Billy Butler and The Mad Men take the Players' Ring Stage with BITTER PILL

New Theater Works presents, Bitter Pill - The Songs of Billy Butler as Conceptualized by The Mad Men of Oopsy Daisy Inc. from October 14 - 30 at The Players' Ring, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH. Friday and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, with the final performance on Sunday October 30 at 3pm. Tickets are $15 with discounts for students, seniors, and Players' Ring members. To reserve, visit www.playersring.org or call 603-436-8123

Bitter Pill is a heartwarming, gut wrenching, mind-blowing, macabre, crotch-stirring 25 song cycle in the vain of "Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well..." with a nod to Ed Gorey and Jim Henson. Artists Brandon James and Ben Hart (The Mad Men of Oopsy Daisy Inc.) will produce each song as a spectacle brought to life with an ensemble of performers and musicians. In true Mad Men fashion, there will be puppets, aerial dancing, cirque, burlesque, mechanicals, marionettes, comedy, tragedy, razzle-dazzle, life and death, and the songs of Billy Butler!

Billy Butler and The Mad Men of Oopsy Daisy Inc. come together in true artistic collaboration. They believe in upcycling, recycling, and artcycling. Their mission is to use what they have at their disposal to move audiences. This is the second collaboration between Billy and The Mad Men. The first being Missing: Wynter, which went on to win multiple regional awards such as, Extraordinary Achievement for a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. For more information about Bitter Pill please visit facebook.com/bitterpilltoswallow orbitterpill.bandcamp.com

About the Ring: Since 1992, the mission of the Players' Ring has been to promote the efforts of local artists through the production of original works, while providing affordable theater space to local production companies. "The Ring" provides an environment where artists can thrive, grow, take risks, and make daring choices.