Peter Foy

Throughout his lifetime, Peter Foy applied his artistic vision and mechanical ingenuity to the challenge of safely flying performers in a variety of different and often difficult circumstances. His creation of the Inter-Related Pendulum helped define Mary Martin’s barnstorming performance as Peter Pan for the 1954 Broadway musical and ushered in a new era of spectacular, highly-controlled, natural-looking free flight. 

In the years that followed, Foy introduced a series of wholly new flying systems, each created to remedy a problem or redefine a flying aesthetic. He created the Floating Pulley system in 1958 as a means of flying actors in low-height venues. His determination to preserve the magic of theatrical flight by concealing its mechanism from the audience’s view led to his introduction of the Track-On-Track system, an ingenious arrangement allowing independent control of lift and travel, in 1962.

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Joe McGeough

Joe McGeough is Director of Operations for Foy Inventerprises, Inc., based in Las Vegas.  His association with Flying by Foy spans more than three decades, beginning with his work as a systems operator for the flying ballet on Ice Capades.

Over the years, Joe worked closely with the late Peter Foy and his son, Garry, on the development of new flying systems for productions worldwide. 

He has collaborated on hundreds of productions for Foy, including shows on Broadway (American Idiot, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Tarzan the Musical), concert tours (The Backstreet Boys’ Into the Millennium World Tour), television (The Drew Carey Show, The Grammy Awards, The American Music Awards), international productions (Wicked in Tokyo), seasonal shows (The flying angels at The Crystal Cathedral and Phoenix First Assembly of God, The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, The Shoji Tabuchi Show in Branson, MO), theme parks (Finding Nemo at Disney’s Animal Kingdom), industrials (The Microsoft Global Summit), special events (Olympic Torch Relay in Times Square, Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show) and more than a dozen Royal Caribbean cruise ships.

Brad Allen

Brad Allen attended the University of Utah (Major in Technical Theatre) and Southern Utah University (Major in Technical Theatre, Minor in Design Engineering). He joined Flying by Foy in 1995. 

In addition to serving as Flying Director for hundreds of regional musical productions, stage plays and industrial shows throughout the United States, he has also supervised the flying effects for many Japanese shows and touring productions (Peter Pan, Oguri [Super Kabuki], Saiyuki [Monkey Magic], Yuta and Wonderful Friends and Once Upon a Mouse for Tokyo Disneyland); feature films (Beverly Hills Ninja) and televised events (The 74^th  and 82^nd Annual Academy Awards, MTV Movie Awards, ESPY Awards, Comedy Central Roasts Pamela Anderson, Billboard Music Awards).

Harold Christensen

Harold Christensen did his first Peter Pan with Foy as a volunteer at the Historic Landers Theatre in Springfield, MO, when he was just 16 years old!  He received a B.F.A. degree in Technical and Performance Theatre from Southwest Missouri State University, and worked at the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre in Branson before joining Flying by Foy in 1999.

Harry created aerial swimming sequences for Elton John and Time Rice’s Aida on Broadway and for three international productions (Germany, Japan and the Netherlands).  He has applied his considerable skills as a Flying Director to everything from children’s shows (The Wiggles Concert Tour, Puck’s Potion) to ballet companies (Ballet Austin, Birmingham Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Eugene Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Toledo Ballet and Washington Ballet). 

Jason Wilson

Jason Wilson was born on the Fourth of July and loves to spend his leisure time outdoors with his golden retriever.  He joined the Flying by Foy team in August, 1999, and once described the best part of his job as “being a part of their community, especially smaller shows: high school, community theatres.  I enjoy working with non-professional groups.”

Notwithstanding, he has flown three of the entertainment industry’s biggest divas: Mariah Carey (Charmbracelet World Tour), Celiné Dion (Celiné Dion - A New Day), and Cher (Living Proof: The Farewell Tour).

His most challenging work has taken him halfway around the world to supervise some of Foy’s biggest fully-automated equipment installations and most demanding rehearsal processes aboard the world’s largest passenger ships for Royal Caribbean International.

Matthew Bevacqua

Matt Bevacqua joined the Foy team in 1999. 

He currently heads Flying by Foy's design and development section as Lead Technical Designer.

Craven Baker

Craven Baker is an Assistant Technical Designer for Flying by Foy's design and development secton.  He joined the Foy team in 2007.