Circus Smirkus

Circus Smirkus
Circus Smirkus
Origin
Circus nameCircus Smirkus Big Top Tour
CountryUnited States
Founder(s)Rob Mermin
Year founded1987
Information
DirectorExecutive Director: Rachel Schiffer Big Top Tour Show Director: Julie Jenkins and Josh Shack
Traveling show?Yes
Circus tent?Yes
Winter quartersGreensboro, Vermont, United States
Websitewww.smirkus.org

Circus Smirkus is a non-profit,[1] award-winning, international youth circus founded in 1987 by Rob Mermin. Based in Greensboro, Vermont, the mission of Circus Smirkus is to promote the skills, culture and traditions of the traveling circus and to inspire youth to engage in the circus arts.[2]

  1. ^ Circus Smirkus' non-profit incorporated as The Circus Barn, Inc. according to GuideStar.org, a name also used in Circus Smirkus materials[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "About Us - Circus Smirkus". Circus Smirkus. Retrieved 2018-03-30.