Circus Springboard 2026: Broken Open Cast

Savanah Boots has been performing for over 15 years. She started as a dancer but quickly moved into the circus world and became an aerialist. During her time as a circus artist she has performed with many companies such as Caroline Calouche & Co, Charlotte Cirque and Dance Center, and Legacy Theater and Music Company. She will soon graduate from the New England Center for Circus Arts(NECCA). While there she learned many things, but focused primarily on swinging and dance trapeze. @Swinging.through.the.sky

Edie Pryll is a contortionist and Chinese pole artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. After discovering the merging of raw athleticism and powerful displays of art that is inherently circus, she decided to attend NECCA’s ProTrack Program. Here, she expanded her knowledge of contortion, found her second true love in Chinese pole, and met seven other wildly imaginative people that became her graduating class and best friends. You can find her on all socials at @pryllediecircus.

Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Elliot McGary-Walters discovered circus arts in 2019. While training on a variety of apparatus, they quickly fell in love with aerial rope. In 2023, they moved to Brattleboro, Vermont to attend NECCA ProTrack, and began training tightwire and bottle walking. Their work combines the glamorous and the graceful with the wild and gross, technical excellence with dramatic expression. Find them @mcgelliot on instagram.

Francesca Bonfiglio started circus and dance in 2016 at age 11 as a rambunctious child with energy to spare. Performing professionally since 2018 in venues from breweries to theaters. Her talents range across disciplines from Tippy Lyra to Tight Wire to Bottle Walking and include cooking! Francesca loves bringing bright and creative characters to the stage and is always ready to put her energy into something new and creative. Find her on instagram @f_bonfiglio21!

Alejandra Alcántara is a Peruvian circus artist specializing in aerial hoop, partner, and group acrobatics. Her work combines circus technique, and expressive storytelling, creating beautiful, moving, and visually striking performances. With over a decade of circus training, she thrives in solo, duo, and ensemble pieces, and, as she graduates from NECCA, she is excited to bring her artistry and experience to all new projects ahead. @alejandrachincaro on Instagram

Cal Wicker hails from the sprawling city of Des Moines Iowa. They started out as a competitive gymnast at six. When their gym shut down unexpectedly, they quickly found circus as an outlet. At 15, Cal and their parents moved to Vermont where they joined NECCAs youth troupe and eventually NECCAs protrack program. Now, at 20 they hope to stray from conformity and pave their own way in the world of circus.

Elena Meyer Reimer grew up a crafty and inventive child who hated organized sports. Nothing could compare to the joys of building boats from discarded box springs, making custom hats, and generally romping around until Elena found circus in 2016. Circus has allowed them to combine their smorgasbord of talents into one arena. Working with their hands, exploring physical linguistic parameters, creating in community, taking images from ideation to reality...Elena loves all of it.

Syd Wes is a soon to be graduating ProTrack student at NECCA, where they discovered their immense love for Chinese pole and, later, acro staff. Storytelling is at the heart of everything they create, both within circus and outside of it, and he hopes to share his stories around the world! You can find him at sydwes.com or @windborne05 on Instagram!

Marisol Rosa-Shapiro is an NYC and Philadelphia-based director, performer, writer, educator, and deviser of original works of theater for people of all ages. Her artmaking practice centers play and community building, through the creation of embodied, liberatory spaces and forms. Recent collaborations and affiliations: The New School (NYC), New Victory Theater (NYC), NY Philharmonic (NYC), coLAB Arts (New Brunswick), Philadelphia Theatre Company, Target Margin Theatre (Brooklyn), Cannonball Festival (Philadelphia), Clowns Without Borders USA. @marisolmakes; www.marisolmakes.com