They're a Laughing Matter! Musical Comedy Bedbugs!!! Officially Opens Off-Broadway

Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite! The girl-meets-bug sci-fi-rock-musical-comedy Bedbugs!!! officially opens off-Broadway on September 14 at the ArcLight Theatre. Robert Bartley directs and choreographs the production, which will run through October 26.

Featuring music by Paul Leschen and a book and lyrics by Fred Sauter, Bedbugs!!! follows Carly, an exterminator, who is hell-bent on avenging her mother's bedbug-related death. In an effort to permanently rid the city of its infestation, she accidentally mutates the pests into an army of human-size, intelligent, carnal creatures out for blood and world domination. The tuner premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2008.

The cast includes Chris Hall, Grace McLean, Nicholas Park, Brian Charles Rooney, Danny Bolero, Tracey Conyer Lee, Barry Shafrin, Gretchen Wylder, Courtney Bassett and Colin Scott Cahill.