Unartistically Frustrated presents End Caligula, the smart comedy that details the final days of the Emperor Caligula, and the efforts of the two senators who seek to end his life - because sleeping with horses is just plain wrong. Presented as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival.
(PRWEB) July 21, 2005 -- Unartistically Frustrated proudly presents:
"END CALIGULA"
As part of the Midtown International Theater Festival
Written By: Sean Michael Welch
Directed by: Stacee Mandeville
Produced by: Caroline Murray and Unartistically Frustrated
At The Jewel Box Theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor
Tickets Only $15 at SmartTix.com
SHOW TIMES:
Thursday, July 21 - 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 23 - 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 30 - 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 3 - 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 7 - 5:30 p.m.
History is full of dictators but Caligula's madness is legendary. "End Caligula" is the story of the tyrant's last days before his assassination and follows the plotting of two senators in their determination to end an unhappy and confusing time in Rome, for the good of the people. To the senators' dismay, the people seem to enjoy having Caligula - a descendent of the treasured Augustus and the esteemed Caesar - as their emperor, so how can the two conspirators justify such a terrible act? Perhaps by leaking a few stories to the press regarding Caligula's activities behind closed doors? Does he really put on performances in his bedroom dressed as Venus for unfortunate visitors? And what about his fondness for horses - just how deep does his equestrian passion run?
Unartistically Frustrated is proud to present the world premiere of End Caligula" as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival this summer at the Jewel Box Theater. Starring, Ryan Blackwell, Katherine Harte, Heather Lasiner, Matthew Scott and Jesse Sneddon. Stage Direction by Jennifer Nushkin. The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) is the brainchild of John Chatterton, publisher and editor of OOBR ("the off-off-broadway review"). Chatterton started the MITF as a way to present the finest Off-Off-Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. For eleven seasons, OOBR has been passing judgment on Off-Off-Broadway theatre; now, as he says, he is putting his money where his mouth is.
Unartistically Frustrated is a New York City based theater company founded in 2003, whose mission is to make the most of its multi-faceted talent, imparting the joys of theater in a fresh and startling way by incorporating diverse genres of performance and art in its repertoire. Recent credits include, two original member works, "Bloodsucker Proxy" and "Routine, Bypassed" at the Ripley-Grier Studios, "The Food Chain" at The Players Theater and "The Merely Players: An Evening of the Works of J.D. Robertson" at the Stella Adler Theater. Their first production, "Sextuple Indemnity," received positive reviews from both AmericanTheatreWeb.com and NYCTheatre.com. UnArt later competed as a finalist in the 2004 Winter Strawberry One-Act Festival with "Denmark" and participated in the 2003 Spotlight-On Halloween Festival, a Spotlight On, Inc. production, with "Shove."
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