The Flea Presents Final Performance of THE GREAT RECESSION, 12/30

The Flea Theater invites you to the World Premiere of THE GREAT RECESSION, an evening of short plays that explore the impact of the current economic crisis on the younger generation. Performed by The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea, the plays are by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp. Performances run November 20 - December 30 at The Flea (41 White Street between Church and Broadway in Tribeca).

The lineup for THE GREAT RECESSION is:

NEW YORK LIVING by Thomas Bradshaw. Directed by Ethan McSweeny. A biting satire of young thespians dealing with lost jobs, expensive apartments and sexual frustration -- all while trying to win a Tony Award.

RECESS by Sheila Callaghan. Directed by Kip Fagan. In the aftermath of an almost apocalyptic recession, a group of 11 twenty-something New Yorkers sharing a studio go to extreme lengths to survive.

SEVERED by Erin Courtney. Directed by Davis McCallum. An unlikely romance springs up between a cynical artist and a straightforward businessman, while a cross-section of young New Yorkers are interviewed for a documentary on the recession.

UNUM by Will Eno. Directed by Jim Simpson. The play about the dollar. From the board room of a diaper factory to the lunch room of a government currency printing facility, it is all about the power of $1.

F**KED by Itamar Moses. Directed by Michelle Tattenbaum.
The offer of free trip creates havoc for a new couple, forcing them to ask: when are you making love and when are you just being screwed?

CLASSIC KITCHEN TIMER written and directed by Adam Rapp. In this contemporary Grand Guignol tale, a recently laid off meat-cutter is offered a most unusual new job.

Performed by The Bats, the production features sets by John McDermott, lighting by Jeanette Yew, costumes by Becky Lasky and Jessica Pabst, sound by Nathaniel Putnam, and fight direction by Alexander Sovronsky.

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 nearly 100 plays and numerous dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996. Past productions include the premieres of Anne Nelson's The Guys, five plays by A.R. Gurney (Post Mortem, O Jerusalem, Screenplay, Mrs. Farnsworth and A Light Lunch), Mac Wellman's Cellophane and Two September, Elizabeth Swados' JABU and Kaspar Hauser, Adam Rapp's Bingo with the Indians, Will Eno's Oh The Humanity and other exclamations and Dawn by Thomas Bradshaw.

Photo credit: Walter McBride

 

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