Robert Post at Deertrees August 7, 2010 8 PM. $20

I like him because he's insane...completely insane.

Matt Lauer, TODAY Show

Two major influences sparked Post's child­hood desire to go into show business: the sight of his Italian grandmother, Assunta DiMenna, spontaneously dancing and singing at any family occasion (including funerals), and the classic vaudeville, jug­gling and specialty acts featured on the Ed Sullivan show. In 1978, in an obsessive quest to find a teacher who could help him blend his love of character work with the magical techniques of the movement arts, Post traveled to the woods of Maine to take a workshop with the visionary theatre artist, Tony Montanaro. This began the founda­tion of Post's unique creative style and his longtime artistic collaboration with Tony.