Swordplay for Suits is a fun, challenging and unique teambuilding course for the corporate world. Learn the art of swordplay and how it relates to the world of business.
Jennifer Christa Palmer
Jennifer Christa Palmer appeared at the Orlando Fringe Festival in 2003 in Christian Kelty's "Joe's NYC Bar (in Wonderland)". For the Orlando Fringe 2004, she joined the ensemble of "Shakesprovisation" directed by Christopher Prueitt.
Currently residing in Orlando, FL, JCP can be seen in multiple roles at Universal Orlando, at Pirate's Dinner Adventure, and also at Sleuths Mystery Dinner Shows.
Our members are comprised of, professional writers, directors, actors, stuntmen, fight directors/choreographers and improvisational comedians that work throughout the film and theatrical industry.
Our reputation for carefully throughout tracks of choreography and show development is only surpassed by our impeccable safety record.
When you hire Mayhem Productions you get not only a team dedicated to your event but highly trained and seasoned performers.
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Mike Mayhall; founder and president of Mayhem. With eyes on world domination.
Ryan Gigliott; swordsman, stuntman, actor! "The funny guy" and company scapegoat.
Cid Stoll; Super Secret Agent and Business manager.
JCP; sword fighting princess, uber talented actress and gives us a touch of "style".
Clay van Sickle; sword fighter, special effect guy and company pretty boy.
MIKE MAYHALL, founder of Mayhem Productions
As a stage actor he has had leading roles in such productions as Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Nights Dream, Wait Until Dark, Beast on the Moon and Assassins. You can also catch him on the silver screen or on the TV performing with Lacy Chabert in Hello Sister, Good-bye Life or as Young John in the CBS thriller The Dead Will Tell starring Anne Heche, and in the big screen version of The Dukes of Hazzard.
Mike has been studying and performing the art of stage combat and film stunts for the last 12 years. He has appeared as a stuntman in several features and TV movies and has worked as a theatrical fight director across the country.
He has been on the creative side of show development for quite some time and has worked as an actor, choreographer, director and creator on dozens of original shows and show openings. For such companies as Walt Disney World, Seaworld, Universal Studios, Gaylord Palms Hotel and Resort, The Opryland Hotel, the prestigious Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Maine Shakespeare Festival and for numerous Special Events and Festivals.
Over the last decade, Ryan has performed stage fights with rapiers, daggers, small swords, broadswords, cutlasses, bullwhips, battle axes, quarter staves, his fists, other folk's fists, his feet, plungers, and a Nerf crossbow.
He began sword work at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival, where he had the pleasure of training and performing with some of the top instructors in the Society of American Fight Directors.
With this solid background, he was soon working as fight captain and a choreographer at both the Festival and regional theaters. In addition to many stage credits as an actor, combatant, stunt performer, and fight director, Ryan has taught stage combat to actors of all ages through classes and workshops around the country.
Ryan can be seen performing at Pirates Dinners Adventure in Orlando, FL, as a rope-swinging, sword-fighting pirate;
and at Renaissance Festivals around the country as one-half of To the Hilt, the Comedy Swordfighting Show.
All of this can lead to only one conclusion: Ryan Gigliotti is a professional sword-fighter, just like Van Damme is a professional kick-boxer....
Jennifer Christa Palmer originally hails from Hatboro, Pennsylvania and certified with the Society of America Fight Directors in 1993.
She earned her BA in Theatre in 1996 from Penn State University. Since 1997, she has toured in the comedy sword fighting show To the Hilt with her husband, Ryan H. Gigliotti.
She has played numerous historical characters including the sixteenth century Irish pirate Grace O'Malley, Emily Bronte, author of "Wuthering Heights", French actress Sarah Bernhardt, and turn of the century children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter.
Favorite roles include Martha May Whovier in Grinchmas 2004 at Islands of Adventure (during the holidays at Universal Orlando), Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Delilah in "Samson Revisited" (an original piece by Christopher Buehlman), and the title role in "The Perils of Emily Stunt Show" directed by John Davis.
His work as a Fight Director has been seen at many professional theatres in Florida and Ohio including; The Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, The Asolo Theatre Company, The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival and many more.
Clay’s acting prowess on stage has been witnessed in such shows as; Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), The Tempest, Godspell, Children of a Lesser God and a long list of successful shows. Clay has also worked as director, staging “Night Baseball” and “Black Elk Speaks” to name a couple.
Clay heard of Mike’s idea for Mayhem Productions and joined his band of merry men on the spot! Of course when Mike found out, a duel ensued, blood spilt, and a great hearty laugh by all involved!
Clay Van Sickle, Contributing member of Mayhem Productions and special effects guru.
Clay has worked extensively in the entertainment business for more than 12 years. He received his formal training from Baldwin Wallace College, where he received a BA in Theatre Arts with a specialization in Technical Theatre. While at BW, Clay served as Scene Shop Foreman where he learned welding and woodworking, as a Rigger, Electrician, Sound Designer and Actor/Director. He also studied prop building, and Sound and Lighting Design.
Clay's movement and stunt training includes The Society of American Fight Directors, The International Order of the Sword and Pen and The United Stuntmen's Association. This training included High Falls, Car stunts, Burn stunts and extensive combat training. After his initial training, Clay returned to the United Stuntmen's Association as a Journeyman Instructor. Clay has worked with many professional theatres including; The Cleveland Play House, The Cleveland Opera, Great Lakes Theatre Festival The Asolo Theatre Company and The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, where he directed fights for their inaugural season.
CID STOLL super secret agent at Mayhem!
Cid Stoll has nearly 25 years of experience in the arts and entertainment fields. After graduating with an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School in Winter Park, FL, she worked with the Arts Council of Greater Orlando as Youth Arts Coordinator, developing arts programs for children. In 1985 she co-founded The Tropical Theatre (now Theatre Downtown), and acted as its managing director for several years.
She joined the board of the Central Florida Performing Arts Alliance five years ago, and has served as its president twice. She has written, produced, stage managed, teched, or volunteered for a total of seven Orlando International Fringe Festivals, and has been on the board for three years. She has also worked with the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival on its New Play Festival and is a founding member of theatre company Invictus TC.
Currently, Cid works as a research and competitive intelligence specialist for Walt Disney Entertainment. She has been with the Disney organization for 16 years, during which she has purchased props, operated lasers, written and edited video scripts, helped open a couple of theme parks, participated in a few Super Bowl halftime shows, and worked on more special events than she can count.
Her only swordfighting experience is two semesters of fencing at the University of Wisconsin during her undergrad years, although she is quite good at verbal sparring.
Her life goal is to find a publisher who will pay her to travel around the world in alphabetical order and write a book about it.
Mayhem Productions -- "all kinds of mayhem for all kinds of people."
Michael created Mayhem Productions as a place where working artists and professionals in their fields could come together to create lasting and original pieces of work.
He is a classically trained actor, a produced playwright and an accomplished fight choreographer and director.
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana Mike developed a love for the stage and screen at an early age. Ever since then, he has pursued, performed and is still attempting to perfect this art form he is so passionate about.
Earning his degree in theatrical performance and directing from Northwestern State University of Louisiana he studied, acting, directing, stage combat and playwrighting. By his senior year he was teaching playwrighting to freshmen and the theatre's leading man. As well as on his way to becoming a strong fight choreographer.
"Mayhem's professionalism & performances were flawless & much appreciated during the Best of Florida SummerFest. I really feel that Mayhem Productions has assisted in shaping what SummerFest has become today." - Aaron Mendelson, Director of Entertainment, Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
