TwitchTwitch Productions

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TwitchTwitch Productions offers a wide variety of macabre entertainment.

It started in the year 2008 with Long Island's First Horrific-Comical Zombie Musical Theatre Show, “The Living Dead Mafia”, and one week after the show, The Living Dead Mafia hosted The Frightmare Haunted House in Mastic.

In February of 2009, the senior members of the company sat down to discuss the direction of TwitchTwitch Productions for the upcoming year. It was on that faithful night that The Living Dead Mafia's Alternative Rock Band (The LDM Band), was born. The Band Consists of a few key players, The AdMan/Salvatore Rizzo (Adam Ginsberg) who will make the ladies swoon over his face melting guitar solos, B-Nobez/Charlie Bones (Brendan Noble) who provides soothing sounds from the keyboards, Dr. Fingers (Robert Frankenberg) who bangs the drums as if he were marching off to war, Damien (Damien Zuccarelli) who plays such a smooth bass that the ladies go wild, and LC/The Warrior Witch (Elsie Martinez Ginsberg) whose vocals have been said to cast spells. Upon request, The LDM Band is willing to play out as the costumed characters from The Living Dead Mafia (as they did when they played live at the Vanderfest 2010), or as themselves...Whichever type of set the event and venue is interested in having, they will perform. 2009 also brought two large haunts to Long Island courtesy of TwitchTwitch Productions. At the Mills Pond House in St. James the team built and managed a 5,000 square foot haunted maze, while just a few towns away at the Country Fair Park, the other half of the company built and managed an 80,000 Sq. foot trail known as The Living Dead Mafia’s Path to Purgatory.

After starting the band, Adam got the idea to do an online podcast called The Pod of the Dead which features Adam “The Adman” Ginsberg and Rob “Fingers” Frankenberg as the hosts. After a few months of rehearsing and appearances as being MC's for Bands at The Riff, another spinoff had been born. After noting the success of The Golden Cannoli from the Living Dead Mafia Theatre Show, Adam decided it was time for an acoustic comedy act. The Living Dead Mafia's Acoustic Comedy Act which consists of Adam Ginsberg as Salvatore Rizzo "The Deadfather" and Robert Frankenberg as "Dr. Fingers Frankenberg" took flight.

Last year in 2010, TwitchTwitch Productions broadened their horizons in multiple aspects. The core four behind TwitchTwitch Productions took a trip to The National Haunters Convention in order to spread the company name. The LDM Band played out at multiple venues including The Purple Frog, The National Underground, The Vanderbilt Museum and Brookhaven Amphitheater to name a few. On top of that, the production team decided to revive The Living Dead Mafia which performed Saturdays during October at The Mills Pond House in Saint James. Added to that they produced a play written by an up and coming Long Island writer (Greg Cioffi), called Qualia: Origins of the Undead, which was performed on Friday nights. On Sundays, the TwitchTwitch crew put together the first ever zombie talk / variety show called “Even Later With Salvatore Rizzo”, which was organized by Adam Ginsberg and Brendan Noble The show featured a revival of classic Carson, Letterman, and Conan O’Brien skits, all done with a unique, undead comedic twist.

In preparation for a busy 2011 season, TwitchTwitch Productions teamed up with a local advertising company called Long Island Mobile Billboards. This partnership was seen at many festivals across Long Island such as Alive After Five and The Great South Bay Music Festival.

TwitchTwitch Productions also formed yet another new partnership with Island Cinemas of Mastic, NY. From July-October 2011, TwitchTwitch Productions brought horror to a new level of entertainment by combining live theatrics to horror movie classics during their Double Feature Horror Nights at Island Cinemas. This 5d experience was received so well by it's weekly audiences that Horror Nights will be returning in December.

In addition to the Horror Nights, TwitchTwitch produced two short films that were shown on the big screen during the horror nights. One was a short film about Salvatore Rizzo, the Deadfather. The other was a documentary about what goes on behind the scenes here at TwitchTwitch Productions.

Also this past October 2011, The Living Dead Mafia and Qualia: Origins of the Undead returned to The Candelabra Theatre Stage. Even Later with Salvatore Rizzo also returned and was brought to a new level with the addition of musical performances by Baron Misuraca, magic tricks from Josh Kurzban, dating disasters with Reanna Armellino as Cha-Cha, exotic dancing from Alyssa Semken as Riddicu-Leggz, belly dancing from Diva Yoco, spoken word from Aleister Price, and last but not least, character portrayals of Bill Clinton, Sean Connery, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono!

The 2012 season will be opening many new doors for TwitchTwitch Productions. While we don't want to let you in on all the surprises we have in store for you this upcoming season, we can tell you this : April 13-15 2012, TwitchTwitch Productions will be producing one of the biggest conventions to ever come to Long Island - The Macabre Faire presents The Dark Twisted Forest at the Best Western Mill River Manor of Rockville Centre

So there you have it, TwitchTwitch Productions covers everything from Theatre Shows, Haunted Houses, Rock Bands, Podcasts, Acoustic Comedy, Horror Nights, Conventions, and yes we even do Birthday Parties and Events. For more information or to schedule some unique entertainment for your next event visit www.TwitchTwitchProductions.com