Various Public & Private Performing Venues

What Various Public & Private Performing Venues does

Bill Kerwood is an individual interactive entertainer operating as a sole proprietorship based in Delaware (302 area code), serving customers across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. The business delivers live in-person performances through two core offerings: Strolling Comedy & Magic, a close-up interactive entertainment format performed without stages or barriers for corporate events, private functions, college orientations, and community gatherings; and The Magic of Recycling, a comedy variety show designed for K-5 school assemblies that teaches community-specific recycling standards through mnemonics, call-and-response techniques, and impossible magic tricks. The Magic of Recycling was developed approximately 18 years ago in alignment with New Jersey Clean Communities program objectives (litter abatement, storm drain education, recycling) and is tailored to each municipality's recycling guidelines. The underlying "technology" is human performance skill combined with a refined content library; the company has no software products, APIs, AI capabilities, or digital platforms.

Revenue is generated through performance booking fees on a quote-based per-event pricing model, with a flat fee for the first show of the day and discounted rates for additional same-day or multi-day bookings; block bookings receive further discounts and no travel or hidden fees are added. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-customer via phone ((302) 377-5751) and email ([email protected]), with no online booking system, intermediaries, resellers, or marketplace listings. The go-to-market combines sales-led direct outreach for event bookings with top-of-funnel content marketing through a personal WordPress blog, email newsletter subscription, and active social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The primary customer segments are elementary schools (K-5, ideal group size 30-300 students), Clean Communities coordinators and municipal environmental programs, and corporate/private event planners — a narrow vertical and geographic profile with no corporate entity, no funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no management team beyond the founder.

Name

Various Public & Private Performing Venues

Legal name

Bill Kerwood

Website

https://billkerwood.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bill Kerwood is a Delaware-based solo interactive entertainer offering strolling comedy and magic performances and The Magic of Recycling K-5 school assembly program. The business serves elementary schools, municipal Clean Communities programs, and corporate event planners across the Mid-Atlantic US via direct phone and email bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment & Educational Assembly Services

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510), Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries (713)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Circus, Magic & Variety Shows (THAJAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Kids Party Entertainment (Clowns, Magicians, Characters) (HSACACAG), Stand-Up Comedy Shows (MPAGACAA)

Keywords

• Live entertainment services
• Interactive comedy magic
• School assembly programs
• Recycling education shows
• Strolling performer services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Performance Booking Fees: Bill Kerwood charges flat fees for live performance bookings. The Magic of Recycling assembly program is priced with a flat fee for the first show and discounted rates for additional shows. Block bookings and multi-day bookings receive additional discounts. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bill Kerwood delivers live interactive entertainment as a solo performer combining close-up magic, comedy, and audience participation. His two primary offerings are Strolling Comedy & Magic (event entertainment with no stages or barriers) and The Magic of Recycling (a Clean Communities-compliant educational assembly program for K-5 students that teaches community-specific recycling practices through mnemonics, call-and-response, and magic tricks). Performances are fully self-contained, requiring only a theatrical space and audience.

Product overview

Bill Kerwood operates as an 'Ambassador of Possibility' offering interactive entertainment services through two primary products: Strolling Comedy & Magic (live in-person entertainment featuring close-up magic and comedy) and The Magic of Recycling (a comedy-based educational assembly program). These are standalone live performance offerings rather than software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Magic of Recycling A comedy variety show that strategically equips communities to recycle according to local standards. Designed for K-5 school assemblies (ideal group size 30-300 students), combining visually stimulating sets, comedy, audience interaction, mnemonics, call-and-response, accelerated learning techniques, and impossible magic tricks. Clean Communities compliant and tailored to each community's specific recycling standards, addressing litter abatement and storm drain education.
• Strolling Comedy & Magic

Quantifiable outcome

• Students memorize and recite core recycling content in unison at show climax, demonstrating retention
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Clean Communities ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Magic of Recycling program was specifically designed 18 years ago around Clean Communities program objectives. Litter abatement and storm drain education is prominently featured in programs funded through Clean Communities grants with recycling as the optimal path for previously littered items.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Mad Science Group: Franchised K-5 school-assembly science entertainment company. Most direct comparable: same target buyer (school administrators and parents), same direct-booking GTM, same in-person assembly deliverable. Different subject matter (science vs. recycling) and a much larger scale (franchise network).
• Recycled Percussion: Percussion-led interactive entertainment group built around sustainability and recycled materials, with school and corporate shows. Comparable as a similarly themed interactive-educational live-entertainment act that sells to both school and corporate buyers; larger scale and on a recording/performer-band operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Feld Entertainment: Large-scale family live entertainment producer (Disney On Ice, Monster Jam, Sesame Street Live). Comparable as a tour-based live entertainment operator serving family audiences, but operates through arena-scale productions and licensing arrangements rather than a solo K-5 assembly model.
• The Jim Henson Company: Family-entertainment IP and live-show producer (Sesame Street Live, The Muppets, Fraggle Rock). Comparable as a creator of educational live shows for children; operates through licensing and large touring shows rather than the solo assembly GTM.
• Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group: Touring and resident live entertainment company with strong brand IP and direct consumer ticketing. Comparable as a name-recognition live entertainment brand, but operates at venue-scale touring productions versus Bill Kerwood's solo per-event school assembly format.
• Hershey Entertainment & Resorts: Family entertainment operator anchored in central PA. Comparable as Mid-Atlantic family live-entertainment brand reaching a similar geography, but operates theme-park-venue shows rather than traveling assembly bookings.

Others

• Captain Planet Foundation: Environmental-education non-profit funding school-based learning projects. Comparable as a node in the environmental-education funnel that touches K-5 schools and Clean Communities-style grant funding — adjacent enabling organization rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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