Peculiar Works presents ANDROBOROS: VILLAIN OF THE STATE

Peculiar Works Project announces a new site-specific, political farce: Androboros: Villain of the State, a 1-hour adaptation of America's first play in celebration of its 300th Anniversary. In this contemporary staging - in an actual boxing ring - characters inspired by today's political leaders will metaphorically slug it out just days before Americans go to vote. This is a rare opportunity to see an American first in a unique sett ng during an extraordinary election season - right for theater lovers and politics haters!

For three nights only - November 4-6, 2016: Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 7pm, and Sunday at 5pm - 15 actors and musicians will transform OVERTHROW Boxing Club at 9 Bleecker Street (just west of Bowery) into a ma cap performance venue for partisan satire and clownish merriment. Admission is FREE (donations accepted), and reservations are available online at peculiarworks.org or by calling OvationTix at 866-811-4111.

In 2007, Peculiar Works received an Obie Award for its traveling tribute to O f-Off Broadway, OFF Stage, and now the company returns to the East Village with Co-Artistic Director Ralph Lewis's election-eve concept for this rare and seminal play. Adapted by resident playwright, S.M. Dale (PWP's 3Christs), with live music composed and performed by Spencer Katzman (The Grey Lady film score), the script includes additional text by Peter Davis, author of From Androboros to the First Amendment: A History of America's First Play, by special permission from University of Iowa Press. Other artists include clown director Adam Auslander, dramaturg Barbara Yoshida, producers Catherine Porter & Barry Rowell, and a comical cast of clowns: Oliver Burns, Patrick Caughill, Rob Gaines, Bianca Ilich, David King, Kathryn Krull, Caiti Lattimer, Chris Manley, Kevin Percival, Benjamin Strate, Kathleen Schlemmer, with a special appearance by Trav S.D (I'll Say She Is and writer of No Applause, Just Throw Money).