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Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix, featuring more than a dozen dogs, comes to the Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University in Wayne on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The show, part of the University’s WP Presents! series, begins at 2 p.m.
Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix is a comedy act like no other. Peers leads the dogs through challenging and hilarious tricks as he plays the straight man role. A show for the whole family and the dog lover in all of us, the show stars mostly dogs rescued from shelters or pounds, like Daphne, the world’s only skateboarding Basset Hound; Squeaky, the ladder-climbing Fox Terrier; Mr. Pepe, who only responds to commands in Spanish; and Sir Winston, the Pointer mix who only answers to “Sir.”
Since their 1980 debut, the Muttville Comix have appeared with the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, on The Late Show with David Letterman, Primetime Live, and Circus of the Stars, and at Disneyland, Busch Gardens, the Big Apple Circus, the Royal Hanneford Circus, and the White House. The act was named the 2003 Animal Planet Pet Star winner. A Ringling Brothers Clown College graduate, Johnny Peers has been working with dogs since he got his first puppy, Freckles, a Beagle mix, from the Humane Society.
Tickets are $25 for those 13 and older, and $20 for those 12 and under. To purchase tickets, or for additional information, call the Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371 or visit wp-presents.org.
