The Flying Karamazov Brothers

The Flying Karamazov Brothers (FKB) are a juggling and comedy troupe who have been performing since 1973. They learned their trade performing as street artists in Santa Cruz, California. They began by busking, but have gone on to perform internationally, including on Broadway stages. The "brothers" take their act's name from the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel The Brothers Karamazov, and draw parallels between themselves and the characters of the novel. Though they refer to themselves onstage as "brothers", none of them are actually blood relatives. The troupe is led by co-founder Paul David Magid (Dmitri), who is also its Director and Producer. 2Members The current members of the troupe are: Paul David Magid (Dmitri; co-founder; also the Director and Producer) Stephen O’Bent (Zossima) Mark Ettinger (Alexei) Roderick Kimball (Pavel) Andy Sapora (Nikita) Steven Horstmann (Vanka) Michael Karas (Kara) Harry Levine (Kuzma) The troupe originally consisted of two members; "Ivan" (Howard Jay Patterson) and "Dmitri" (Paul David Magid). "Alyosha" (Randy Nelson) joined some time after 1975. One-time FKB crew member Timothy Daniel Furst soon joined the other three onstage and took the name "Fyodor". The line-up remained intact for several years until Nelson took a leave of absence for family reason