When the Music Stops

The first in this circus saga depicts the life of young circus daredevil Nick, born and raised in the circus by Polish acrobat and human cannonball Krzysztof Piotrowski, and American showgirl turned aerialist Jeni Messina, who ran away from her life as a Yale college student to join the circus. As Nick celebrates his sixteenth birthday, the family gets closer to leaving the circus to fulfill Jeni's promise that they would leave once Nick became of college age. But, Nick who only knows the circus, has eyes for Bulgarian teeter board acrobat Magdalena Kovaczevi. As he sets off to spot his parents' aerial act, he can't stop thinking about Magdalena and the clandestine meeting she proposed behind the wardrobe boxes near Clown Alley. Find out how this single event will impact Nick's life forever.