Charley is a prolific musician and composer. He is proficient on the accordion, piano, guitar, banjo, bass (upright & electric), ukulele, mandolin, harmonica, melodica, Kaoss Pad, spoons, and is capable on the clarinet, flute, tuba, baritone, folk harp, violin, and trombone. He has composed original music for many shows, including musicals, Shakespeare plays and aerial dance performances. They’ve also played in several bands including: Bathtub Jen & the Henchmen, Floating Compass, Marek & the Boss Chops, The Squeaky Cleans, Skull Buggery, Warthög, and The Oompahsters.

The Poetry Brothel, The Star Theater

The Wild Party's Over, The Tank

The Poetry Brothel, The Oberon

Bathtub Jen and the Henchmen, The Knitting Factory

Marek and the Boss Chops, Greenwich Village Bistro

Speakeasy Dollhouse, The Weylin

Warthög in Stairway to Hell, Rebel

Caucasian Chalk Circle (Pipeline), Theater for the New City

Much Ado About Nothing (EBE), Prospect Park

Floating Compass, Arlene's Grocery

Marek and the Boss Chops

Skull Buggery, The Clipper City

Bathtub Jen and the Henchmen, Under St. Mark's

Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy Accordion - Charley Layton Photo: Christina Beasley

E.B.E. presents Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Directed by: Charley Layton Costume Design: Katja Andreiev Properties Design: Lauren Genutis Fight Choreography: Turner Smith Featuring: Eric Alba, Emilio Aquino, Darcy Cadman, Michael Cirelli, Fernando Contreras, Alex Gould, Matthew Hanson, Jenna Krasowski, Whit Leyenberger, Dan Mulkerin, John Prescod, Shannon Pritchard, Joseph Reese, Elizabeth Spano, and Adrienne Rose White Musicians: Plectrum Banjo: Marek Sapieyevski Clarinet: Charley Layton Drums: Griffin Sherbert Trombone/Vocals: Sarah Segal-Lazar Trumpet: Peter Honan Vocals: Fernando Contreras

A steampunk collaboration of prohibitionistic proportions, Bathtub Jen and the Henchmen sneak you into their world of slapstick, stand-up, and vaudeville. Follow Jersey's finest speakeasy entrepreneur/bootlegging hoodlum Bathtub Jen and her curmudgeonly Russian ex-con husband Ivan as they embark on poorly judged money-making schemes, kvetch about erotic sessions gone awry, and stay one step ahead of bumbling Police Commissioner Kelly.

Floating Compass is: Tim Cronin John Gray Michael Sinicropi Charley Layton Jesse Bartlett-Webber Alex Topornycky with special help from: John Rau (audio) Todd Ettman (audio) Samantha Robinson (video/photography) Produced by Tim Cronin

Vera & Valya & The Magical One Cat Circus The 11 o clock number! Original Music by Lacy Rose Choreography by Tessa Palmer Book by Nadja Leonhard-Hooper Director Nadja Leonhard-Hooper and Olivia McGiff presented by The Tank and Reckless Tricycle Cast: Charley Layton, Sarah Traisman, Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, Collin Knopp-Schwyn, Patrick Brady, Jeremy Brick.