The Flea Announces Fall Season

Jim Simpson, Artistic Director, and Carol Ostrow, Producing Director, are pleased to announce the Fall 2008 Flea Theater season:

October 10 - November 2
CATO
by Joseph Addison, directed by Jim Simpson.
Cato premiered on April 14, 1713 and went on to become one of the most popular English plays of that period. This 5-act play tells the story of  Cato the younger (95-46 B.C.), a Roman Statesman who took sides with Pompey in an unsuccessful civil war against Julius Caesar.  The play takes place in the city of Utica, where Cato and a small Roman Senate stand ready to defend the last vestige of the Roman Republic againts Caesar. The play was a favorite of George Washington who had it performed for his troops at Valley Forge despite a Congressional Resolution that plays were harmful to Republican virtue. Washington included lines from the play in his private correspondence and even in his farewell address. Starring Andre De Shields with additional casting TBA.

November 13 - 30
I MUST BE OFF
by Roger Rosenblatt, directed by Jim Simpson.
Acclaimed author and playwright Roger Rosenblatt  returns to The Fleas where his last work Ashley Montana Goes Ashore in the Caicos... premiered in 2006. This Fall, Rosenblatt offers up an evening of two one acts: The Oldsmobiles and Blueberry. William Safire of the New York Times wrote that Rosenblatt's work represents "some of the most profound and stylish writing in America today." His writing has garnered two George Polk Awards, Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize, a Peabody and the Emmy. His Time cover essay, "A Letter to the Year 2086," was chosen for the time capsule placed inside the Statue of Liberty at its centennial. He is the author of 11 books including Rules for Aging; Lapham Rising, Beet, and Children of War. He has written five off-Broadway plays including Free Speech in America, which was cited by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Plays of 1991. Casting TBA.

The Flea Theater, under Artistic Director Jim Simpson 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 80 plays and numerous dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996. Past productions include Anne Nelson's The Guys, A.R. Gurney's O Jerusalem, Screenplay, Mrs. Farnsworth and Post Mortem, Roger Rosenblatt's Ashley Montana Goes Ashore..., Kate Robin's The Light Outside, Elizabeth Swados' JABU, Talking Band's The Parrot, Karen Finley's Return of the Chocolate Smeared Woman, Glyn O'Malley's A Heartbeat to Baghdad, Yussef El Guindi's Back of the Throat, Julian Sheppard's Los Angeles, Adam Rapp's Bingo with the Indians and most recently, Will Eno's Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations.

The Flea Theater is located at 41 White Street (between Broadway & Church Streets - accessible from the A, C, E, N, R, Q, W, 6, J, M, Z to Canal Street or 1 to Franklin Street). Tickets are $18, available at www.theflea.org or 212-352-3101.

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