The kid who used to pull stuffed animals through his living room in a makeshift circus parade is now performing on the Fabulous Fox stage.

Nathaniel Mahone, a 23-year-old Lafayette High School graduate from Wildwood, is back in St. Louis this month as part of the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot. He plays a knight in the ensemble and understudies two principal roles. The show runs through May 17.

Mahone's path to a national tour started early. As a child, he invented a clown character named "Fadoodle," gathering his stuffed animals and a toy tractor into a parade through the family living room after trips to the circus and the Fox. His mother enrolled him in clowning classes at the Center of Creative Arts. He spent several summers in the Muny Kids & Teens program and played Sebastian in Lafayette's production of The Little Mermaid as a junior in 2019.

He graduated from college in May 2025 and landed an agent through his school's senior showcase. The agent called with an audition for Spamalot, and Mahone booked the year-long tour.

"I'm a very lucky person," Mahone told St. Louis Public Radio. "All of a sudden, I'm a 22-year-old who's about to go on tour for a year and end up at his hometown for two weeks."

He said the homecoming didn't fully hit him until he was in rehearsals.

The musical, based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, launched this national tour after a 2023 Broadway revival. The touring cast is led by Major Attaway as King Arthur and Amanda Robles as The Lady of the Lake.

Mahone told STLPR that the physical comedy demands of Spamalot trace straight back to those early COCA clowning classes.

Remaining performances run Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m., a Sunday matinee at 1 p.m., and an added Thursday, May 14 matinee at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at FabulousFox.com. The final curtain falls May 17.