THE FLEA THEATER Niegel Smith artistic director Carol Ostrow producing director presents the world premiere of TAKE CARE by Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith with additional text by The Bats directed by Niegel Smith

Featuring THE BATS Tommy Bernardi, Maki Borden, Rachel Lin, Ashton Muñiz, Derek Christopher Murphy, Rebeca Rad, Brittane Rowe, Isabella Sazak, Ryan Stinnett, Catherine Woodard, Hye Young Chyun, Taylor Edelhart, Ethan Hardy, Matt Stango, Jennifer Tchiakpe

Daniel Soule scenic design Amith Chandrashaker lighting + video design Claudia Brown costume design Miles Polaski sound design Cristina Pitter + Hye Young Chyun props masters Ethan Hardy choreography Taylor Edelhart dramaturgy Lilleth Glimcher assistant director Keith Paul Medelis production stage manager Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle press representative CAST Tommy Bernardi Maki Borden Rachel Lin Ashton Muñiz Derek Christopher Murphy Rebeca Rad Brittane Rowe Isabella Sazak Ryan Stinnett Catherine Woodard Take Care Take

UNDERSTUDIES Hye Young Chyun Taylor Edelhart Ethan Hardy Matt Stango Jennifer Tchiakpe CREATIVE TEAM Writers...... Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith THE FLEA THEATER Director...... Niegel Smith Scenic Design...... Daniel Soule Lighting + Video Design...... Amith Chandrashaker Costume Design...... Claudia Brown Sound Design...... Miles Polaski Choreographer...... Ethan Hardy Props Master...... Hye Young Chyun + Cristina Pitter Dramaturg...... Taylor Edelhart Assistant Director...... Lilleth Glimcher 23 Production Stage Manager...... Keith Paul Medelis FLEA STAFF Artistic Director...... Niegel Smith Producing Director...... Carol Ostrow General Manager...... Joshua Cohen Company Manager...... Erin Daley Marketing Associate...... Ellie Philips Audience Development Associate...... Kayla Sklar Development Associate...... Charlie Madison Interim Technical Director...... Jen Medina-Gray Production Technical Director...... Brandon Stock Costume Manager...... Holly Chayes Poster/Promotional Photographer...... Eric McNatt Graphic Designer...... Ellie Philips Take Care Take Videographer...... Crystal Arnette

Production Photographer...... Bjorn Bolinder Accountant...... Joel Faden & Company, Inc. Attorney...... Carol M. Kaplan/Loeb and Loeb Development Consultant...... Rachel Colbert Theater, Technical & Production Consultant...... Kyle Chepulis Press Representative...... Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle

THE FLEA THEATER SPECIAL THANKS: South’s, Kyle Chepulis, Bestype Imaging, Shigeko Sara Suga, Lake Simons and Sara Rose, Vintiko, Ethan Hardy, Nancy Rosenblum, Clara Kann

33 CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) TOMMY BERNARDI. Many thanks to Niegel and Todd for bringing me along for this ride. Other Credits: Theatre: Student Body (The Flea), The Nomad (Liz Swados); Animal Crackers, Coach Darling (Williamstown); New Songs Now (Joe’s Pub). Film: The Nappers, Momentum, Writing Lessons, Destination Elsewhere (NYU Film). Web Series: “Unproductive,” “Dorm Therapy,” “Work In Process.” Training: BFA, NYU Tisch.

MAKI BORDEN. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Maki joined the Labyrinth Theater

Take Care Take Company as an Acting Fellow. His favorite roles include Danny in Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Lopakhin in Chekov’s Cherry Orchard. Having recently joined The Bats, Maki is proud to work under the wise beautiful black hands of The Flea’s new Artistic Director, Niegel Smith.

RACHEL LIN. Rachel is a New Yorker by way of the UK. Previous Flea credits: The Cutthroat Series: Lust, Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love, The Flying Latke. Other THE FLEA THEATER NY theater: Kitchen Sink Experiment(s) (Crashbox Theater), The Unbearable Likeness of Jones (Dixon Place), Everything By My Side (P.S. 122), Women (The PIT), Fat Kids On Fire. BFA: NYU Tisch. Visit: rachelmlin.com for more info.

ASHTON MUÑIZ. Recent Flea credits: The Blind (dir. Austin Reagan), Madhouse (dir. Ria T DiLullo) and the workshop of Caenis (dir. Lilleth Glimcher). 3 Other recent credits: Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), 4 Generation Y (Micheal), 13: The Musical (Malcom/ Chorus), My Children!My Africa! (Mr.M). Ashton is a co-founder and the Artistic Development Director for nocturne productions. Training: Ithaca College, Shakespeare & Company, and the Moscow Arts Theatre School. Instagram/ Twitter: @arshton “Peace, Amor, & понимаю!” www.ashtonmuniz.com

DEREK CHRISTOPHER MURPHY is excited to be making his Flea Theater debut with the cast and crew of Take Care. Off-: Urinetown (John Cullum Theatre) Regional: Robin Hood (Williamstown Theatre Festival) International: Thrones! The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). He has studied Shakespeare at London Academy of Dramatic Art and improv with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Derek graduated from Princeton University in 2015.

