Now Playing: Caligula
By Albert Camus, Directed by Rafael De Mussa

Stage Manager: Julian Balrup. Production Stage Manager: Claudia Villa.

With Gustav Bodor, Jeff Campanella, Rafael De Mussa, Ben Gougeon, Israel Gutierrez, Quester D. Hannah, Tabetha Lorina-Baker, Romy Nordlinger, Chris Triana, Jordan Turchin, Miles Warner, Brandon Wood.
Lights by Jeff Croiter. Sets by Peter R. Feuchtwanger, Sound by Barbara Vlahides, Costumes by Jennifer Nweke, Fight Choreography by Rick Sordelet, Dance Choreography by Bruce Heath.

"The Impossible is all I want"

A charismatic leader is given absolute freedom to challenge social convention in pursuit of personal obsession.

Following the death of his beloved sister, Emperor Caligula deserts the Roman Assembly for three days and three nights. He returns with a single objective: to understand the meaning of life.

Albert Camus was born in Algeria on Nov. 7, 1913. He earned a worldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Through his writings, and in some measure against his will, he became the leading moral voice of his generation during the 1950s. At the height of his fame, Camus was killed in a car crash near Paris.

Caligula runs December 4 - 30, Thursday - Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM. Theatre Row. The Kirk.

Tickets available at Ticket Central www.ticketcentral.com.
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Reviews of Caligula
"What off-Broadway should be."
- Le-Anne, Theatre is easy.com

"If you want to sample sexy, intellectually-provocative, and downright bloody fare at this uplifting time of year, why not let one of history's most degenerate tyrants entertain you? ...De Mussa, flanked by a vigorous supporting cast, wades fearlessly into Camus' devil's advocacy, arguing, as Gaius Caligula, against the futility (and ultimate disservice) done to ordinary people by the virtues of compassion, love, and respect for life."
- Al Davidian, StageBuddy.com

"...a lovely and compelling case for Camus's cold-burning fervor and essential tragic vision."
- Rob Weinert-Kendt, TimeOut New York

"Caligula's actions make for a literally spectacular show, at times as gruesome and uncomfortable as a gladiatorial match."
- Maura O'Brien, Off Off Online.com

"Horizon Theatre Rep's is to be commended for its intentions in staging Caligula...it's an intriguing play, with real philosophical backbone."
- Jenny Sandman, Curtain Up

"To say that Albert Camus's 1944 play, Caligula, still feels contemporary is to speak poorly of the 21st century. We may have only the terror-riddled, Depression-struggling present of today's headlines to blame, but who doesn't at least appreciate the unsettling notion that whatever deity or sense of purpose we might have counted on has abandoned us?"
- Jason Fitzgerald, New Theater Corps

"Caligula"..." certainly speaks for its time — the pinnacle of Hitler's power — with its contempt for life and its glum view of humanity's future. Now, though, having been through the worst that the 20th century could produce and fighting the good fight against the junior-grade Hitlers of today, we know better. We know that life will go on, and that what is good and noble in human nature can't be killed by anything yet devised."
- Neil Genzliner, The New York Times.