The play Kick In by Willard Mack opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on October, 1914, and ran for 188 performances. The original cast featured Lionel Adams, John Barrymore, Paul Everton, Edward Gillespie , Jane Grey, Katherine Corri Harris, Edward MacKay, Maidel Turner, Josephine Victor, and Forrest Winant were in the cast.