They knew there’d be an eclectic set of performers. They’d booked the magician, accordion player, motivational speaker and break dancer.

Streakers, though, hadn’t been on last night’s scheduled cast list for the Program Board’s "An Evening with Craig’s List" at the Kimmel Center.

The event’s organizers seemed completely surprised when asked about the streakers, swearing it wasn’t planned. But overall, they said they were thrilled with the full house turnout, and thought the night went well.

Students who work at the Program Board cast the event by advertising for people with different specialties on craigslist.org, an online classifieds service and one of the Web’s most popular ways to find a date, apartment or job. Or, in the Program Board’s case, oddball performers.

In spite of two tennis-shoe wearing, bearded streakers crisscrossing the stage behind her, the resident "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" expert proceeded with her reflections on the show’s third season with the utmost precision, unfazed by the hysterical crowd.

More than 100 eager audience members showed up for the wild variety show, which opened with a video interview with Craig Newmark, the man behind the booming craigslist.org.

Paula Taylor, a meditation expert, led the crowd through a mass reflection and urged the audience to "breathe the red into your body" and "revel in the brightness and healing properties of the green light." In contrast, a peppy aerobics instructor, accompanied by a baboon, got the crowd on their feet to kickbox their troubles away.

"This event rocked my world," CAS sophomore Irene Polnyi said. "They really hit the nail on the head. It was so creative."

A sword-swallower slid not one but two barbecue skewers down his throat, making sexual puns while he did so. A notary, typist, a videographer and a courtroom sketch artist documented the event from start to finish, creating a transcript of the event officially recognized by the state of New York.

"My hands feel normal," Jane Barnes, the official typist, said at the end of the event. "I’m a novelist. I do this every day - only the people are in my head."