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PERFORMING SEP 6th - 15th
at TARGET MARGIN THEATER
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What is Devised Theater?
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Devising a play can mean many things depending on who you ask. For the ensemble of MAD MAD MAD, it began with an image of Stanislav Petrov sitting at his desk in Soviet Russia, very bored and trying to pass the time. Suddenly, the early warning alarm blares to life. The United States has launched a nuclear missile.
With this image in mind, we played games. That’s right lots and lots of games. We built the characters that would inhabit this world through improv games and exploration of images . We researched fervently (and constantly). We wrote scenes, watched 80’s commercials and story boarded the plot until we had a working script. We edited and made many tough choices and painful edits to help strengthen the script. Then we had two weeks to stage the entire show while continuing to edit and create (remember- we wrote, rehearsed, and performed this piece in a mere six weeks!) The ideas did not stop flowing until hours before curtain on opening night. |
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Clown"I have taught Clown all over the country. I performed as a clown
in hundreds of shows and created shows called Clown shows. I confess. I don’t know if what I do is Clown. I don’t know if what I teach is Clown. There is a huge debate going on in the Clown world about what is Clown and what is not. Imagine a bunch of Clowns arguing about what Clown is. I Don’t Care. What I do care about is: Does it make us laugh? Does it move us to tears? Does it reveal something about the human condition?" - Michael F. Toomey (Director) |
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Director
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Stage Manager
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Michael F. Toomey is a neurodivergent performer and Theater creator. He is the Artistic Director of The Humanist Project based in Brooklyn. Founding member of Split Knuckle Theatre, which devises new works, that has toured from Bangkok to Buenos Aires. He has directed, devised and choreographed numerous shows including The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar and Alice In Wonderland. Michael has been a company member at the internationally renowned Shakespeare & Company in Lenox MA for over 20 years where he has performed roles including: Serg (ART), Puck (Midsummer), Poet (An Iliad), Bassinet (Ladies Man), Scapan (Scapan), Walter (Split Knuckle’s Endurance). Various Roles NYC: Francis (Francis Goes To War), Francis (H.U.P Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle). Michael’s childhood passion for The Muppets and Looney Tunes has served as the basis of his adult obsession with Clowning and comic structure. He teaches Clowning to professional performers in NYC and throughout the county. He studied with Clown masters Philippe Gaulier and Giovanni Fusetti. Graduated from Naropa University in cooperation with LISPA and holds an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Theatre. His career goal: to recenter play, pleasure and laughter in a world that takes itself very seriously.
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Meg Meschino is a theatre artist born and raised in New York City, and the production stage manager/co-producer for MAD MAD MAD. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in Producing and Management. Meg frequently stage manages for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts through their company seasons, as well as for their second year graduation series. Other recent projects include How to Steal an Election with the York Theatre Company (ASM), Travels with Ars Nova (PA), the New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks (PA), and Self Tape (PSM) at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival.
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ENSEMBLE
Mia Alexandra (She/Her)
Mia Alexandra was born and raised in Israel and got her start in acting through devised and movement-based theater. Her passion for learning and discovering new worlds and communities led her to New York City where she graduated with an AFA from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mia is very excited to be both producing and performing in MAD MAD MAD and is thrilled to create new and thought-provoking art.
Mia would also like everyone to know that her dog Soolie REALLY is the cutest dog in the world.
www.miaalexandra.com
Mia Alexandra was born and raised in Israel and got her start in acting through devised and movement-based theater. Her passion for learning and discovering new worlds and communities led her to New York City where she graduated with an AFA from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mia is very excited to be both producing and performing in MAD MAD MAD and is thrilled to create new and thought-provoking art.
