Flea Theatre Presents MONROE: ILLINOIS, 12/8-21

The Flea Theater presents On the Square Productions's World Premiere of Monroe, Illinois:to take place in December at their downstairs venue. On the Square Over Here/Townie Productions is an award winning 501(c)3 theatre company. Monroe, Illinois: Over Here/Townie  is written by up and coming playwright Aaron Wigdor Levy (This Is Not a Time Bomb, Central). Levy is a member of The Public Theatre's Emerging Writers Group. Deborah Wolfson (Drums in the Night, Williamsburg: The Musical, America, A Problem Play) will direct. Monroe, Illinois: Over Here/Townie is written as two separate one-act plays. Both plays are set in fictional, working class town of Monroe, Illinois. Over Here revolves around a widowed matriarch, Patty, and her two children, Nora and Danny, all of whom are coping with the death of their husband/father who was killed in Iraq. Townie tells the story of one Woman through 30 years of her life, from her engagement to her marriage, the birth of her children, infidelity, and divorce. The deterioration of the traditional American family is the tie that binds.

Tickets will be available for purchase on The Flea's website (www.theflea.org) for $18. Monroe,will be an Equity Approved Showcase. The Flea Theater is located Illinois: Over Here/Townie at 41 White St, New York, NY. Performances will occur:

Wednesday December 8th: 9pm (PREVIEW)
Thursday December 9th: 9pm (PREVIEW)
Saturday December 11th: 9pm (OPENING NIGHT)
Sunday December 12th: 9pm
Monday December 13th: 3pm & 7pm
December 15th: 9pm
Thursday December 16th: 9pm
Saturday December 18th: 9pm
Sunday December 19th: 12pm
Monday December 20th: 3pm & 7pm
Tuesday December 21 9pm (CLOSING NIGHT)

This production marks On the Square's first collaboration with The Flea. Previous credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream in July 2010, America: A Problem Play with the Planet Connections Festival 2009, Quake by Melanie Marnich presented twice as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2008. In 2009, On the Square Productions created an ongoing Developmental Play Reading Series featuring the works of Aaron Wigdor Levy, Stacy Osei- Kuffour, Janusz Glowacki, Paul Cameron Hardy, David Stallings, Christopher Cartmill, and Alex de Witt.

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.