Mark Nizer to Hit the Stage Juggling

Media Contact:

Kristen Gleason
Director of Marketing
The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434.979.1922 ext. 103
kristen@theparamount.net

For Immediate Release

April 7, 2006

International juggling champion Mark Nizer changes the way people view the world, as the improbable becomes probable. One of the world's foremost practitioners of the art, Nizer will take over the stage for a performance filled with surprises at The Paramount Theater on Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 pm.

Mark Nizer has been thrilling audiences for more than twenty years -- thanks to his mom, who enrolled him in a juggling class at age thirteen. Combining original comedy, world class juggling, movement, music, and technology, his performance is truly unique. Whether he's throwing five ping pong balls twenty feet in the air using only his mouth, juggling laser beams at 1000 rpms, or even tackling a burning propane tank, a running electric carving knife and a 16-pound bowling ball all at the same time, Nizer is without a doubt "the juggler your mother warned you about." Or if she didn't, she should have.

Nizer's exploits have landed him on MTV, HBO's Just for Laughs, The Arsenio Hall Show, Bob Hope and Other Young Comedians, Comic Strip Live and LA Law. He has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, George Burns, John Byner, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Ray Charles, and Barry Manilow. Called "the hottest juggler on the entertainment market" by Entertainment Magazine, Nizer has performed everywhere from The Comedy Store and Walt Disney World to The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center.

Tickets for the April 22 performance at The Paramount are $22, $19, and $16. Youth/Child prices of $19, $16, and $13 are available for those 18 and younger. Tickets are available online or by calling The Paramount's Box Office at 434.979.1333. For more information about Mark Nizer, please visit www.juggler.com.