Marcus Monroe

Marcus Monroe is taking a strong lead in the new generation of variety performers. Internationally, Marcus has brought his unique brand of humor, wit and specialty juggling to venues as varied and exciting as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Brighton Fringe Festival in England, Cirkus Cirkor in Sweden, and the Shoebox Tour in Canada and cities throughout the world including Amsterdam, Madrid, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Seville. He recently performed an astounding 150 shows in China at the Venetian in Macau. In addition, Marcus has become one of the strongest headlining acts on Princess, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. In the U.S. he has entertained at sold-out performances in major locations from coast to coast, as well as universities across the nation. Marcus also has several national tours under his belt performing solo and with some of the world's best specialty acts and alternative comedians. Broadway's Lucie Arnaz produced a limited engagement of Marcus's one man show Off-Broadway at the 47th Street Theater in New York City. His technically difficult juggling routines combined with his electric on-stage presence inspired the New York Press to dub Marcus "the rock star of jugglers!" making him a much sought-after act for many of today's hottest music acts. A few of the acts Marcus has shared the stage with include Aimee Mann, CAKE, Talib Kwali, Hanson, and Gavin DeGraw. CAKE recounted their experience with Marcus on their official website: "What was most memorable to us this evening was the performance from juggler Marcus Monroe!" Marcus's screen debut came almost a decade ago under Academy Award-winning director James Marsh (Man on Wire) who cast Marcus as co-star of Wisconsin Death Trip with Sir Ian Holm (Lord of the Rings). Since then, Marcus has appeared on dozens of national TV shows and has already been seen by millions, including a performance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Other TV appearances include: MTV's TRL, ABC Family's Switched!, Discovery Kid's Mad Science The History Chanel's Pawn Stars, MTVu's Dean List, and CBS's Secret Talents of the Stars. Marcus also appeared as the juggling consultant in the Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) movie It's Kind of a Funny Story. His name and image has appeared all over the U.S. on billboards, print ads, and viral internet campaigns as the feature of Eastport Backpack's "Back to School" campaign and for Apple's new MacBookPro and iPad campaigns.