CALIGULA MAXIMUS Photos by Jason Goodman

Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS has performances at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17. Here are new photos of the production by Jason Goodman.

Helicon (JerZ Short) and Caligula (Ryan Knowles) in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Jason Goodman

Tim DAX and the cast of CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Jason Goodman

JerZ Short as Helicon in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17, 2010. Photo by Jason Goodman

Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17, 2010. Photo by Jason Goodman

Charletta Rozzell in a scene from Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17, 2010.

Justine Joli backstage at the Ellen Stewart Theatre in New Yor, preparing for Preisser and Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Jason Goodman

Justine Joli (Caesonia) does Ryan Knowles (Caligula) makeup backstage at the Ellen Stewart Theatre before CALIGULA MAXIMUS Showtime. Photo by Jason Goodman

Elinor Lerner in a scene from Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, currently at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17, 2010. Photo by Jason Goodman

Hoop Girl Tricia Storie in a scene from Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17, 2010. Photo by Jason Goodman

Performances for CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St., are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 17th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.lamama.org or by calling the box office at 212.475.7710. Tickets must be picked up at the box office which is located at 74A E. 4th St. For more information, visit www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St. (btwn 2nd Ave & The Bowery)
Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors

Broadwayworld.com: CALIGULA MAXIMUS Extends Thru 4/17 at Ellen Stewart Theatre

Thursday, March 25, 2010; Posted: 12:03 PM – by BWW News Desk
Broadwayworld.com: CALIGULA MAXIMUS Extends Thru 4/17 at Ellen Stewart Theatre

Ryan Knowles stars as Caligula in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Lia Chang

Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s outrageous circus themed theatrical extravaganza CALIGULA MAXIMUS currently playing at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St. in New York, has been extended to April 17th.

Co-written by Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) and directed by Preisser, CALIGULA MAXIMUS is set on the last night of the infamous dictator’s life.

Says co-writer Randy Weiner, “This is a real word-of-mouth hit. We literally have zero marketing budget, and we are now announcing our second extension.”

Weiner continues, “When we were first creating this show, Alfred and I knew we wanted to make something that was like nothing else in New York City. We wanted to produce an event that we would want to see and tell all our friends about. From the unbelievable audience response, especially the fact that at each performance, we have regulars coming back again and again and bringing friends, it seems like there is a strong appetite for the mix of music, dancing, bodies, circus, wrestling, and dangerous ideas that is like nothing audiences have ever seen before.”

Ryan Knowles stars as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli as his wife Caesonia, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova as his sister Druscilla, Luqman Brown as Sulla, the peanut vendor and JerZ Short as circus master Helicon. The show features award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and RoxAnne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax and an outrageous collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks.

Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Yetunde Ince, Bill Johnson, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS has sets and rigging by Evan Collier, costumes by Laura Clarke, lighting by Christopher McElroen, musical direction and lead guitar by Joe Shavel, musicians Kareem Clarke (bass), Jeremy O’Brien (drum/mayhem), Brendan Scharen (rhythm guitar), Joel Siegel (drums/conga), whip consulting by Chris McDaniel, stage management by Mike Yrigoyen, and press by Lia Chang.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Performances for CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St., are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 17th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.lamama.org or by calling the box office at 212.475.7710. Tickets must be picked up at the box office which is located at 74A E. 4th St. For more information, visit www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

La MaMa e.t.c. is located at 74A East 4th St. between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery. Performances are Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm.

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Broadwayworld.com Photo Flash: Opening Night of CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre

Photo Flash: Opening Night Of CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre
Wednesday, March 24, 2010; Posted: 11:03 AM – by BWW News DeskBroadwayworld.com Photo Flash: Opening Night of CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre

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Backstage.com: ‘Caligula Maximus’ Review by Clifford Lee Johnson III

NY Review: ‘Caligula Maximus’ at La MaMa ETC
Reviewed by Clifford Lee Johnson III
March 22, 2010

Ryan Knowles stars as Caligula in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Lia Chang

Jesus poses mournfully in the lobby, a topless woman in a Hula-Hoop gyrates in the foyer, a peanut vendor hawks his wares inside the theater—and then the show starts. For the next 75 minutes, the Roman emperor Caligula and 30 actors, dancers, circus performers, professional bodybuilders, and porn stars proceed to sing, dance, wrestle, murder, and float gracefully through the air in “Caligula Maximus,” the circus/musical/extravaganza at La MaMa.

