Horse Trade Presents ARSENIC & OLD LACE Previews 6/11 At The Kraine Theater

This classic comedy features two sweet old ladies... who poison lonely men as an act of charity. One of their nephews is a serial killer. Another thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt. The third just wants to marry his girl and keep his aunties safe from the Brooklyn Police Department. There are a slew of dead bodies buried in the cellar and another in the window seat. Because murder, insanity and family are very Dysfunctional.

ARSENIC & OLD LACE features Ron Bopst*, Rob Brown*, Mike DeRensis, Marilyn Duryea, Greg Engbrecht, Jennifer Gill, Kurt Kingsley*, Vivian Meisner*, Craig Peterson, Justin Plowman, Mike Roche*, Peter Schuyler and Yanni Walker.
*Appearing courtesy of The Actors' Equity Association

The production, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group and Dysfunctional Theatre Company, will play at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) June 11-27, Thursday through Saturday at 7pm and June 21 at 3pm. Tickets ($18) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info

The Dysfunctional Theatre Company: Arsenic & Old Lace is Dysfunctional Theatre's 32nd production. Other recent productions include: The Dysfunctional Guide to Home Perfection Marital Bliss & Passionate Hot Romance (winner of the FRIGID 2009 Audience Choice & Sold Out Show Awards), Brew of the Dead (by Patrick Storck) Chosen (written & directed by Rick Vorndran; winner of the 2008 FRIGID New York Festival ‘Sold Out Show' Award), The 8: Reindeer Monologues (by Jeff Goode), and Hoover: A Love Story (by Paul Wells). Founded in 1997 Dysfunctional is dedicated to challenging the status quo without taking itself too seriously.

Horse Trade Theater Group is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

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