CALIGULA Comes to The Medicine Show Theatre

Medicine Show Theatre presents Caligula, Albert Camus's stunning, provocative play about an insane, narcissistic dictator wreaking havoc on his embattled nation.

Hmmmm, that's sounds familiar.

This is the first production of the controversial classic in New York in more than a decade. This production blends perverse humor with swaths of vulgarity, covered in a vaudeville style motif, adding to the tension and the macabre feel. Mark J. Dempsey, directs.

Camus' Caligula was conceived and written in response to the rise of The Third Reich and the subsequent war. "We all know how that went," observed Medicine Show's chairwoman Regan Vann Batuello. "We do not, however, know how our future will go, but we see it as the role of the artist to highlight our own society with all its warts and blemishes. As such, Caligula is once again a leader for our times," she concluded.

Caligula stars Richard Keyser, with Demetrius Blocker, Chris Cunningham, David Elyha, Janine Georgette, Alex Miskin, Samuel Muniz, Mario Peguero, Diana Westphal and Perri Yaniv, and begins previews Thursday, September 6, with the official opening being one week later on Thursday, September 13. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, at 4pm. Caligula runs until Sunday, October 14. The Medicine Show Theatre is located at 549 West 52nd Street, Third Floor.

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble is a company of professional theatre artists dedicated to offering creative alternatives to conventional theatre by creating and presenting works that experiment with language, music, movement, form and ideas, and meld the strengths of theatrical tradition with innovation. We offer provocative theater for professional theatergoers!

The works are chosen to delight the mind, honor creativity, confound empty convention, encourage active compassion and present the many facets of the American experience within a global community. We are committed to the belief in theater as an art form that inspires, challenges, questions and entertains. This commitment is reflected in our choice of repertory and the multi-ethnic composition of the Ensemble.