The notion behind this exuberantly aberrant piece is that Caligula is hosting a circus for the people of Rome. During its course, we are treated to the highlights and low points of his reign, including the installation of his horse Incitatus as a member of the Senate, his tragic love for his sister Drusilla, and his desire to become the empire’s chief deity. But even though Caligula bests Jesus in a wrestling match for that honor, he still cannot thwart the peanut vendor’s prophecy that his followers will turn on him before the performance ends.

…Preisser & Weiner’s wisest decision is the casting of Ryan Knowles as Caligula. He carries the entire production on his slim shoulders, imbuing the emperor with charisma, intelligence, tenderness, and a sense of irony. Almost as smart is the choice of Luqman Brown to play the peanut vendor. Flying above the set, aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova makes for an ethereal Drusilla. Porn celebrity and former Penthouse Pet Justine Joli fleshes out (literally) Caligula’s wife, Caesonia. And I predict that Tim Dax’s muscular portrayal of Incitatus will entice more than a few theatergoers into sharing Caligula’s equine passion.

“Caligula Maximus” is not for everyone. If you like your theater to argue like a grad-school paper, have a pathological dread of being pulled on stage, or look at naked actors and wonder if they ever eat, you will not appreciate this production. But if you like your theater gamy and a bit rough around the edges, “Caligula Maximus” will thoroughly satisfy your desires.

Presented by La MaMa ETC, Hammerstein and Weiner, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser, and Kingsize, USA, at La MaMa ETC, 66 E. Fourth St., NYC. March 19–April 10. Thu. and Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 8 and 10 p.m. (212) 352-3101, (866) 811-4111, www.theatermania.com, or www.lamama.org.

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IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Colette Nelson at CALIGULA MAXIMUS

CALIGULA MAXIMUS castmembers Roxanne Edwards, Raheem Green, Tim DAX, director Alfred Preisser, and Myra Adams are joined on the set by Leigh Penman of rxmuscle.com and IFBB professional bodybuilder and actress Colette Nelson at the Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York on March 20, 2010. Photo by Lia Chang

Last night, IFBB Professional Bodybuilder and actress Colette Nelson and Leigh Penman of rxmuscle.com came out to the Ellen Stewart Theatre to support their fellow bodybuilders Myra Adams, Tim DAX, Roxanne Edwards and Raheem Green, who are currently appearing in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS, through April 10th.

Co-written by Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) and directed by Preisser, CALIGULA MAXIMUS is set on the last night of the infamous dictator’s life.

With a cast that includes Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova and an outrageous collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks, CALIGULA MAXIMUS audiences should expect “an entertainment” that will test their limits of human intellect and appetite.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Scheduled performances are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 10th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.lamama.orgor by calling the box office at 212.475.7710. For more information, visit
www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Opens March 19th
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St., between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery
The box office is located at 74A E. 4th St.

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Backstage.com: With ‘Caligula,’ Alfred Preisser Offers a ‘Pleasurable Mess’ by Tom Penketh

With ‘Caligula,’ Alfred Preisser Offers a ‘Pleasureable Mess’
By Tom Penketh
March 19, 2010

Justine Joli as Caesonia and Ryan Knowles as Caligula with the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS, directed by Alfred Preisser, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St. in New York through April 10. Photo by Lia Chang

Halfway through our interview, a lithe young woman approaches. “She’s a juggler,” Alfred Preisser tells me as she gets closer.

“I just wanted to run this by you,” she starts anxiously. She wants to know whether she can do a fire-eating bit in the show. “We probably won’t get fire permission,” she adds, “but… I haven’t gotten to eat fire in New York yet.”

“We’ll talk about it,” he reassures her, then looks sparks a satisfied smile. “See what I get to deal with!”

Preisser (pronounced “Pricer”) clearly relishes his work. The award-winning director first made a name for himself during nearly ten years at the Classical Theatre of Harlem, at which he served as co-founding artistic director (with Christopher McElroen).

