Jeff Civillico

Jeff Civillico (born May 17, 1983) is a juggler, corporate entertainer, comedian, and philanthropist. Based in Las Vegas, he headlined the comedy show Comedy in Action at the Paris Las Vegas casino from 2012 to 2019 and was a guest performer at Nathan Burton's magic show. He is the founder of the charity Win-Win Entertainment.

Raised in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Civillico became enamored with juggling after seeing a street performer in Boston when he was 11 years old. In his freshman year of high school, he founded the Juggling Club at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, where he and other members would perform for free at nearby nursing homes and at a school for developmentally disabled children and young adults. In 1998 when he was 15, Civillico received a gold medal from the International Jugglers' Association, where he had competed in the junior division. He matriculated to Georgetown University, where he participated in the all-male a cappella group The Georgetown Chimes, leading it in his senior year. He founded the Georgetown Performers' Union to allow fellow performing arts students to help each other. In 2005, he received a bachelor's degree in theology from the university.

Civillico moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2009 to perform in the show Amazed. Although the show did not last, Civillico remained in Las Vegas and landed a performing engagement at Nathan Burton's magic show. After about a year being a guest on Burton's show, he started his own show, Comedy in Action, produced by Burton, at a 100-seat venue at Planet Hollywood restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. Civillico later moved to The Linq, previously The Quad, at a 700-seat venue. He most recently moved to Flamingo Las Vegas. Reviewers of Comedy in Action generally had positive impressions of his show, praising him for his seemingly boundless energy, his ability to engage the audience, his prowess with making comical off-the-cuff remarks, and his juggling talent. He ended his show at Flamingo Las Vegas in 2019 to focus on his non-profit organization Win-Win Entertainment which connects entertainers with disadvantaged children.

Personal life Jeff Civillico was born on May 17, 1983 to Nicholas and Francine Civillico of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and was the youngest of their three sons. His older brothers are John and Gene. He is from a family of doctors. His father is a dentist. One of his brothers is a doctor while the other is a neurobiologist who received a doctorate from Harvard University and works at the National Institutes of Health. For his pre-secondary education, Civillico attended Holy Child Academy in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, graduating from it in 1997, and Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, graduating from it in 2001. As co-president of Holy Child Academy's student council in 1996 during the school's fundraising effort to assist those with HIV/AIDS, he urged fellow students and student groups such as the band and the choir to spend time with afflicted individuals. He started learning to juggling three balls when he was seven years old. His grandmother was the audience for Civillico's first performance. During the visit, he was entranced by a street performer, juggler Peter Panic, at Harvard Square and vowed to become an entertainer. Selected by Peter Panic as a volunteer, Civillico found himself facing a large group of people, a feeling he said was "one of those defining moments". His parents gave him the book Juggling for Complete Klutz from Klutz Press, prompting him to begin honing his juggling skills. He joined the Philadelphia Juggling Club, which taught him some of the more challenging juggling tricks such as juggling five balls and passing clubs. As a 15-year-old in 1998, Civillico earned a gold medal from the International Jugglers' Association after he competed in the junior division. He taught a student that the key to learning to balance a peacock feather was daily practice. In high school, Civillico listed drama as his primary extracurricular activity and saxophone, piano, guitar, and choir as secondary activities. He also co-founded the Georgetown Props, a juggling club, at the university.

In a bid to raise $5000 for the special needs non-profit organization Special Kids, he participated on January 11, 2009, in the Walt Disney World Marathon for Team A.S.K. (Athletes for Special Kids). He simultaneously jogged and juggled three balls, in a sport commonly known as joggling. In 2013, Civillico raised $10,000 from his friends to participate in the Special Olympics Nevada charity event Over the Edge, which required a minimum donation of $1,000 for participants to rappel down the 350-foot tall Planet Hollywood building. In October 2013, he was the host of Caesars Got Talent, a fundraising event held to benefit Opportunity Village, a Las Vegas non-profit organization that serves the intellectually disabled. Stephen Ruiz of the Orlando Sentinel noted that if Civillico had applied his theology degree, he would not likely have done the marathon. He juggled an ax, a rubber chicken, a Shake Weight, a Furby, and a torch with fire during the show.

A January 2009 article in the Orlando Sentinel noted that Civillico performed 200 times every year for Disney Cruise Line and at numerous corporate occasions. as well as at Atlantis Paradise Island at Nassau, Bahamas. Civillico has performed in Springfield, Illinois; Modesto, California; Springdale, Arkansas; Mohegan Sun Arena, Connecticut; and Tampa, Florida. He has also led "team-building" seminars for Wachovia, OSHA, Anheuser-Busch, Harley-Davidson, and Honda. Based on this feedback, the two found a location for Civillico at the Planet Hollywood restaurant located in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. Relying primarily on advertising from Burton's show and having nearly no paid promotion, Civillico's show drew nearly capacity crowds for the 120-seat venue. Civillico emphasized in an interview that his show was not merely about juggling but "all about the connection with the audience and the fun, playful character".

Jeff Civillico: Comedy in Action is a 2026 documentary-comedy film chronicling the entertainment career of performer Jeff Civillico, combining stand-up comedy with behind-the-scenes documentary footage. The film follows Civillico’s decade of headlining performances in Las Vegas, featuring his physical comedy, audience interactions, and reflections on the challenges of building a live show. It is available on streaming platforms including Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and YouTube TV.

Comedy in Action His show, Comedy in Action, was transplanted to The Quad (then called the Imperial Palace) on May 26, 2012. Civillico initially continued to perform at Burton's magic show where his show was promoted. After Burton, Comedy in Action's first producer, moved from Caesars Entertainment to Saxe Theater in Miracle Mile Shops in October 2012, Civillico began producing his own show. When the show began, Civillico said, "You know you're a big deal in Vegas when you do your own introduction." Alonzo "Turf" Jones, a hip-hop dancing contortionist who competed on America's Got Talent's seventh season, became Civillico's opening act. Jones and Civillico teamed up as opener and headliner following Jones' performance at a Win-Win Entertainment charity event Civillico hosted.

Las Vegas Review-Journals Mike Weatherford in a June 2012 review called Civillico's early act in the show "one of the most memorable bits". Civillico selects two male volunteers from the audience ("two strong beasts of men") In 2013, Comedy in Action was selected by USA Today as one of the "Best of Las Vegas Kid-Friendly Attractions". Reviewer Hilary Billings wrote in USA Today: "Praise to Jeff for not only mesmerizing little humans with his mad juggling skills, but for giving the parental units something to laugh about."

In August 2012, Civillico used the tools of crowdsourcing and the Internet to persuade his fans to donate to his $10,900 "The People's Arch" project. Designed by Andy Walmsley, the high by wide inflatable arch was intended as his show's centerpiece. In the opening act, the arch explodes out of a flight case and in 20 seconds swells to its entire breadth. He subsequently added more technology to his show such as "fire effects, projection screens", and a before show piece involving Skype. Civillico debuted "Juggle-Vision" in June 2014 in which he mounted a GoPro camera on himself to allow viewers to see on a screen what juggling looked like from his perspective. During the episode, he visited four locations, namely Calgary, Alberta, Canada (where he met a fire eater), Texas (where he met Adam Crack, a whipcracker), New Jersey (where he met a pogo-sticker), and Pennsylvania (where he met a chainsaw carver). The act he selected, the Texas whipcracker, performed in both Vegas Strip Search and his Las Vegas show Comedy in Action. He had completed his 923rd show when he went on hiatus while recovering from his injury. The one-show-a-week arrangement was an atypical schedule on the Las Vegas Strip that Civillico requested to accommodate his having a significant number of performance requests from companies and private people. Author Bob Sehlinger in the book The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2017 called Civillico "a world class juggler with insane energy and a wit quicker than that of most stand-up comics" and said Civillico "performs at a blistering, almost manic, pace while bantering with the audience". In a 2019 review of the show, Las Vegas Sun reviewer Brock Radke praised Civillico for "charm[ing] children and seniors, parents and the party set, with nonstop one-liners, seamless skills and a goofy yet self-aware style reminiscent of Jim Carrey". Despite having signed a contract in 2019 with Caesars Entertainment to perform for another two years, Civillico ended his "Comedy In Action" show because he wanted to focus more on his non-profit organization Win-Win Entertainment and on performing at corporate shows.

Win Win Charity Civillico is a philanthropist. By November 2013, Win Win Charity had hosted 25 events for charities.

The organizations helped by Win Win Charity include the American Cancer Society, The Shade Tree Shelter, St. Jude's Ranch for Children, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, and the Lili Claire Foundation. It helps non-profit organizations with obtaining show tickets and performers' merchandise to sell at silent auctions. Win Win Charity organizes multiple shows a week at children's hospitals and other places serving disadvantaged youth. During the pandemic, he performed as a master of ceremonies at online events for companies. He performed magic tricks to the hundreds of people watching him online during the events and had confetti during a June 2020 show requested by the American Heart Association, which had raised enough funds to meet its set target. The Las Vegas Suns Ron Sylvester wrote in December 2012 that Civillico had received "top reviews" from Yelp and TripAdvisor.