Mad Cat Theatre Company, Inc.

The Mad Cat Live! chapter of Mad Cat presents a concert series performed by the Mad Cat Live! Band where classic albums meet a new generation of audiences. The band is made up of classically trained professional musicians that have studied at prestigious schools such as University of Miami and Beklee College of Music and make up local esteemed bands such as The State Of, The Mystery Tones and Jim Camacho Band. Previous performances include theatrical all-ages presentations of Neil Young's ON THE BEACH, Harry Nilsson's THE POINT and Paul & Linda McCartney's RAM. Material made available courtesy of BMI, ASCAP and Warner/Chappell. All concerts presented on Miami Theater Center Mainstage 9806 NE 2nd Ave Miami Shores FL, 33138

This riotous world-premiere comedy first received a workshop at The Fillmore on Miami Beach as part of Mad Cat and More! Comedy Week. Why Not? With Richard Nixon follows the ousted president as he attempts to host a late night public access television show out of his house on Key Biscayne. With the help of his best friend, Bebe Rebozo, and his daughter, Tricia, the trio put on a colorful variety show that spirals into a series of musical outbursts and heated interrogations that history couldn't have made up on its own. Sept 29th - October 9th 2016 Performances Thursday-Sunday at 8pm MTC SandBox 9816 NE 2nd Ave Miami Shores, FL 33138

These plays were first explored as part of Mad Cat's BANNED/NEW Reading Series in Coral Gables and little Haiti, now being presented with support from The Knight Arts Challenge Grant in a full production in Miami Shores. Written in 1978, Audience deals with the travails of Havel's alter-ego Ferdinand Vanek - recently released from jail for anti-government activities. Valek is stuck in the bleak office of the foreman of the brewery where he has been forced into menial labour. The tedious bureaucracy and constant paranoia of life under the Communists have driven the foreman to alcoholism and to the brink of insanity - he is prone to bouts of rage and despair. In Protest, Havel's alter ego Ferdinand Valek has escaped his hellish office to visit the middle-class home of one of his friends. He is hoping to convince his old friend Stanek to sign a petition renouncing the regime. Both plays seek to shine a light on the darkness of censorship and tyrannical rule. Feb 23rd - March 12th 2017 MTC SandBox 9816 NE 2nd Ave Miami Shores, FL 33138

This world-premiere was also supported by The Knights Arts Challenge Grant. A dark comedy about some light censorship. In 2011, Florida's Governor banned the use of the phrases "climate change" and "global warming" by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. By 2015 he had the ban extended to most other state agencies. "Fireman are Rarely Necessary" is set in a not so distant Florida future where it has become increasingly difficult to find the right words to describe a place where things have gone very wrong. June 29th –July 16th 2017 MTC Mainstage 9806 NE 2nd Ave Miami Shores, FL 33138

Since 2010, Mad Cat has taken part in the South Beach Comedy Festival and provided new comedic work which has been developed into full productions at a later date. This year, the company expanded its programming, including various acts produced by Mad Cat presented Backstage at The Fillmore in the Jackie Gleason Theater on Miami Beach. Participants have included Villain Theater, the project [theatre], and The Have-Nots.