MadCaP Productions combines the producing skills of two former production companies; All For One Productions, producer of Party of One, the Bistro Award winning musical revue and Duke-Czarina, the creative company who produced the smash revival of Charles Busch’s Psycho Beach Party as well as the Off-Broadway hit comedy, The Crumple Zone starring Mario Cantone (Laugh Whore, Sex in the City) and directed by Tony Award winner Jason Moore (Avenue Q, Shrek). Our mission is to bring exciting new works to the New York stage as well as revive classics we believe deserve to be seen by new audiences. To achieve this, we provide a creative and supportive environment in which union and non-union actors, directors, stage managers and designers can collaborate and display their crafts in fully produced, high quality theatrical productions. Most recently, our New York production of The Mystery of Irma Vep caught the attention of a two time Tony Award winning producer and we are now in negotiations to move the show into an off-broadway venue. This latest accomplishment proves our commitment to excellence and the value of the opportunities we are providing to theatre artists through our work. MadCaP will produce the World Premiere of Buddy Thomas's new play, DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND for The New York International Fringe Festival this August.

 

Chris Dell'Armo (Executive Producer) Brings 20 years of industry experience to his role as executive producer. As an actor, Chris has performed in nearly every state in the US and in several countries throughout Europe. In New york, he originated the role of Terry in THE CRUMPLE ZONE, played Mrs. Forrest in the only NYC revival of PSYCHO BEACH PARTY and most recently played Lord Edgar, Jane and many others in MadCaP's sold-out production of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP at Urban Stages. As founder of All For One Productions, Chris produced and starred in the original musical comedy revue, PARTY OF ONE which played to sold out audiences and won a total of six BACK STAGE Bistro Awards, including Best Musical Revue and Outstanding Performer in a Revue. He has consulted on the marketing and production of several revues that feature top drawer Broadway talent and have toured throughout the country including BROADWAY IN CONCERT starring William Paul Michals. Chris handles all the business affairs for MadCaP Productions from project inception to opening night and everything in between. www.chrisdellarmo.com

 

Paul Pecorino (Producing Artistic Director) In addition to being the creative force behind MadCaP Productions, Paul is also an accomplished performer. He starred as Frank N' Furter in the European Tour of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW as well as a host of starring roles in several US National Tours and regional productions and several productions here in New York including the Off Broadway premiere of Ronnie Larson's MAKING PORN.  He recorded his first solo album, PERFECTLY FRANK as a tribute to the music of Richard O'Brien. It has been widely praised for its innovation and creative dance mixes and tops DJ set lists around the world. As founder of Duke-Czarina Productions, he produced a string of hits including the first-ever New York revival of Charles Busch's PSYCHO BEACH PARTY and the off-broadway premiere of THE CRUMPLE ZONE by Buddy Thomas.

 

Buddy Thomas (Producer, Resident Playwright) A native of Miami, Florida, BUDDY THOMAS is a widely produced playwright, and is the author of, among others, THE CRUMPLE ZONE, which was an off-broadway hit starring Mario Cantone. It is published and licensed by Samuel French and has been produced around the world, with major U.S. productions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and foreign productions in Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. Buddy is also an agent at International Creative Management. Currently in his twelfth year, he represents many internationally known writers, artists, and Estates, including several Fringe alumni. Buddy would like to extend special thanks to Anna Ashton, Leon Embry, and Samuel French, Inc. for their support in making this production possible. bthomas@icmtalent.com

 

 Kenneth Elliot(Director, Devil Boys From Beyond) Mr. Elliot's work as a director includes major revivals of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band in New York (Lucille Lortel Theatre) and London (Aldwych Theatre).  He staged the macabre musical The Green Heart at Manhattan Theatre Club (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and Aviva Jane Carlin’s acclaimed one-woman show Jodie’s Body at the Arclight Theatre.  He is best known for co-founding Theatre-in-Limbo with Charles Busch, and directing, producing, and sometimes acting in the original productions of Mr. Busch’s Off Broadway comedies such as Psycho Beach Party, Times Square Angel, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which played more than 2000 performances at the venerable Provincetown Playhouse and became the longest running non-musical in the history of Off-Broadway. Other New York credits include You Should Be So Lucky (Primary Stages), Charles Busch’s Flipping My Wig, Grotesque Lovesongs by Don Nigro(WPA Theatre), the World War II songfest Swingtime Canteen (Blue Angel), James Duff’s comedy A Quarrel of Sparrows (Promenade Theatre), Julie Halston’s Lifetime of Comedy (Actor’s Playhouse), Todd Rundgren’s Up Against It, Zero Positive by Harry Kondoleon (Public Theatre), and Chris Durang and Wendy Wasserstein’s When Dinah Shore Ruled the Earth (Playwrights Horizons). In Los Angeles he directed Vampire Lesbians at the Coronet Theatre, Dearly Departed at the Court Theatre (Drama-logue Award), Falling in Love Again at the Santa Monica Playhouse and the world premiere of Charles Busch’s comedy-thriller Die!  Mommy!  Die! at the Coast Playhouse.  Regional theatre credits include The Asolo Theatre Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Denver Center, The Wilma Theatre, Bay Street Theatre Festival, Prince Music Theatre, the Cape Playhouse, and The Cleveland Play House. He can be seen in the documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch, which has been shown on the Sundance Channel. He received a B. S. and M.A. in theatre from Northwestern University. After earning his Ph.D. in theatre from UCLA in 2004, he taught for three years at California State University at Bakersfield before coming to Rutgers University in Camden where he teaches Directing and Theatre History. He has published in Text and Presentation and Theatre Journal, and his university theatre productions have included Tartuffe, Angels in America, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Electricidad, and Proof.