Mia would also like everyone to know that her dog Soolie REALLY is the cutest dog in the world.
www.miaalexandra.com
Rosie Allenson (She/They)
Rosie Allenson is thrilled to be both producing and performing in MAD MAD MAD! alongside this exquisite company of clowns and creatives. Rosie has recently graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. New York Theatre: DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Maggie), TWELFTH NIGHT (Feste), BLUE STOCKINGS (Carolyn), ROMEO AND JULIET (Juliet), and WELL HUNG (Ally- Original). Regional Theatre: TAMING OF THE SHREW (Bianca), PICNIC (Millie), THE CRUCIBLE (Mary Warren), 25th ANNUAL... SPELLING BEE (Olive), among others. Love to Mom and Dad. Romans 15:7.
Rosie Allenson is thrilled to be both producing and performing in MAD MAD MAD! alongside this exquisite company of clowns and creatives. Rosie has recently graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. New York Theatre: DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Maggie), TWELFTH NIGHT (Feste), BLUE STOCKINGS (Carolyn), ROMEO AND JULIET (Juliet), and WELL HUNG (Ally- Original). Regional Theatre: TAMING OF THE SHREW (Bianca), PICNIC (Millie), THE CRUCIBLE (Mary Warren), 25th ANNUAL... SPELLING BEE (Olive), among others. Love to Mom and Dad. Romans 15:7.
Jon-Mykul Bowen (He/Him)
Jon-Mykul Bowen is (required to tell you that) he’s an actor from St. James, Barbados. He (maybe) worked with Operation Triple Threat in Barbados and (definitely) graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Selected credits include Stuff/Senses (Everybody), Tuzenbach (Three Sisters), and he originated the role of the clown Andreas Pina in MAD MAD MAD. He also became a member of Personal Pizza Party's 2024 actor cohort. He legally only has 90 words for this bio or else, so visit jm-bowen.com.
Seriously silly, professionally playful.
Jon-Mykul Bowen is (required to tell you that) he’s an actor from St. James, Barbados. He (maybe) worked with Operation Triple Threat in Barbados and (definitely) graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Selected credits include Stuff/Senses (Everybody), Tuzenbach (Three Sisters), and he originated the role of the clown Andreas Pina in MAD MAD MAD. He also became a member of Personal Pizza Party's 2024 actor cohort. He legally only has 90 words for this bio or else, so visit jm-bowen.com.
Seriously silly, professionally playful.
Fernando Zermeno Garavito (He/They)
Born in Tucson, raised in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Fernando spent his childhood looking up to people who made him feel hopeful; comedians, song-and-dance men and women, actors and actresses, people who made him smile. As time passed, he found himself on stage, and has since searched for what his heroes did for him, made him feel happy. His credits include: Chicago, In The Heights, The Antelope Party, Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, and Dancing At Lughnasa. He would like to dedicate this and every performance to his parents and his Chata. “Enjoy Every Sandwich.” @fazg1996
Born in Tucson, raised in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Fernando spent his childhood looking up to people who made him feel hopeful; comedians, song-and-dance men and women, actors and actresses, people who made him smile. As time passed, he found himself on stage, and has since searched for what his heroes did for him, made him feel happy. His credits include: Chicago, In The Heights, The Antelope Party, Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, and Dancing At Lughnasa. He would like to dedicate this and every performance to his parents and his Chata. “Enjoy Every Sandwich.” @fazg1996
Peter Julien Lane (He/Him)
Peter Julien Lane started out as an English major. In college, he further developed as an improv comedian, dancer, mime, clown, and new-fledged musician. He is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts’ conservatory program as well as an alum of the school’s company program. He would like to deeply thank his family and friends for supporting him in his creative work.
Peter Julien Lane started out as an English major. In college, he further developed as an improv comedian, dancer, mime, clown, and new-fledged musician. He is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts’ conservatory program as well as an alum of the school’s company program. He would like to deeply thank his family and friends for supporting him in his creative work.
Alexa Lostaunau (She/They)
Born to two Peruvian immigrant parents in the outskirts of Boston there was a young girl who dreamed of performing and inspiring girls just like her. Engulfing herself in movies through pirate websites, Alexa was glued to the world of acting. Finding creative outlets through dance, writing, film club, and performing the iconic dance from Dirty Dancing for her talent show, she knew where she belonged. Her past credits include F in Passage and Olivia in Twelfth Night.
