About BEAKMAN LIVE!
Based on the Emmy winning children’s science educational TV show Beakman’s World, BEAKMAN LIVE! features Paul Zaloom as the eccentric, wacky scientist Beakman, who amazes his fellow humans with a series of death defying and belief suspending demonstrations of intriguing scientific principles!
BEAKMAN LIVE! is a family friendly live stage show that is based on creator Jok Church’s question-answering scientist Beakman from the syndicated column U Can with Beakman and Jax and TV’s long running Beakman’s World. Zaloom as Beakman performs a series of wacky science demos with plenty of audience participation, real educational content, and the trademark goofy Beakman humor.
See Beakman forced to lie on a bed of needle sharp nails! Watch Beakman make a flying bat materialize in thin air! Marvel as Beakman breaks the sound barrier in front of your very eyes! Ruminate the ramifications as Beakman makes a roll of toilet paper soar above the stage!
Plus Beakman demonstrates sublimation, persistence of vision, peristaltic waves, the center of gravity, air pressure, and some very cool optical illusions.
A complete study guide is available in PDF form for educators and presenters who wish to connect their curriculum to this live show.
Who is Paul Zaloom?
Paul Zaloom is a puppeteer, performance artist, filmmaker, and political satirist who has created solo puppet shows, art installations, and films, all for adults.
Zaloom has performed on ten tours to Europe and in at least 40 of the states, including shows at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut.
Zaloom has been awarded four Citations of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry by the Union Internationale de la Marrionnette (UNIMA-USA), a Village Voice Obie Award, an American Theater Wing Design Award, and a New York Dance and Performance Award, a.k.a., the Bessie.
He’s been given a Guggenheim Fellowship, four National Endowment for the Arts grants, and other financial support from the Jim Henson Foundation, the New York State Council for the Arts, the Durfee Foundation, the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York Foundation for the Arts, Art Matters, Inc., and others.
“As Beakman, Mr. Zaloom practices a decidedly cool brand of science.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Fact: 90% of the scientists who ever lived are alive today. Fact: the lively host of Beakman’s World may be funnier and more informative than any of them.”
THE — WASHINGTON POST
“The irreverent Beakman can satisfy nearly anyone’s curiosity with an answer that is always right on, and can be wry, energetic, sarcastic, engaging, funny, and loud.”
— THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
