Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Skills that Thrill

For physical comedian and circus performer Brent McCoy, it was a no-brainer to call his act The Real McCoy Show. Good thing he has the confidence and ability to back up that name. Growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, McCoy developed an affinity for juggling and entertaining. Cutting his teeth as a teacher at Circus Smirkus, he went on to earn a degree in painting, but eventually returned to his first passion. He engages the audience dressed as a construction worker and is equally as comfortable juggling parking cones as he is knives and flaming sticks.