Anne Nelson News

The Flea Theater announces the World Premiere of THE FOOTAGE. Written by Joshua Scher and directed by Claudia Zelevansky, previews of this online gaming drama begin October 23 with opening night scheduled for Saturday, November 8.

The Flea Theater presents a limited engagement revival of CATO, by famed English essayist Joseph Addison, beginnig October 10th. Written in 1712, the play was one of the most popular English plays of that period.

Back on the regular schedule! New this week: News from BSF and a New Theatre Company! Plus a benefit featuring local leading ladies abd a One Act Plat Festival at Laurel Mill Playhouse!

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

Due to unprecedented popular demand, The Flea Theater has announced a 3-week extension of their World Premiere production of THE BREAK-UP AND THE HAPPY SAD. Directed by Sherri Kronfeld, this evening-length work features two thematically related one act plays by Tommy Smith and Ken Urban.

The 2008 Martin E. Segal Awards were presented to cellist Alisa Weilerstein and director Thomas Kail at a luncheon at Lincoln Center's Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse on Tuesday, March 18.

Pold Worm Jensen - three experimental theater artists from Copenhagen, Denmark - in association with The Bats (The Flea's resident acting company) will premiere Seating Arrangements as part of the Danish arts initiative DaNY Arts. Inspired by 'Babette's Feast', the short story by Danish writer Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) and the Academy Award winning film of the same name, this unique new work begins a limited engagement run beginning October 10 at The Flea Theater.

After directing the critically acclaimed production of Julian Sheppard's Los Angeles at The Flea last season, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Adam Rapp will return to the famed TriBeCa institution with the World Premiere of Bingo with the Indians. Written and directed by Rapp, previews for Bingo with the Indians begin October 25 with opening night set for November 9.

Priscilla Lopez, Mandy Gonzalez and Karen Olivo will star in In the Heights, which is now set to open Off-Broadway on February 8th

The Flea Theater will present commemorative performances of The Guys by Anne Nelson for a limited engagement at The Flea from September 11 through September 23 only; Tom Wopat will star

An extra performance of The Middle East, In Pieces, featuring work by Anne Nelson, Heather Raffo and more, has been added on August 18th

Work by Anne Nelson, Heather Raffo, Israel Horowitz and more will be featured in a reading of The Middle East, In Pieces on August 17th

Before closing on April 1st, the Anne Nelson play Savages will hold a talkback on March 31st

Julie Danao-Salkin, Brett Holland, Jim Howard, and James Matthew Ryan have been cast in the world premiere of Anne Nelson's drama Savages, which will begin previews on March 8th and open on March 9th

Anne Nelson's new play Savages will receive its world premiere off-Broadway on March 8th

With 'Omnium Gatherum' closing this weekend, Adrienne reflects on 9/11 plays and speculates on why none has emerged as an unqualified critical and commercial success.