The Lifesize Mousetrap

Mark Perez
San Francisco, CA
info@lifesizemousetrap.org

Meet the Crew

Mark Perez heads up a dedicated group of artists, without whom the Lifesize Mousetrap wouldn't be possible! Here they are with a few words from Mark...

Mark Perez

Artist, builder, and underground collusionist since 1989. Fabricated the Life size Mousetrap in his spare time over a thirteen year period qualifying him for a new chapter in the labor of love department. He enjoys his gorgeous wife's smile, his faithful dog DELCO, and his pet rats LULU and ZUZU.

Esmerelda Strange

Esmerelda Strange is the one woman juggernaut who writes , sings, plays drums, accordion, and percussion (at the same time) and makes all the Mousetrap music.

Rock solid on the load out as well as organizing the production. Miss Esmerelda drives a 1970's bio fuel Frito Lay truck, has been with the Mousetrap from the beginning and has a little dog named freolitio. She lives in Austin, Texas and is just a super talented person.

Find her on the web here : www.esmereldastrange.com
www.myspace.com/esmereldastrange
She has also been playing music and performing with the Cyclecide Bike Rodeo band "Los Banos" since 1999.
www.cyclecide.com
www.myspace.com/losbanos

In her spare time she likes to rub her tummy, pat her head and chew gum simultaneously.

Paul Dingeldein

Born and raised in the South (the Louisiana, Mississippi, ...ect. South), where klowning is frowned upon, Paul moved around a lot until he found his Klowntopia in the bay area.

"Da Ding " when not in pain at the emergency room enjoys setting up and running the Mousetrap. His ability to successfully give 100% of his broken bones to both Cyclecide and the "Mousetrap" defies logic and we love him for that. Paul, a smiling strong backed Mississippin knows how to build the Mousetrap, and drive the fork lift faster than Richard Petty. After a little clean up Paul resembles a true clown carny carved from a genuine diamel.

Kelley DeForest

Armed only with a pocket knife and a bottle of brandy the young Kelley DeForest cut his teeth run'n eleven hound dogs and chasing wild cats through the great Nevada basin.

A natural hard worker; Kelley brings many Mousetrap talents to the project. He is capable of acting in the role of "old mother hubbard" and simultaneously move a 5000 pound shipping container with a car jack and two sticks. His favorite color is pink and he has some serious pimp daddy outfits.

Moses Grubb

Moses, a sea of calm during the craziest parts of the show can trick out the mousetrap, set triggers, get the Crazy stairs working and generally fine tune the machine to perfection. Besides his excellent carpentry skills moses can clown around with the best of them and is a regular pinta for the Cyclecide show.

Rose Harden

The gorgeous Rose who stole that special place in my heart really is the drive behind the Mousetrap. Her production sense, choreography, and show abilities push the presentation of the Mousetrap to unique levels. She can also run the fork lift and handles much of the costuming.

Rose also travels around the earth teaching and performing belly dance. She was longtime co-director for the acclaimed dance company Ultra Gypsy and Beats Antique!

you can find her at

www.rosehipsdancer.com

Renessa Lopez

The Cat: likes Mice, Whiskey, and playing with String.

Always handy with the wrench, Renessa the Cat is a tireless associate intuitively capable of building the Mousetrap with one swipe of her paw.
She runs The Little House with all the merch and chases the mice around for fun. Renessa loves swimming with the big fish and being outdoors. She is an active member of the Audubon Society. When she isn't napping she likes to watch the Eukanuba Dog Show.

Spy Emerson

Spy, a truly charming mouse brings publicity sense, acting talent, and an impressive High heel collection to the Mouse trap. Due to her work with Kinetic Steam Works she can actually drive a 1800's steam engine officially making the steam punk wana bees walk to school. Spy, who serves only Lucky her four year old son can be seen on the S.F. stage with a spaghetti 'o's can hat on her head. Lucky performs the Mousetrap's strong man act.

Find out about her art here