Looking for something to keep you from sleeping all afternoon this Saturday? Want to see four fun and crazy guys juggle dead frogs? Then Stephens Auditorium is the place to be.

Ames is among the few chosen cities to host the Flying Karamazov Brothers’ “Sharps, Flats and Accidentals.” The Flying Karamazov Brothers are a juggling and comedy troupe which creatively combines gravity-defying juggling passes, a wonderful sample of different types of music and a unique sense of humor.

Paul Magid, who plays Dmitri, founded the troupe with friend Howard Jay Patterson (Ivan) nearly 27 years ago. Magid started juggling in high school between matches while on the tennis team.

“Three tennis balls in a can,” Magid said of his humble beginnings. The rest is history.

Magid roomed across the hall from Patterson while in college. The two hit it off and became “mutually obsessed” with juggling.

They are no strangers to performing. The Flying Karamazov Brothers opened for a school production and discovered that they had found their lives’ work.

“We got a better reception than the play,” Magid said.

Juggling became a way to support themselves while in school and developed into a very successful career for both Magid and Patterson.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers have much to be proud of, including stints on and off Broadway, many different orchestra shows, including “Evening with the Boston Pops,” and even an Emmy award.

Throughout the years, the Brothers have had several different members. Currently Magid and Patterson are joined by Mark Hinger, who plays Alexei, and Roderick Kimball, who is Pavel.

There is one thing in particular that keeps Magid performing.

“I love connecting with the audience,” Magid said.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers base their shows around music, an area in which all the members have rich background.

“We are all musicians of some sort, and juggling is based on rhythm,” Magid said. “[Juggling] is another musical form to us.”

“Sharps, Flats and Accidentals” combines hockey helmets, rock and roll, a piece using state of the art technology the Brothers developed with MIT, a ballet dance and their best known, The Gamble.

During The Gamble, the audience is asked to bring in items that they consider to be unjuggleable, weighing more than an ounce and no more than ten pounds, said Magid. If the Flying Karamazov Brothers are successful the audience awards them with a standing ovation and if they are not, they receive pies in the face.

“The funniest combination was when we were on Broadway in 1986,” Magid said. “There were 150 dead frogs in a bag of formaldehyde, a cream pie and a slinky. It went for several passes but with the dead frogs flying out of the bag and all, it was too hard to go on.”

Juggling can be hard work. The Flying Karamazov Brothers practice for about one and a half hours before each show as a warm-up and up to three hours a day when preparing a new show before it goes on the road.

Magid encourages everyone to come out and enjoy the performance.

“People should come without a lot of expectations and dig the music,” Magid said with excitement in his voice. “Just come and have fun!”