The Featured Cast

Can you do something that would make a sensible person ask, “Why on earth would anyone learn that?” Excellent! You're already speaking our language.

If your talents are unusual, extraordinary, baffling, dangerous, delightful, or otherwise difficult to explain to others, we'd very much like to hear from you. Acrobats, aerialists, musicians, magicians, sideshow artists, specialty acts, human curiosities, and other wonderfully questionable individuals are encouraged to apply.

When introducing yourself, please include a résumé, a teaser video, and a full performance video. Yes, we need the full video. No, we do not want to watch it first. Hook us with the teaser. If you can't persuade us to click, you may have already answered our biggest question.

Most importantly, send everything at once. Don't send a résumé today, a teaser next week, and then make us hunt through the depths of the internet for the full act. Mr. Swindle is a very busy man. While he greatly enjoys mysteries, he prefers them under the Big Top, not in his inbox.