Born to two Peruvian immigrant parents in the outskirts of Boston there was a young girl who dreamed of performing and inspiring girls just like her. Engulfing herself in movies through pirate websites, Alexa was glued to the world of acting. Finding creative outlets through dance, writing, film club, and performing the iconic dance from Dirty Dancing for her talent show, she knew where she belonged. Her past credits include F in Passage and Olivia in Twelfth Night.
Madeleine Maggio (She/Her)
Shakespeare & Co: Adriana, Comedy of Errors; Hippolyta/Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Don John, Much Ado About Nothing; Robert Shallow/Bardolph: Merry Wives; Longaville/Jaquenetta, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Ensemble: Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World; Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice; Marianne Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility; Cassie, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley; Elizabeth Darcy, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; S&Co Regional Tour: Lady Capulet/ Benvolio, Romeo & Juliet; The Humanist Project: Lavinia, Titus Andronicus. Madeleine attended the two-year professional course at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, studied at The Second City in Chicago and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Shakespeare & Co: Adriana, Comedy of Errors; Hippolyta/Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Don John, Much Ado About Nothing; Robert Shallow/Bardolph: Merry Wives; Longaville/Jaquenetta, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Ensemble: Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World; Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice; Marianne Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility; Cassie, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley; Elizabeth Darcy, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; S&Co Regional Tour: Lady Capulet/ Benvolio, Romeo & Juliet; The Humanist Project: Lavinia, Titus Andronicus. Madeleine attended the two-year professional course at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, studied at The Second City in Chicago and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Evy McIntosh (She/Her)
Evy McIntosh started her artistic career at age 7. She attended LI Academy Of Dance. She always had desires to perform; to continue she started her acting journey at The Performing Arts Studio, playing lead roles in Pippin, Lion King, Urinetown, etc. Then delved into camera starring in shorts films, selected to be in luxury short fest, and guest star roles on ID channel. Then attended Company at American Academy Of Dramatic Arts. Evy took on many projects including Twelfth Night, Everybody, and Mad Mad Mad! Currently Evy continues to explore the Mad world.
Evy McIntosh started her artistic career at age 7. She attended LI Academy Of Dance. She always had desires to perform; to continue she started her acting journey at The Performing Arts Studio, playing lead roles in Pippin, Lion King, Urinetown, etc. Then delved into camera starring in shorts films, selected to be in luxury short fest, and guest star roles on ID channel. Then attended Company at American Academy Of Dramatic Arts. Evy took on many projects including Twelfth Night, Everybody, and Mad Mad Mad! Currently Evy continues to explore the Mad world.
Chrystian Rosado (He/Him)
This Jersey kid, raised in the Dominican Republic and Miami, always had an interest in telling other people's stories, but never truly went for it, as his first love was basketball. Taking two classes in college, he realized the itch he had towards acting was truly a calling. After an ankle injury, Chrystian realized that there was only so much time to conquer, and joined the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where the itch became his new found love. He played multiple characters in Julius Caesar and Candide in Candide.
This Jersey kid, raised in the Dominican Republic and Miami, always had an interest in telling other people's stories, but never truly went for it, as his first love was basketball. Taking two classes in college, he realized the itch he had towards acting was truly a calling. After an ankle injury, Chrystian realized that there was only so much time to conquer, and joined the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where the itch became his new found love. He played multiple characters in Julius Caesar and Candide in Candide.
