Boomerang Theatre Company Presents MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, 3/3

Boomerang Theatre Company (Tim Errickson, Artist Director; Sue Abbott, Managing Director) will revive their hit park production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing for encore performance indoors, March 1-18 as part of BFG Collective's six month long residency at The Secret Theatre (44 02 23rd Street, Long Island City).

The production will be directed by Daniel Talbott (Eightythree Down with Horse Trade Theater Group; Slipping with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) and will feature Spencer Aste*, Edward Carnevale, James Patrick Davis*, Jon Dykstra*, John Egan, Alex Engquist, James Leighton, Sevrin Anne Mason*, Ralph Petrarca*, Maria Peyramaure*, Erik Sherr*, Jelena Stupljanin*, Sara Thigpen*, David L. Townsend*, Sanford Wilson, and Scott Witebsky*. The creative team will include Choreography by Becky Byers, Set Design by Nikki Black, Costume Design by Carolyn Pallister, Fight Choreography by Laura Ramadei, and Lighting Design by Kia Rogers. The production will be Stage Managed by Jessica Pecharsky.
*Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association. An Equity Approved Showcase.

Beatrice loves and hates Benedick at the same time, returning his amour with each stinging put down and quip. Benedick loves the game when he is winning, and despises Beatrice when he is not. Hearts are won, lost and won again all for the glory of who can get the last word in!

Much Ado About Nothing will run in rep with Boomerang Theatre Company's revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, March 3-24, and the NYC premiere of Melissa Gawlowski's Spring Tides, March 9-25.

The production, presented by Boomerang Theatre Company as part of the BFG Collective, will play a three-week engagement at The Secret Theatre (44 02 23rd Street, Long Island City), March 1-18; March 1, 2, 10, 15, & 16 at 8pm, March 3, 11, & 17 at 3pm and March 18 at 7pm. Tickets ($25) may be purchased online at www.bfgcollective.com or by calling 866-811-4111.

Daniel Talbott (Director) most recent work as a director includes Lake Water (Neighborhood Productions), Eightythree Down (Hard Sparks/Horse Trade Theater Group) Squealer (Lesser America/TNC) and The Umbrella Plays (The Tank/FringeNYC), and as an actor he's appeared most recently on "The Big C". His play Slipping was produced at Rattlestick with Piece by Piece Productions, and was a finalist for the 2011 Lambda Literary Award. He is one of the literary managers of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and the Artistic Director of Rising Phoenix Rep (recipient of the 2007 New York Innovative Awards Caffe Cino Fellowship Award). His play Yosemite opens at Rattlestick in late January 2012.

Established in 1999, BOOMERANG THEATRE COMPANY is dedicated to producing new, classic and neglected plays that add to the vibrancy of The National Theatre canon. We annually present original and re-imagined plays as both outdoor performances and indoors rotating repertory seasons. Our goal is to challenge artists as they continue to hone their craft, and we engage the most talented and passionate writers, directors, designers and actors in New York's independent theatre community. By employing an innovative philosophy and a pioneering spirit, Boomerang will constantly expand the idea of what is possible for an Off-Off Broadway/Indie Theatre company. Through this unique combination of substance and form, we will move our audience by creating for them a dialogue of culturally significant plays from diverse styles, genres, and periods.

BFG COLLECTIVE Three of New York City's top indie theatre companies, Boomerang Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Gideon Productions, have joined forces to form the BFG Collective, which will hold a six-month-long residency at Long Island City's The Secret Theatre.