About Bubble Circus in the Park

Combining Creative Play with Hands-on Science.

Bubble Circus in the Park is a unique experimental interactive street theater project where the audience participates in helping the volunteer actors build and break giant soap bubbles on the Santa Rosa Howarth Park playground lawn.

Target audience: Families with children under the ages of 10 years.

Weather permitting, twenty-eight Saturday performances (10:30 am - Noon) are scheduled for the 2025 season: April 12 - October 18. 

COST: Free; no donations accepted.

All Bubble Science 101 performances are FREE.

Project Background

The Bubble Circus in the Park concept is the outcome of the Bubble Science 101 created by retired scientist Ron Schultz (See profile below) for the 2015 Santa Rosa Junior College’s annual Day Under the Oaks celebration which brought in over 8,000 visitors. After seeing families having so much fun making and breaking giant soap bubbles together, “Professor Ron” decided to keep the activity alive by expanding it to Howarth Park.

For the past ten years, every week (weather permitting), Schultz has gone to Howarth Park to share his bubble passion with the visitors of all ages, showing them how to make giant soap bubbles that can get as big as a car! At the same time, in other parks, his friend, Vince Cruz (See profile below), performing as Cap’n Bubble - the Bubble Pirate – has been making large soap bubbles for children to break.

In the summer of 2024, Schultz and Cruz combined their bubble performances into a single act which was overwhelmingly successful in attracting and entertaining audiences of all ages. As a result, the two street performers decided to transform their newly-created act into a weekly-scheduled theatrical event called “Bubble Circus in the Park” for the 2025 Season that will include actors and a local business sponsor.

Contact:
"Professor Ron" Schultz (B.A.,M.A.)
Project Coordinator
BubbleScience101@gmail.com

Ron Schultz Profile: B.A. Mathematics / UC, Berkeley.   M.A. Neuroscience, San Jose State College. Postgraduate, Duke University.  After a career in pharmaceutical and industrial research, taught Computer Science at Chesapeake College before retiring.  Since 2010, became a licensed street performer as a hobby, donating all of his tips to charity.  So far, “Professor Ron” has raised over $40,000, most of which was used to buy food for local food pantries.

Vince Cruz Profile: Since Junior High, Vince has been active in both amateur theater and music.  His favorite instrument: The trombone.  When not working as a professional CNA at Memorial Hospital, Vince spends part of his leisure time as a licensed street performer playing a wide variety of characters ranging from Uncle Sam to a St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun.