Adam Rapp's WOLF IN THE RIVER & More Set for The Flea's Spring 2016 Season

Niegel Smith, Artistic Director and Carol Ostrow, Producing Director of The Flea Theater announced today the slate for the spring season, featuring two World Premieres and one US Premiere. Continuing a long-standing relationship with The Flea, Adam Rapp will be returning with Wolf in the River, which he also directs. The Flea is also excited to welcome two new playwrights, Kristiana Colón and Sarah Gancher. Gancher's The Place We Built will be directed by Flea Resident Director Danya Taymor while Colón's but I cd only whisper will be directed by Resident Director David Monteagudo.

Says Smith, "I'm incredibly excited to welcome back Adam Rapp and to introduce our audiences to two exceptional playwrights: Sarah Gancher and Kristiana Colón. Rapp pulls us to the rural south, and Colón yanks us back to 1970s New York City, introducing us to desperate yet hopeful families struggling for survival and empathy; while Gancher takes us to an exuberant community of artists and activists in contemporary Budapest who are plagued by their oppressive government. These searing new plays, featuring our resident company The Bats, are daring calls to our consciousness and hearts - celebrating our humanity and questioning our resolve to act."

February 18 - March 14:
but I cd only whisper by Kristiana Colón, directed by David Monteagudo.
At the tail end of the Vietnam War veteran Beau Willie Brown attempts to return to the family and life he left behind. Inspired by and including extracts from For Colored Girls... by Ntozake Shange, but I cd only whisper moves through time and space fusing the physical and the poetic to explore the affects of trauma, society, and self. Time Out London called the UK Premiere "a beautifully sophisticated play, which combines monologues, fantasies and flashbacks to tell the story of black Vietnam vet Beau Willie Brown...As Beau opens up, a murky picture emerges of a man at battle with himself and society." The New York Premiere of but I cd only whisper will be directed by Flea Resident Director David Monteagudo and features The Bats, The Flea's resident acting company. Performances are Thursday-Monday at 9PM. Tickets are $15 - $35 with the lowest priced tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. The production includes violence, graphic language, and sexual situations. Opening night is slated for February 29.

March 10 - May 2:
Wolf in the River written and directed by Adam Rapp.
In Wolf in the River, Adam Rapp explores love and neglect, the challenges of poverty, the dangerous cost of shiftlessness, the simple notion of leaving a place behind, and the value of a girl. This world premiere production will be directed by Adam Rapp and will feature The Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea. Performances are Thursday-Monday at 7PM. Tickets are $20 - $80 with the lowest priced tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of VIP tickets are available at $100. The production includes violence, nudity and sexual situations. Opening night is slated for March 21.

April 14 - May 23:
The Place We Built by Sarah Gancher, directed by Danya Taymor.
In a deserted neighborhood in post-communist Budapest, a group of young bohemians build a bar. Reclaiming a Jewish identity their parents' generation abandoned after the Holocaust, they create a vibrant new subculture combining big ideas and intense debates with wild abandon and outrageous parties. But as authoritarianism and antisemitism make a surprise comeback in Hungary, they must fight to save the place they built. This world premiere production will be directed by Danya Taymor and will feature The Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea. Performances are Thursday-Monday at 7PM. Tickets are $20 - $80 with the lowest priced tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of VIP tickets are available at $100. Opening night is slated for April 25.

January 21 - September 23:
#SERIALS@TheFlea produced by Cleo Gray and Crystal Arnette.
And of course, late night at The Flea continues with #serials@theflea. Monthly cycles kick off for the year on January 19. Now counting 33 sold-out cycles, this raucous late night play competition featuring The Bats and some of NYC's hottest young playwrights runs through September 24. #serials@theflea plays 11PM Thursday-Saturday. Cycle 34 runs January 21-February 6, Cycle 35 runs March 17-26, and Cycle 36 runs September 8-23. Tickets are $12.

The Bats are the resident acting company members of The Flea Theater. Each year over a thousand actors audition for a place in this unique company. The Bats perform in extended runs of challenging classic and new plays. The Bats have recently appeared in premieres by A.R. Gurney, Will Eno, Adam Rapp, Beau Willimon, Mac Wellman, Elizabeth Swados, Thomas Bradshaw, Itamar Moses, Sheila Callaghan, Julian Sheppard, Ken Urban, Tommy Smith, Jonathan Reynolds, Trista Baldwin, Laurel Haines, Qui Nguyen, Sean Graney, and Amy Freed.

The Flea Theater, under Artistic Director Niegel Smith and Producing Director Carol Ostrow, is one of New York's leading off-off-Broadway companies. Winner of a Special Drama Desk Award for outstanding achievement, Obie Awards and an Otto for political theater, The Flea has presented over 100 plays and numerous dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996. Past productions include the premieres by Steven Banks, Thomas Bradshaw, Kim Davies, Bathsheba Doran, Will Eno, Karen Finley, Amy Freed, Sean Graney, A.R. Gurney, Hamish Linklater, Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio, Itamar Moses, Anne Nelson, Qui Nguyen, Adam Rapp, Jonathan Reynolds, Roger Rosenblatt, Elizabeth Swedos, Mac Wellman, and Brian Watkins. Past productions include Drama Desk nominated She Kills Monsters, These Seven Sicknesses, Restoration Comedy, The Mysteries and eight World Premieres by A.R. Gurney including the WSJ Best New Play of 2013, Family Furniture.

The Flea Theater is located at 41 White Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks south of Canal, close to the A/C/E, N/R/Q, 6, J/M/Z and 1 subway lines. Purchase tickets by calling 212-352-3101 or online at www.theflea.org.

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