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.

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.”

Noelle McManus has worked at Monkey Boys Productions since June of 2019. A Philadelphia native, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from their Theatre Arts Program. She would describe herself as a multidisciplinary artist, who is always looking to learn something new and challenging to expand her knowledge and creativity. Her favorite part of working at MBP is the diverse skill set that every job demands. You can find her anywhere from the mold making area, to the wood shop, and especially behind a sewing machine.

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.

Marcus has been an artist since he could say the words, “Balance, Rhythm, Pattern, Emphasis, Contrast, Unity, and Movement.” So, going on two years now. He graduated with a BFA in Art from Texas A&M University, and an MFA in Printmaking from The University of Wisconsin. He’s a printmaker, sculptor, drawler, costume maker, detailed craftsman, and a friend. Marcus has an insatiable thirst for new music, a love of horror movies, and enjoys spending time in the garden with his dog. He is regularly seen making a fool of himself on a dancefloor, never met a pickle he didn’t like, and once told a funny joke. Summed up in one word, Marcus’s niece has described him as: “Weird.”

Born a creative thinker in a family of medical professionals, Rosie spent years looking for a ‘practical occupation’. She obtained her B.A. in Psychology, and her M.Ed in Early Childhood Ed. at Temple University before following her heart back to art. If she was a color, she’d be Magenta. If she was an animal, she’d be an over-friendly large-breed dog. While Rosie is excited to learn ANY artform, she currently engages in resin work, painting, sewing/embroidery, performance, and makeup artistry. Likes: Bubble Tea and Laughter. Dislikes: Bell Peppers and Meanies.

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.

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.