Lear, Anna Christie & More Featured in Boomerang Season

Boomerang Theatre Company has announced its 8th season beginning June 17th in Central Park with King Lear, directed by Philip Emeott. Then, Boomerang IN REP, from September 7 – October 1st, will offer a range of productions including Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, Brad Fraser's The Ugly Man, and the New York City Premiere of Love in the Insecurity Zone by Mike Folie. Each show is performed at 2 PM and is free to the public.

The season will begin with Shakespeare's King Lear beginning June 17 through July 30 in parks and public spaces thorough the city. "When Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters, storm clouds roll over Britain. Can the King reunite his family and heal his fractured kingdom?," state press notes.

The Boomerang IN REP season is as follows:

O'Neill's Anna Christie will be directed by Cailin Heffernan, and run from September 7th through 24th. "Barge captain Chris Christopherson has come to regard all evil and misfortune as the work of 'dat old davil sea.' His only child Anna, after a separation of 20 years, chooses to reunite with her father. When Anna falls in love with strapping stoker Mat Burke, Anna's destiny hurtles toward her as Chris desperately to change her fate."

Folie's Love in the Insecurity Zone will be directed by Rachel Wood and run from September 9th through 30th. "In a future U.S. characterized by Security Zones, personal bar code tattoos, and armed commuters, Gayle finds life either boring or terrifying. Her mood is improved by a sudden romance with Hank, a secretive government agent on a mission to find very happy women. When Hank meets Gayle's sister, the perennially happy Pearl, he spirits both women off to Washington, D.C., where they become entangled in a sinister government plot to bottle happiness."

Fraser's The Ugly Man will be directed by Christopher Thomasson. "Beautiful and spoiled heiress Veronica languishes on a ranch run by her overbearing mother, Sabina. When a hideously scarred drifter arrives looking for work both mother and daughter attempt to use him to their own selfish ends, resulting in tragedy for everyone." It opens September 14th and runs through October 1st.

"The Boomerang Theatre Company is an award-winning Off-Off-Broadway theatre company based in New York City. Boomerang annually produces a season composed of three programs: free outdoor Shakespeare productions in parks throughout NYC; an indoor repertory series of new, classic and neglected plays; and FIRST FLIGHT, a new play development series of workshops and readings."

CenterStage/NY is located 48 W 21st Street, 4th floor NYC. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at Theatermania.com; call 212-501-4069 for reservations and information. For more information visit www.boomerangtheatre.org: