“BUKOWSICAL! (WINNER: Outstanding Musical 2007, New York International Fringe Festival) owes its greatest debt to director Joe Peracchio and his choreographer, Leanne Fonteyn, who never miss a chance to keep the show upbeat and absolutely unmissable!”
New York Theatre.Com

"Taking the Jesus Pill’s multimedia southern gothic extravaganza receives a sensational staging that defies categorization…Peracchio’s Inventive direction elevates the concept to create the most subversively entertaining show in town…Peracchio is fearless as he revs up the crowd as the valiant and sleazy Ratchet Palomino…
David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times

“Tricklock, a savvy and highly accomplished theatre group, has developed a lively and entertaining show (Peracchio’s Billy the Kid) that celebrates the gun-slingin’, free-livin’ tropes of the Wild, Wild West, but adds just enough of a veneer of countercultural, anti-violence ambiance to suggest that they simultaneously are critiquing that which they are cheerfully exporting. This thing is well performed. Goofy, droll and physically unstoppable, this exceptionally talented ensemble is so determined to get in the audience’s face and give everyone a good time that it’s tough to resist…”
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

Billy the Kid wouldn’t be out of place on Broadway or the West End…this show is no Fringe Best. It is destined for far greater things.
Edinburgh Guide (Five Stars)

Boozy, bitter, brash and barrels of laughs, the musical called BUKOWSICAL! deserves its exclamation point…Peracchio’s direction is audacious and irreverent with lots of great ideas...Recommended!!
Edge New York

“Billy the Kid takes no prisoners…has a subtle topical pulse amid the mania, shot through with rambunctious invention from its redoubtable troupe in multiple roles…the unpredictable, delightful verve makes "Billy the Kid" the kind of ribald frolic that theater exists for…”
David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times

(Peracchio’s) direction of the delightful Billy the Kid performers is as outlandish and exaggerated as the (largely fictitious) biographical yarn they’re spinning; the company doesn’t walk on stage if they can leap, stomp or cavort.
Amy Nicholson, LA Weekly

AWARDS:

New York Fringe Festival OUTSTANDING MUSICAL 2007 BUKOWSICAL! by Spencer Green & Gary Stockdale
Directed & Produced by Joe Peracchio

Seattle Fringe Festival ARTISTIC PICK: Best of the Festival 2001THE BEARD by Michael McClure
Actor, Producer: Joe Peracchio

Chicago’s Orgie Award: BEST NEW PLAY 2007
Danger Face by Idris Goodwin, Directed by Joe Peracchio.

Edinburgh International Fringe Theatre Festival:
SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD 2005
The Glorious & Bloodthirsty Billy the Kid
Written & Directed by Joe Peracchio & Created with
Tricklock Company.

Top Forty Under 40 Up and Coming Entertainment Professionals New Mexico Business Weekly, 2005

City of Albuquerque Mayor’s Film Advisory Board Member.
Martin Chavez, Mayor; Ann Lerner, Director