Repertory Dance, and recently got to train with AXIS Dance in Berkeley. In the past two years they’ve become more involved in the circus community through training on aerial straps and lyra at the Bellingham Circus Guild, and are truly just so happy to be here!

Laura has been performing for over 15 years. It has been 3 years since she has made a new act on her primary apparatus, silk. Since it has been so long she asked for a little community support. She feels so honored to be sharing the stage with some of her favorite people. Mostly, though she is excited to be included in such an incredible group of humans making people smile during this challenging time.

Laura has been performing for over 15 years. It has been 3 years since she has made a new act on her primary apparatus, silk. Since it has been so long she asked for a little community support. She feels so honored to be sharing the stage with some of her favorite people. Mostly, though she is excited to be included in such an incredible group of humans making people smile during this challenging time.