MADCAP & BUSTY

MADCAP & BUSTY is a variety show featuring acts & arias from some of Philly’s stupidest & silliest! These wack-tastic songs, skits and socially-unacceptable sock puppets pair nicely with a drink in the hand and a laugh in the heart. Enjoy a libation with a “scientist” with nothing to prove, get serenaded by a washed-out actress from Hollywood’s Golden Age, behold a charismatic UHaul box’s search for familial connection - all these encounters and more await at Pig Iron Studios this Fall. Just a jolly jaunt from festival hubs Maas and Icebox Project Space, MADCAP & BUSTY is the nightcap clown cabaret that Fringe-goers deserve. Each performance will feature a local guest artist! THE REVIEWS ARE IN! “Hahahaha!” - Most future patrons “[redacted]” - [Redacted] “Wait, this isn’t Hadestown... you lied to me.” - Patron’s date https://phillyfringe.org/events/madcap-busty/ Pig Iron Studios 1417 N. 2nd St B Philadelphia, PA 19122 About the Company The MADCAP & BUSTY troupe met in Philly in 2022, leaving their homes in New Orleans, NYC, Austin, Boston, Columbus & Lima, Peru to study ensemble-devising at the internationally-renowned Pig Iron School. Following the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts in 2024 - they had an urgent need to EXPLODE with panache absurdity - thus came the afterbirth, MADCAP & BUSTY. Members have performed in long-running acclaimed Off-Broadway shows, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ARS NOVA, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and on national tours; are published playwrights, talented musicians, gifted acrobats and community-organizers, advocates and activists ; have won awards from SXSW, Austin Critics' Table, Cincinnati Fringe, and the Dramatists Guild; served as faculty for renowned theatre schools and as Artistic Directors and producers ... but foremost, they are some *#%!$*?’n juicy-hearted playful idiots. Creative Team Michael "Dola" Amendola: Creator-Performer / Producer Arantxa Chávez: Creator-Performer Tenara Calem: Creator-Performer Jo Kramer: Creator-Performer Tyler Catanella: Creator-Performer Graham Cook: Creator-Performer Sohrab Haghverdi: Special Guest 9/8 Nicole Burgio - Special Guest 9/13 Aram Aghazarian: Special Guest 9/14 Grace Lazarz: Special Guest 9/14 Jonah Godfrey: Accompanist Accessibility & Content Considerations Venue is wheelchair accessible. Ages 21+ only. Mild audience interaction.