BIG MAESTRO & LITTLE CELLO BOY TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE AT BROADWATER

Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy

Are you hungry… for greatness? Would you give up everything to become truly great?

This is the question at the heart of Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy, a dark slapstick exploration of shame, ambition, & horsehair from Alex Derderian (Holy Holy) & Peter Levine (Internet Style). Watch in horrified amusement as a prestigious public master class devolves into a twisted ritual of public humiliation and embarrassment. Under the tutelage of the brilliant (if unhinged) maestro Caucus (Derderian), a dedicated classical cellist (Levine) is stripped down to his bare essentials through a series of increasingly bizarre and merciless tests of devotion to his art. With the grotesque absurdity of a fever dream apparition, the maestro forces both cellist and audience to ask whether a life consumed by artistic ambition is truly a life worth living.

In a World Premiere directed by renowned physical theater artist and clown Dean Evans (Honeybuns), Caucus and Peter will be conducting 5 masterclasses at the Broadwater Second Stage as a part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe.

PERFORMANCES
Saturday, June 6, 2026 – 11:55 PM (Preview)
Sunday, June 14, 2026 – 11:00 AM
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 – 11:00 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2026 – 9:30 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – 11:55 PM

Runtime: 50 minutes
Venue: The Broadwater (Second Stage)
6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038

Link for tickets
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13894?tab=tickets

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Alex Derderian is an award-winning visual artist, filmmaker, and performer based in Los Angeles. She got her “big break” on Public Access TV, co-creating the video project Triple Yeah Productions. In 2025, she co-created and performed in Holy Holy: Birth of Disco at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, which won Best Dance & Physical Theater and the Bold Theatricality Award. When she’s not on the computer, she screens her films, performs absurdist comedy, plays drums in the band Inspector 34 and works with The Dog Theater puppetry troupe.

Peter Levine is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, and musician based in West Hollywood. He runs the West Hollywood Public Access Television station and is the co-creator of Internet Style comedy and Weird Local Productions. In his free time, Peter plays the cello (little cello boy), makes exactly one pancake a week, and produces strange and silly videos with his adorable friends.

Dean Evans is an award-winning performer, director, and physical theater artist. Named one of the top 50 “players” by New City magazine, Dean has performed with The Second City, Cirque du Soleil, and more. A former ensemble member of Neo-Futurists, Dean has directed acclaimed theater groups and created over a dozen full-length productions and circuses. Their alter ego, Honeybuns, has performed internationally, and Dean’s work has appeared on NBC, Netflix, AMC, TBS, and more.