The Flea Announces Fall Season
By: Victoria Myers Aug. 01, 2008
Jim Simpson, Artistic Director, and Carol Ostrow, Producing Director, are pleased to announce the Fall 2008 Flea Theater season:
October 10 - November 2CATO
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.
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.
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