This master class, from one of the U.S.’s most successful juggling acts, will help you in your pursuit of making a living as a performer. It begins with a discussion of “How to Get Good,” with tips and suggestions for making the most of your passion and abilities. Then comes “Creating Your Show,” with an emphasis on doing the work to create a product that will connect with your audience. “Marketing Your Show” is full of advice that will enable you to do a better job selling what you do, and where and how to focus those efforts. Finally, “Being a Performer” looks at what life can and does looks like if you choose this route, and offers real-life suggestions about how to stay successful, in-demand, and sane during the incredible life of a juggler/performer. You will earn your money back from the cost of this class with what you learn in the first 5 minutes. And the rest is gravy! In addition to the class, Jon & Owen will conduct a Live Zoom Question & Answer session on July 19th, 2021 at 11am EDT/8am PDT.
Length: 2h 7m 41s
About The Instructor
The Passing Zone
The Passing Zone is one of the most successful and sought-after comedy acts working today. This is their story.
Owen Morse and Jon Wee met in 1986 at a juggling convention and instantly knew they were destined to be a team. Two weeks after their first performance together they won the Silver Medal at the International Jugglers’ Association Teams Competition. The next year they won the Gold. That recognition earned an invitation to appear at the renowned Comedy and Magic Club in Los Angeles, where on their first night they were approached by the “Tonight Show” talent scout and booked for their first national television appearance in September 1990. Johnny Carson enjoyed them so much they were asked back less than a year later. Their first feature film followed, The Addams Family Movie, where Jon and Owen doubled for Gomez (Raul Julia) and Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) in the climactic Mamushka dagger-passing scene. They also appeared in the award-winning comedy documentary, The Aristocrats.
Jon and Owen are known as much for their comedy as their juggling skills. They were featured twice on the gala stage at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and have opened for comedians Jay Leno, George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Bob Hope, and Penn & Teller. Television appearances have included “Comic Strip Live,” “CNN’s Road Warriors,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “An Evening at The Improv,” “MADtv,” Penn & Teller’s “Sin City Spectacular,” “Steve Harvey’s Big Time,” and regular returns to NBC’s “Today.” And they were commentators on ESPN for their coverage of the World Juggling Federation competitions, and the Moxie Games at SkillCon.
The Passing Zone has been awarded five Guinness World Records and 18 Gold Medals from the International Jugglers’ Association. They were presented with that organization’s Award of Excellence, for “excellence in the art of juggling through professional performance,” which is the most prestigious award in juggling (essentially the Juggling Hall of Fame). In addition, they have been inducted into the National Speaker’s Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame.