Flea's Upcoming Season to Include Premieres by Gurney, Moses and More

The Flea Theatre has announced their upcoming fall/winter/spring schedule which will include premieres by A.R. Gurney,  Elizabeth Swados, Erin Courtney, Itamar Moses & Thomas Bradshaw

The schedule is as follows:

November 9 - December 6, 2008
Dawn by Thomas Bradshaw
Dawn explores addiction, redemption and a family's struggle to remain whole, amidst dark revelations that threaten to destroy the fabric of their world. A New York Premiere  directed by Jim Simpson and featuring a cast of six including Gerry Bamman (Obie Award winner), Laura Esterman (Drama Desk Award winner) and several members of The Bats, The Flea's resident company of emerging actors.

December 12, 2008 - January 24, 2009
A Light Lunch by A.R. Gurney.
A Light Lunch is a post Bush cautionary tale about the price paid for legacy.   When a young lawyer from Texas invites a literary agent for lunch in a New York City restaurant, more than a production is on the table. The Bats take Center Stage in this World Premiere engagement. This is The Flea's fifth Gurney collaboration and will reunite Jim Simpson and the company with a play written specifically with them in mind.

January 29 - March 8, 2009
But You Will Get Used To It by Itamar Moses.
This collection of five linked one act plays explore contemporary relationships in the theater; the characters that inhabit this unique work are all actors, playwrights and directors. Moses, author of The Four of Us, Bach at Leipzig, Biatholon and Celebrity Row, is a playwright whose piercing intellect and cool vibe is a perfect match with The Bats. A World Premiere.

February 12 - March 30, 2009
Kaspar Hauser by Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney.
Commissioned by The Flea in 2006, this contemporary opera tells the tale of the notorious feral "wild child" who appeared in Nuremburg, Germany in 1828, having lived his entire life in a dungeon, never learning how to speak or be human.  The arc of the piece covers Kaspar's troubled, highly publicized ascent into civilization through his assassination in 1833, at the age of 19, and the mystery surrounding his
heritage -- rumored to have been switched at birth, he was perhaps the true
heir to the throne of Baden.  Directed by Swados, this World Premiere will again feature The Bats.

Currently playing at The Flea are Cato and The Footage.

The Flea is located at 41 White Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks south of Canal, close to the 1, N, R, Q, W, 6, A, C and E subway lines. Tickets are $18 - $35, available at 212-352-3101 or www.theflea.org.

Photo of Itamar Moses by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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