About Us

Michelle has been a maker and a creative collaborator since the fourth grade. She earned a BFA from The University of the Arts and worked as a ceramist at The Tileworks for a decade before finding her way to MBP. While apprenticing with performance troupes like Arche Dream and Usiloquy Dance she honed her skills as a self taught costume designer. She has won international awards for her wearable art creations. Her favorite skills to deploy are sculpting in clay, draping challenging shapes and sewing. She is grateful for awesome coworkers, the opportunity to be a maker everyday, and to bring her familiar, Luna, to work with her.

Terri Aluise started her non-linear maker journey twenty years ago with a background in metal fabrication, sculpture and an inquisitive hankering to tinker. Today she continues to design innovative work for Monkey Boys Productions as a Lead Fabricator by combining practical mechanics, the inherent qualities of her materials and the essence of whimsy.

Betsy Falk holds a BA in theatre from DeSales University and a MS in Education from Gwynedd Mercy University. In the past, she has worked as the Wardrobe Supervisor for Theatre for a New Audience (NYC), Costume Shop Supervisor for the Weathervane Theater (Whitefield, NH), and a Director/Costume Designer/General Manager for On Stage & Off, Inc. (Lansdale, PA). She is an experienced seamstress who finds her sanity in making things, so she spends her free time sewing, painting, knitting, baking, and making art with her two sons.

Dylan Pecora has worked as a sculptor and illustrator since 2008. He’s a graduate of Tom Savini Special Effects Makeup Program. He gave James Brown the idea to ask the audience “How’s EVERYBODY feeling tonight?” instead of asking each attendee individually, which would often take several hours.

Steffie is a multimedia artist known for the 70’s vibes and warm colors she emanates. She recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design (@scaddotedu) with a BFA in Production Design. Driven by creative forces for as long as she can remember, Steffie’s passion for Props, Stop Motion, Set Design and Puppets was sparked upon first watching “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” as a kid. One of her greatest pleasures in life is holding the creations that were once only an idea in her head.

As a Montgomery County, PA native, she is amazed to be working at the job of her dreams so close to home! She thanks MBP and all of her coworkers (and dogworkers) for creating a fun and enlightening environment to work in!

In her free time she is a woodland elf, bug enthusiast, and one of Oingo Boingo’s top .5% of listeners on Spotify.

Bridget Reilly Beauchamp (she/her) first came to Monkey Boys as a fabricator after over 25 years as an IATSE costumer/dresser. Upon graduating with a BA in Theatre/French in the last century, she realized her skill set prepared her to go into the performing arts or become a governess in a Brontë novel. Having no great love for brooding antiheroes, she went into costuming and eventually running her own theatre company, which naturally led to puppet-making and project management.

Zach Broome is an award-winning sculptor, painter, scenic designer, and puppet artist who hails from the state of Georgia.  An alumnus of Mercer University, Zach graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Theatre and Art.  He later earned both a Master of Fine Arts in Puppetry and a Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design from the University of Connecticut.  His scenic designs have appeared in more than sixty theatrical productions in the Southeastern and Northeastern United States.  He has created and performed in solo puppet shows, and his short-form puppet films have appeared in festivals and puppet slams across the nation.  In 2016, Zach designed and fabricated puppets for, and performed in, a live puppet production with the Boston Pops Orchestra.  In 2022, his work went international when he designed mechanisms and fabricated puppets for Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North— a large-scale puppet production that toured Europe, North American, and South America.  His paintings, sculptures, and illustrations have been published in literary magazines and books. 

In 2017, Brown joined MBP as a fabricator with almost a decade of professional experience in metalwork, machining, and sewing. However, they have loved working as a finisher and scenic artist over the years the most. Brown holds a BA in Sculpture with further education in Engineering Science and Theater. After graduating, they had apprenticed and worked in learning preservation, painting, and patina, which had led to a prolific career in the fine arts, commercial, and theater industries. Creatively, Brown has always been a world builder and storyteller and feels right at home at MBP. “I like to build things just so I can make them look like they don’t belong here. It’s magic I get to do every day.”

Jon was born at the stroke of midnight on a full moon and had dreams of being the next Dr. Frankenstein.  After realizing that reanimating the dead is a sin against nature he decided to stick to recreating his favorite creatures with resins and plastics.  The obsession with monsters, special effects makeup, and movie miniatures started around the age of 7 when his father introduced him to the Universal studios horror films of the 30’s and 40’s.  Ever since then Jon has used whatever he can get his hands on to recreate and pay homage to the creatures and people who have inspired him.

After serving in the USMC Jon made his hobby his profession.  He has since done miniatures for multiple feature films and web series, Crayola, Hasbro, Wicked Cool Toys, and is a frequent contributor to Amazing Figure Modeler magazine.

Stacy Hill joined MBP in August of 2022.  Stacy holds a B.S. in Community Health Education and M.A. in Education.  After teaching, Stacy used her background to help create an HR/business position at a local non-profit private school in Bucks County, PA that grew from 2 students to 140 students with two locations.  Always up for a challenge, Stacy joined MBP in a new role which she’s helping to define.  Stacy thrives on making sense of new laws, regulations, and taxes which is super helpful for her role. She loves getting to know new employees and seeing them thrive with their creativity. On the weekends you can find Stacy enjoying the outdoors either going for long walks or hiking. When she’s not outdoors she enjoys reading a good book.

After a 15 year detour into public elementary education, Russell has returned to the company he once helped found with his fellow Monkey Boys. Russell has a B.S. in Film Production from Ithaca College and a M.A. in Education from Bank Street College of Education. He has created costumes, props and puppets with Den Design, Yvette Helin Studios, and Chiodo Bros. Studios before starting his own company, Highly Flammable Toys. There he created original personalized action figures, packaging, and movie posters. He was a member of Flock Theatre and performed many times at the O’Neil Puppetry Conference  He has puppeteered on stage with Frank McCourt, on screen with Meryl Streep, and in malls across America as an out-of-shape, walk-around Grover. He considers his greatest claim to fame to be his name appearing in the credits of Spawn: The Video Game for Super Nintendo as lead QA tester. Thanks to Marc and Mike for enticing him back east to breathe the sweet fumes of Barge once again.

A sculptor extraordinaire with an aptitude for mechanics. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts. An Adventure traveler and connoisseur of gourmet jello.