TheatreRats to Present 'The House of Yes,' 4/26-5/5

The black comedy The House of Yes, the play that inspired the 1997 cult film hit, will be presented by TheatreRats at the Medicine Show Theatre from April 26th through May 5th.

"What's a little sex and gunplay among family? Throw in a charmingly calculated and maniacal young woman who thinks she's Jackie Kennedy and it's Wendy Macleod's cult classic, The House of Yes, presented by TheatreRats. The show is helmed by critically-acclaimed avant-garde director Lauren Reinhard (Milkcan Theater's Trojan Women 2.0 with Chuck Mee, TheatreRats' The Changeling)," state press materials. 

"The story is fairly simple. Jackie loved Marty. Marty left Jackie. Jackie shot Marty. Oh…and they're twins. Fast forward one year…Marty is bringing home his new fiancée at Thanksgiving to meet the family – aristocratic, faux-French Mom; forgotten brother Anthony; and of course, Jackie.  What follows is equal parts hilarity and horror, as the family slowly but surely unravels to reveal its darkest secrets. In its satire of American class, society, family and love, The House of Yes is a perpetual audience favorite for its incredible power to delight and disturb."

The cast includes: Christina Brucato, Sarah Burns, Nick Mitchell, Gerry Sheridan*, and Zac Springer.

TheatreRats is a fast-growing non-profit organization whose aim is to reinvigorate a sense of community among artists in New York. TheatreRats stages full-length plays and musicals and produces The Annual Chester Horn Short Play Festival – a one-week festival of 10-15 minute plays from authors around the world.

TheatreRats' production plays April 26-28 and May 3-4 at 8pm, April 29 at 7pm and May 5 at 2pm and 8pm. All performances are at The Medicine Show Theatre, 549 W. 52nd St., 3rd floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues.

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online or at the door. For tickets, go to www.theatrerats.com. For more information, email reservations@theatrerats.com.