Cast assembled at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on set of "Xircus, the Private Life of Jesus
Christ" the day after being closed by public violence and threat.  Subsequently moved to the
Performing Garage on Wooster Street where it ran for several months in the year of 1971.
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Natalie Rogers as The Tattooed Whore
Harvey Fierstein as "Our Lady of 42nd Street
Russell Krum as the The Exhibitionistic
Hermaphrodite
Tina Mann as Mae West
Bill Maloney as The Speed Queen
Don Estes as The Homosexual
Sadist and Richard Harper as X
Richard Harper as X and
 Russell Krum as X II
Click here to go to article, The Off-Off Broadway Experience - Harvey Fierstein in Xircus.
Xircus, the Private Life of Jesus Christ by Donald L. Brooks with Richard Harper and Russell Krum, 1971
Xircus, the Private LIfe of Jesus Christ, pictured are Don Estes as The Homosexual Sadist and Richard Harper as X (the Christ role), 1971
The original flyer for the production at the Dove Theatre Company prior to its move to the Performing Garage during the second week of the run.
Xircus by Donald L. Brooks with Natalie Rogers as The Tatttooed Whore. Ms. Rogers wore a body stocking depicting the tattooes and simulating nudity. Pia Piro succeeded Ms. Rogers in the role at the Performing Garage in full nudity and for every performance Mr. Brooks and Jon Jon painted her anatomy with the proscribed tattoos.
Xircus by Donald L
Xircus by Donald L. Brooks with Russell Krum as The Exhibitionistic Hermaphrodite in an exotic dance to the Vanilla Fudge recording of The Windmills of Your Mind -- a scene from the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs evoked Mr. Krum's performance.
Xircus by Donald L. Brooks with Tina Mann as Mae West
Xircus, the Private Life of Jesus Christ with Harvey Fierstein as Our Lady of 42nd Street -- the play was the first role for Mr. Fierstein in any New York theatre production.
Russell Krum as The Exhibitionistic Hermaphrodite in XIRCUS, the Private Life of Jesus Christ by Donald L. Brooks at the Dove Theatre Company, St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Harold Herbstman as The Barker in XIRCUS, the Private Life of Jesus Christ by Donald L. Brooks, Natalie Rogers in background as The Tattooed Whore
Natalie Rogers as the Mother with Don Estes as The Sadist in XIRCUS, the Private LIfe of Jesus Christ -- Russell Krum in the background as The Exhibitionistic Hermaphrodite -- publicity photo for the play by Donald L. Brooks
XIRCUS, the Private Life of Jesus Christ by Donald L. Brooks at St. Peter's Church, the Dove Theatre Company production -- photograph taken during meeting of cast and crew upon the forced closing of the production.
Russell Krum as The Exhibitionistic
Hermaphrodite
Harold Herbstman as The Barker
Natalie Rogers as the Mother, with Don
Estes as The Sadist
XIRCUS, The Private Life of Jesus Christ, photograph taken
from the balcony of St. Peter's Episcopal Church upon the day
following forced closing of the production as previously
mentioned in caption above.