Metrowest Daily News 7/26/10: Higher Calling: Teen performs with Circus Smirkus in Waltham. There’s nothing 17-year-old Jamie Nanni would rather be doing this summer than the triple trapeze act, wrapping herself in pieces of silk hung from the ceiling of a circus tent and performing tricks for an awestruck audience, she said. Nanni, an honors student and cheerleader going into her senior year at Wayland High School, is one of 33 teens from across the country who joined the circus this summer. She was in Waltham over the weekend to perform in Circus Smirkus at Gore Place. For more information about Circus Smirkus and its training program, visit the Circus Smirkus website.