Boomerang Theatre Company to Present Johnna Adams' 'LICKSPITTLES'

Boomerang Theatre Company will present, after a successful sold-out workshop production, the return of Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens by award-winning playwright Johnna Adams, directed by John Hurley. Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens will play a three week limited engagement at Teatro Circulo (64 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003). Performances begin May 1st and continue through May 17th, 2015. Opening night is Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $25.00 and are available at www.BoomerangTheatre.org or by calling 866-811-4111.

Three extraneous Danish court officials: a professional loud mouth (the buttonholer), a kiss ass for hire (the lickspittle) and a successful dastard (the go-between) are tossed out of court just as Denmark's merchant fleet becomes of strategic importance in the Napoleonic war. The three men journey to France and meet Napoleon's top lickspittle, buttonholer and go-between, their female counterparts. Plots abound, flying machines are destroyed and the head of Marie Antoinette is discovered during the madcap struggle to save Copenhagen from British howitzers. The main characters speak in rhyming alexandrine verse, while a host of supporting characters converse in sestinas, haiku, free verse, limericks and sonnets. In a rhyming, metered world, the offbeat rules.

The production stars Nat Cassidy* (Multiple New York Innovative Theatre Awards recipient/nominee; nytheatre.com's People of the Year in 2011; Inductee in the Indie Theater Hall of Fame), Gavin Starr Kendall (The Protestants - The Brick), Catherine McNelis* (The Tempest - Boomerang Theatre Company), Kelley Rae O'Donnell* (Fight Girl Battle World - Vampire Cowboys), Ridley Parson* (Lights Narrow - Teatro Oscuro/The WorkShop Theatre), Amy Lee Pearsall* (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Wide Eyed Productions), Isaiah Tanenbaum* (Salvage - Flux Theatre Ensemble), Kristen Vaughan (New York Innovative Theatre Award recipient for Benefactors), Sean Williams (Honeycomb Trilogy - Gideon Productions) and Aaron Michael Zook* (King Lear - Boomerang Theatre Company).

Featuring Scenic Design by Saundra Yaklin, Lighting Design by Morgan Zipf-Meister, Sound Design by Jacob Subotnick, Costume Design by Holly Rihn, Prop Design by Judy Merrick. Sarah Lahue is the Stage Manager.

Tickets are $25, available online at www.BoomerangTheatre.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person 30 min before showtimes.

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