Rob Mermin

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Rob Mermin is the founder of the award-winning international touring youth circus Circus Smirkus.

Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969. He clowned with various European circuses including England's Circus Hoffman, Sweden's Cirkus Scott, Denmark's Circus Benneweis in the Circus Building by the Tivoli, the Hungarian Magyar State Cirkusz, and circus palaces throughout the former Soviet Union. Formal training includes mime with masters Marcel Marceau and Etienne Decroux, and a degree in Drama and Literature from Lake Forest College. He is former Dean of Clown College for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and President of Blackfriar’s Summer Theater. In 1987 Rob founded Circus Smirkus. Rob’s awards include Copenhagen’s World Star-Time Gold Clown; The Bessie Award; Russia’s Best Director Prize at The International Festival on the Black sea; It Takes A Village Award; and the Vermont Arts Council Award of Merit.

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