With productions like “King Lear,” “The Trojan Women,” “Dream on Monkey Mountain,” ” Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe,” and the musical “Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death” (which won seven Audelco Awards, including Best Director), Preisser carved out a reputation for vibrant theatrical storytelling, which, he recently told an interviewer, is “a mix of rhetoric, dance and music, physicality and violence… It is about creating a direct connection between the actor, the story, and the audience all the time.”

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Multimedia: Photo Coverage of Andre Dé Shields, Melvin Van Peebles, Penthouse Pets Krista Ayne and Anju McIntyre at the Opening Night of Preisser and Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre

Ryan Knowles as Caligula with the cast and audience on stage at the opening night performance of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York on March 19th. Photo by Lia Chang

Last night, the wooden bleacher seats of the Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York’s East Village were filled to the rafters for the opening night performance of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s outrageous circus themed theatrical extravaganza CALIGULA MAXIMUS.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS director and co-playwright Alfred Preisser with Penthouse Centerfold Anju McIntyre(October 2009), Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, who plays Caesonia in the show, Penthouse Pet Krista Ayne (Penthouse Pet of The Year Runner-Up 2007) at the opening night party of CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York on March 19, 2010. Photo by Lia Chang

Notables in the house who danced and partied on the CALIGULA MAXIMUS set after the show, with tunes provided by cast member Luqman Brown’s band Funkface, included Andre Dé Shields, Melvin Van Peebles, Penthouse Pet Krista Ayne(Penthouse Pet of The Year Runner-Up 2007) and Penthouse Centerfold Anju McIntyre (October 2009), Bev Petty, associate director of La MaMa and Frank Carucci, La MaMa Board President.

Co-written by Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) and directed by Preisser, CALIGULA MAXIMUS is set on the last night of the infamous dictator’s life.

With a cast that stars Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli as his wife Caesonia, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova as his sister Druscilla, Luqman Brown as Sulla, the peanut vendor, JerZ Short as Helicon, award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax, and an outrageous collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks, CALIGULA MAXIMUS audiences should expect “an entertainment” that will test their limits of human intellect and appetite.

Andre Dé Shields, Penthouse Centerfold Anju McIntyre (October 2009) and Melvin Van Peebles at the opening night party of CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre on March 19, 2010. Photo by Lia Chang

Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Yetunde Ince, Bill Johnson, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS has sets and rigging by Evan Collier, costumes by Laura Clarke, lighting by Christopher McElroen, musical direction and lead guitar by Joe Shavel, musicians Kareem Clarke (bass), Jeremy O’Brien (drum/mayhem), Brendan Scharen (rhythm guitar), Joel Siegel (drums/conga), whip consulting by Chris McDaniel, stage management by Mike Yrigoyen, and press by Lia Chang.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Scheduled performances are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 10th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.lamama.orgor by calling the box office at 212.475.7710. For more information, visit
www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St., between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery

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Justine Joli, star of CALIGULA MAXIMUS, to appear on the Opie and Anthony Show at 9:30am on Thursday, March 18, 2010

Justine Joli Photo by Lia Chang

Adult film star and Penthouse Pet, Justine Joli, who plays the role of Caesonia, the wife of Caligula, in CALIGULA MAXIMUS, has been invited on the Opie and Anthony Show to perform a naked radio version of one of her scenes from the play. For the radio performance, the part of Caligula will be played by Opie and Anthony regular, comedian Rich Vos.

Says Co-Writer Randy Weiner, “I know the Opie and Anthony fans will get a kick out of Justine’s performance of this scene in which her character Caesonia expresses her admiration for the sex lives of the bonobo monkey — including their predilection for (among other things) masturbation, lesbianism, and rimjobs.”

Co-written by Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) and directed by Preisser, CALIGULA MAXIMUS is set on the last night of the infamous dictator’s life. The play, currently in previews at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St. in New York, opens on March 19th. Performances are Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm.

With a cast that includes Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova, award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax, and an outrageous collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks, CALIGULA MAXIMUS audiences should expect “an entertainment” that will test their limits of human intellect and appetite.

Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Luqman Brown, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Yetunde Ince, Bill Johnson, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Ella Mische, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, JerZ Short, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS has sets and rigging by Evan Collier, costumes by Laura Clarke, lighting by Christopher McElroen, musical direction and lead guitar by Joe Shavel, musicians Kareen Clarke (bass), Jeremy O’Brien (drum/mayhem), Brendan Scharen (rhythm guitar), Joel Siegel (drums/conga), whip consulting by Chris McDaniel, stage management by Mike Yrigoyen, and press by Lia Chang.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Scheduled performances are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 10th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at https://www.lamama.orgor by calling the box office at 1-866-811-4111. For more information, visit
www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Opens March 19th
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St., between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery

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Party with the CALIGULA MAXIMUS Cast and special guests including Penthouse Pets, after the Opening Night Performance on March 19th

Justine Joli as Caesonia and Ryan Knowles as Caligula with the cast of CALIGULA MAXMUS. Photo by Lia Chang

Buy your ticket for the opening night performance of CALIGULA MAXIMUS on March 19th and you can party with the CALIGULA MAXIMUS Cast and special guests, including Penthouse Pets, after the show, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E.4th St, in New York.The Off Broadway production of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre is currently in previews.

A bevy of beauty and brains including Penthouse Pets Krista Ayne(Penthouse Pet of The Year Runner-Up 2007), Victoria “Dr. Z” Zdrok (Pet of The Year, 2004, clinical psychologist, PhD Drexel University); Penthouse Centerfolds Anju McIntyre (October 2009) and Jade Vixen, (March 2010), and Kristin Davis aka The Manhattan Madam and now running for Governor of New York (whose most recent book was excerpted in the April 2009 issue of Penthouse), will be there to celebrate with fellow Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, who portrays Caesonia, Caligula’s wife, in the show.

The opening night party will feature live music, food and beverages and free Penthouse Magazines, donated by Penthouse, while supplies last. Admission to the party is included in the price of the opening night ticket.

Co-written by Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) and directed by Preisser, CALIGULA MAXIMUS is set on the last night of the infamous dictator’s life.

With a cast that includes Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova, award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax, and an outrageous collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks, CALIGULA MAXIMUS audiences should expect “an entertainment” that will test their limits of human intellect and appetite.

Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Luqman Brown, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Yetunde Ince, Bill Johnson, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Ella Mische, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, JerZ Short, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS has sets and rigging by Evan Collier, costumes by Laura Clarke, lighting by Christopher McElroen, musical direction and lead guitar by Joe Shavel, musicians Kareen Clarke (bass), Jeremy O’Brien (drum/mayhem), Brendan Scharen (rhythm guitar), Joel Siegel (drums/conga), whip consulting by Chris McDaniel, stage management by Mike Yrigoyen, and press by Lia Chang.

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c., CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Scheduled performances are on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm, through April 10th. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.lamama.orgor by calling the box office at 212.475.7710. For more information, visit
www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com.

Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Opens March 19th
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St., between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery

Join CALIGULA MAXIMUS on:
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Multimedia: Production Photos of Preisser and Weiner’s CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa e.t.c. through April 17

Ryan Knowles as Caligula (center) with the cast of CALIGULA MAXIMUS. Photo by Lia Chang

Co-writers Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) have teamed up to create CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a new play that takes place on the last night of the notorious dictator’s life. Preisser directs.

Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova as Drucilla Photo by Lia Chang

With a cast that includes Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova, award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax, and an outrages collection of over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks, CALIGULA MAXIMUS audiences should expect “an entertainment” that will test their limits of human intellect and appetite.

The Cast of Preisser and Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS Photo by Lia Chang

Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Luqman Brown, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Yetunde Ince, Bill Johnson, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Ella Mische, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, JerZ Short, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach.

Justine Joli as Caesonia and Ryan Knowles as Caligula with the cast of CALIGULA MAXMUS. Photo by Lia Chang

Presented by La MaMa, e.t.c.,CALIGULA MAXIMUS is a project with Hammerstein & Weiner, LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser and Kingsize, USA.

Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E. 4th St. (btwn 2nd Ave & The Bowery)
Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors
Purchase online
or by phone at 866.811.4111
The box office is located a 74A E. 4th St.

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