Straight Jacket & Tie describes the dress stylings of the three regular guys at the heart of the Aaron Ginsburg and Wade McIntyre comedy, making its Off-Broadway debut April 4-27 with the Vital Theatre Company.

Stephen Sunderlin directs the play, which recently ran successfully in Los Angeles.

James wants a better job — and the better life that comes with it. Scott's up for a promotion at a company he finds soulless. Russell never leaves his easy chair. All three want to meet women, though, and maybe even form a meaningful relationship. Straight Jacket & Tie won the Dallas Critics Forum Award for best new play when it premiered there three years ago.

Ginsburg is a member of Dallas' avant-garde Kitchen Dog Theater with whom he received another Forum Award for directing Nobody Here But Us Chickens. McIntyre's plays include According to What and Hors D'Oeuvres.

Straight Jacket & Tie features Mayhill Fowler, Adam Groves, Norm Isaksson, Jeff Meacham and George L. Smith. Tickets are $15. The Vital Theatre Company is located at 432 West 42nd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. For reservations, call (212) 592 0129. The Vital Theatre Company is on the web at http://www.vitaltheatre.org.

— By Christine Ehren