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.
Written and performed by Harnest, SACRED IS THE NEW PROFANE is told stylistically: mixing stand-up, story-telling and character driven scenes, Harnest portrays a breakdown that transformed into a break-through. Directed by Jeremy Bloom, the show begins performances on Friday, July 25th at Stage Left Studio, located at 438 W. 37th Street as part of the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.
Geek Ink, a theater company dedicated to celebrating the geek in all of us, announces the New York premiere of Raised by Lesbians, a selection of the 12th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.
Inspired by the real life story of a retired French army officer's attempts to set the world record for the longest and fastest free fall, THE WENDY COMPLEX draws upon his unrelenting ambition to do the seemingly impossibly as the creative backdrop for this new groundbreaking play. THE WENDY COMPLEX is a completely fictional account of this story, a fanciful one that worries mostly about the jumper's wife's response to such heroic recklessness.
Inspired by the real life story of a retired French army officer's attempts to set the world record for the longest and fastest free fall, THE WENDY COMPLEX draws upon his unrelenting ambition to do the seemingly impossibly as the creative backdrop for this new groundbreaking play. THE WENDY COMPLEX is a completely fictional account of this story, a fanciful one that worries mostly about the jumper's wife's response to such heroic recklessness.
Written and performed by Harnest, SACRED IS THE NEW PROFANE is told stylistically: mixing stand-up, story-telling and character driven scenes, Harnest portrays a breakdown that transformed into a break-through. Directed by Jeremy Bloom, the show begins performances on Friday, July 25th at Stage Left Studio, located at 438 W. 37th Street as part of the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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 American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' will feature the Artistic Directors of four off-Broadway not-for-profit theatre companies on CUNY TV on Sunday, January 6 at 5 p.m.
The Flea Theater will present a revival of Peter Handke's Offending the Audience. It will be directed by Jim Simpson featuring a cast of 22 members of The Bats, the resident acting ensemble at The Flea. Performances begin January 21 with opening night scheduled for Thursday, January 31 at 9PM.
The Flea Theater has extended its critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Oh, Humanity and other good intentions. Performances have been extended through February 2, 2008.
Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations (formerly titled 'and other good intentions), directed by Jim Simpson starring Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei, opens off-Broadway November 29 at The Flea.
The Flea Theater is pleased to present Will Eno's Oh The Humanity and Other Good Intentions, a World Premiere by the Pulitzer Prize finalist. It will be directed by Jim Simpson starring Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei. Oh The Humanity and Other Good Intentions begins performances November 3 for a limited engagement. Opening night is set for November 29.
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.
The Flea Theater joins forces with the Alliance Francaise for a one time only FREE reading of Henri Becque's The Vultures directed by Jim Simpson on Monday, October 1 at 8PM.
A.R. Gurney's latest may not rate up there with his best, but it's a rather sweetly off-beat near-love story featuring a heartwarming comic turn by Kristine Nielsen
