Run Away and Join the Circus (School)

The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is the regional center of contemporary circus arts. Students from far and wide come to this transformed Germantown warehouse to learn aerials (such as trapeze), juggling, unicycling, tightwire, tumbling and physical conditioning. This profile discusses the history of the school as well as what keeps attracting and keeping students of all ages. In September of 2010, Jim Bear interviewed students Kate O’Neil and Shay-Lynn Myers and Managing Director Robin Marcotte. Jim Bear is the founder and station manager of G-town Radio. He was previously active in West Philly internet station Radio Volta. Jim and wife Maura have lived in Germantown since 1997. He can be regularly found working in the yard, visiting the Maplewood Mall (home of G-town Radio) or running in Valley Green Park.