About Circus Minimus: The One-Man Circus in-a-Suitcase

The One-Man Circus in-a-Suitcase gives everyone an opportunity to participate in an enthralling, whimsical celebration of the imagination. This show has been performed over 500 times around the globe, for family theater audiences and school assemblies alike. From Kevin O’Keefe’s suitcase an entire circus emerges: tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster Steve Fitzpatrick, the officious Mervin Merkle, the incredible Bumbilini Family, the Magician to the Stars Clyde Zerbini, and Keefer – an innocent trying to run away and join the circus. However, the most important performers emerge from the audience. Each performance becomes a dialogue between the characters and the audience – a light-hearted collaboration.

KOA Theater

Kailua Onstage Arts (KOA) is an eclectic collective of audacious artists, single-minded in our dedication to tell tales that give voice to the voiceless and explore the commonalities of human experience which unite us.

Marrying a DIY aesthetic with lofty artistic ambitions, KOA is raw, welcoming, and unabashedly itself. Since our inception in 2018, nearly 4,000 patrons have discovered our punk rock productions for serious performers and in-the-know theatre-goers.