DESIGNERS
Sound Design
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Gregory Boover (He/Him)
Gregory Boover is a multi-faceted artist based in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. He has collaborated in a number of venues across the east coast most recently including The Adams Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, The Majestic Theater, Barrington Stage Company, Riggs Theatre 37, Catskill Mountain Shakespeare, The Theatre at Woodshill, The Umbrella Stage Co, Urbanite Theatre, Emergent Ensemble Theatre, WAM Theatre, the rig, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Northampton Playwrights Lab, The Theatre at Monmouth, The Looking Glass Theatre NY, Hampshire Shakespeare Co. and many more. Greg has directed/taught in the education programs and trained at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox MA, serves on the faculty at Community Access To The Arts in Great Barrington MA, and produces his own independent music and artwork. (BA) UMass Amherst: UKent, Canterbury. Find out more at www.GregoryBoover.com |
Props Design
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Yudelka Heyer (She/Her)
Yudelka Heyer is a multi-disciplined content creator for stage and film, an award-winning director, producer, and actor. Heyer is a current resident Props Designer at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she has successfully designed props for more than fourteen years and has collaborated with numerous directors such as Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Bean in several productions at the Academy around the years. Heyer's passion for the arts has informed her work in every aspect of her career. Some of her Art Director film credits include the feature films Never Saying Goodbye, Suddenly, Less Than or Equal To. Her New York stage Theater productions include Welcome to America, A Caribbean musical, at Howard University, Sweat at Hunter Colleague, and Just About Cured at Stella Adler ,Fish with Keen Company among others. Yudelka is thrilled to be part of the Mad Mad Mad family. Yudelka HeyerIMDb. |
Composer
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Michael McCurdy (He/Him)
Michael McCurdy is a drummer and percussionist based in New York City. He is a co-founder and artistic director Mantra Percussion, an ensemble committed to a lasting influence on percussion music through the creation of new works by living composers/creators from across the social spectrum, and engaging audiences through immersive, evening-length events that convey a grander artistic vision. Over the past 14 years Mantra Percussion has commissioned and premiered over 100 new works for percussion ensemble, and has performed across North America, Europe and Asia. Over the years, Michael has played with rock bands including Hi Red Center, The Knells, Lanz, and currently with Thee Reps. Michael has collaborated with artists including Ian Williams (Battles), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Squarepusher, Xiu Xiu, Ikue Mori, and others. In addition to performing, Michael manages Red Poppy Music and The Bang On A Can Sound — publishing, promoting and managing the works of Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, the co-founders of New York’s inimitable music collective, Bang on a Can. |
Lighting Design
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Luke Wilson (He/Him)
Luke Willson is a New-York based emerging lighting designer and theatrical electrician. This year Luke will graduate from Fordham University having designed, managed, and/or programmed over 40 shows. He recently finished up his summer season as the Lighting Supervisor for Shakespeare & Company, where he designed Shake It Up, and assisted on Three Tall Persian Women. In New York, he recently completed a Lighting and Projection Design Observership with Manhattan Theatre Club for their production of Poor Yella Rednecks. He is so excited to join this wonderful team. Thank you so much for coming to support live theater! |
Costume Design
Esther Arroyo (She/Her)
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CREDITS
MAD MAD MAD was first presented at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York City, on November 17th, 2023. The production was directed by Michael F. Toomey; set design by CJ Howard; costume design by Esther Arroyo; light design by Jonah Bobilin; sound design by Sam LaFrage; prop design by Yudelka Heyer; production stage manager was Meg Meschino. The cast was as follows:
STAN / GLITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Julien Lane
NUKIE / CLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fernando Zermeno Garavito
BALLZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexa Lostaunau
MERYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosie Allenson
COLONEL MEOWSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mia Alexandra
FLIP WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evy McIntosh
BUBBLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian Lucero
ANDREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jon-Mykul Bowen
JOAQUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chrystian Rosado
STAN / GLITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Julien Lane
NUKIE / CLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fernando Zermeno Garavito
BALLZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexa Lostaunau
MERYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosie Allenson
COLONEL MEOWSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mia Alexandra
FLIP WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evy McIntosh
BUBBLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian Lucero
ANDREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jon-Mykul Bowen
JOAQUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chrystian Rosado