Midnight Insanity began at the Balboa Theatre in Newport Beach, California on January 16, 1988. When the Balboa closed in November 1991, the cast moved to the Art Theatre in Long Beach on January 11, 1992, and performed there for an amazing 14-year run, with their final show being on Thursday, July 27, 2006.

Midnight Insanity was then invited to perform in the Royal Theater, aboard the Historic Queen Mary. Opening night was on August 26, 2006, which necessitated adding a second performance that evening, in order to accomodate all the attendees.

Due to a change in management, Midnight Insanity moves to the fabulous Warner Grand in San Pedro. The theatre is a historic landmark, and has been recently restored. Opening night is on February 16, 2008.

The cast also performed Fridays at the Topanga Theater in Woodland Hills from October 1996 through May 1998; as well as Fridays at the 4 Star Cinema in Garden Grove from July 1999 through September 1999.

They are the only Rocky cast to be honored by a municipality as the mayor proclaimed January 17th, 1995 "Midnight Insanity Day" in Long Beach in recognition of various fundraising activities and work with local youth. Currently, the cast operates a 24 hour crisis hotline staffed by volunteer members of the cast. Midnight Insanity is a non profit organization and survives solely on the donations of their audience and castmembers.

The cast and its members have performed at national conventions at Fox studios in Hollywood for the 15th, Beverly Hills, Hollywood at the 20th, Denver, Tucson, San Jose and Las Vegas for the 25th.

During the 20th Anniversary, after their special performance at the Pantages, Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien requested the backdrop they had painted and used as a set.

In 1993 Midnight Insanity sponsored and hosted "The Age of Consent," a National Convention at the Hilton in Long Beach commemorating the 18th Anniversary of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". This event was attended by fans from across the country which featured an appearance by radio legend, Dr. Demento. The convention raised over $1000 for AIDS Project Los Angeles.

In June of 1997, Midnight Insanity hosted the 22nd Annual National Rocky Horror Convention, "The Light in the Darkness", at the "Inn at the Park" hotel in Anaheim, CA. The two-day convention was attended by numerous casts from around the country, as well as people from as far away as Milan, Italy.

In August of 1999, Midnight Insanity was selected to perform at Rhino Retrofest with Rocky Horror creator, Richard O'Brien.

In July of 2000, Midnight Insanity participated in a Rocky documentary called "A Regular Frankie Fan", which was put together by "Magick Films" and is currently available on both VHS and DVD, in stores everywhere.

In June of 2001, Midnight Insanity hosted "Frankie Goes to Hollywood", a 4-day Rocky Horror Convention in the heart of Hollywood, CA. This convention featured guest stars Patricia Quinn (Magenta from RHPS), Bob Simon (Frank from the Rocky Horror Show), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark); and was attended by folks from around the country, plus a few dedicated fans from Japan.

In June of 2005, Midnight Insanity hosted Cirque Du Rockeil, another 4-day Rocky Horror Convention. This convention was held in Sin City, Las Vegas, NV.

In September of 2005, Midnight Insanity performed at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate Rocky Horror's 30th Anniversary, along with nearly 8000 fans!! Our opening band was Louis XIV, and our lovely MC for the evening was Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Gos and various other projects.

Yoo hoo, yoo hoo a pirate's life for me. Do you want to lead a pirate's life? In July of 2007, Midnight Insanity held our fifth Rocky Horror Convention, The Pirates of Transylvania. This convention was held aboard the Queen Mary, where we raised the Pirate flag, and went off to raid nearby ships in the Port of Long Beach.

Midnight Insanity castmembers have won several convention awards for costumes including "Frank", "Janet", "Riff-Raff", "Magenta", "Columbia", "Eddie", "Dr. Scott" and "Transylvanian". At the 20th Anniversary, Midnight Insanity won for Best Eddie, Riff, Magenta and Transylvanian. At the 25th Anniversary, we won for Best Eddie, Dr. Scott and "Kimi Wong" Transylvanian.

Midnight Insanity has promoted Rocky Horror on national TV during Doo-Dah parades, the Fox-TV Television Special in October 1993, in the Drew Carey Show's 1996-1997 season finale, "New York and Queens", and on VH-1's "Behind the Music" in 1999.

In January of 2008, Midnight Insanity celebrated their 20th Birthday as a performing Rocky Horror cast. Featuring a special 20th Birthday Special Performance, Midnight Insanity performed a true Double Feature to two packed houses, over the course of about six hours.