Take Care Take REBECA RAD. RAD hails from Brazil by ways of Florida & Michigan. NYC: NYTW; Theatre 167; Other Forces (Incubator Arts); The Public Theater; Lincoln Center; The Bushwick Starr; Target Margin Theatre; Theatre Plastique; Buran, Rady, & Bloom Theatre; The Brick; Duplex; TV/Film: FOX, Discovery Channel, PBS, MTV, MTV2, MTVDesi, Multishow. BFA Pace University. Interlochen Arts Academy. Directress/Coach/Global Artivist. Co-Artistic Director: The Oneness Project. Co-Founder Immigrant Assistance Center. @RebecaRad

THE FLEA THEATER BRITTANE ROWE is thrilled to be a part of the cast of Take Care! You last saw her at the flea in The Mysteries and #serials. Other credits include Kyra in Bare: A Pop Opera, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and most recently singing in the gospel choir at Playwrights Horizons’ The Christians. Brittane would like to thank her friends and family for their constant love and support. She is currently seeking representation. BrittaneRowe.com 53 ISABELLA SAZAK is a Brooklyn based, Turkish- Colombian theater-maker and artivist. She is honored to be a part of this compassionate piece, Take Care. You may have seen her in TB Sheets (Dixon Place); Oneness Project (Access Theater); EARTH (Art/NY); Poor Sailor (The Brick); Big Green Theater (Bushwick Starr); Sarah Flood In Salem Mass (The Flea); We Are Bandits (Philadelphia); Applied Mechanics, associate artist; Superhero Clubhouse, core collaborator.

RYAN STINNETT was most recently seen as Vava in Liz Swados and Erin Courtney’s The Nomad. Other work at The Flea includes Dr. Goudron in The System, #Serials@TheFlea, and workshop performances Take Care Take of Ed Iskandar’s The Mysteries. He has performed at The Pit Loft, The Invisible Dog, The Brooklyn Lyceum, and 3LD. He was not in The Lovely Bones or any season of Arrested Development. His Stand-Up Comedy has been seen at Broadway Comedy Club and Eastville Comedy Club. MFA: University of Virginia. Follow him on Twitter @ryanstinnett.

CATHERINE WOODARD is honored to be a part of the cast of Take Care. Past credits at the Flea are: #serials, and The Cutthroats: NIght Terrors. The only THE FLEA THEATER way we can find compassion for others is to first find compassion for ourselves! All of her thanks and love to her relentless support from her family and close loved ones.

63 UNDERSTUDIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

HYE YOUNG CHYUN (props master) is a South Korean Theatre Artist in . She received her BA in Theatre Arts from Mount Holyoke College and went to Sarah Lawrence College for Theatre as her graduate studies. She is a member of The Bat Company at The Flea Theater.

TAYLOR EDELHART (dramaturg) makes new theatre. Recent credits include Houseworld (performer, created by Andrew Hoepfner), GRANDPA SONATA (writer and performer), TALL TREES IN A DARK FOREST (lead deviser, director), and

Take Care Take The Universe is a Small Hat

(performer, created by Cesar Alvarez). Taylor has also worked with Clubbed Thumb, Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre, Impact Theatre and Shotgun Players (both in Berkeley, CA), and the San Francisco Opera. Learn more at tayloredelhart.com. Support Taylor’s work at patreon.com/tayloredelhart. Thanks for coming to Take Care!

ETHAN HARDY (choreography) graduated from Harvard in 2014 and is a new addition to The Bats. NYC Acting credits include The Great Parade of Upper

THE FLEA THEATER Kennington ( Rep), Checkpoint Charlie’s State of Affairs (Ars Nova), and Cherry on Top (The Flea Theater). Previous choreography credits include Cherry on Top, and Jitterbug (Dixon Place).

MATT STANGO was born and raised in NYC where he attended LaGuardia HS for the Performing Arts and then SUNY Purchase for Drama. He is thrilled 3 to be a part of this project and work with such a 7 talented company. His other Flea credits include The Mysteries, The Grand Guignol Duels, and #serials.

JENNIFER TCHIAKPE was born and raised in Paris. She studied theater at HB Studio and has trained in Suzuki/Viewpoints with Siti Company, in Shakespeare with Brian Mcmanamon. She practiced and performed Japanese Sword Fighting with Samurai Sword Soul for 4 years. She’s very grateful and excited to be part of the Flea/Bats Family, and be part of Take Care. Theater: @ The Flea: #serials, Take Care. Film: Aissa’s Story, Zasha, Quicksand. For all credits/ awards, please check www.jennifertchiakpe.com CREATIVE TEAM Take Care Take

TODD SHALOM (co-writer) works with text, sound and image to re- contextualize the body in space using vocabulary of the everyday. He is the founder and director of non-profit participatory walks organization, Elastic City. In this role, Todd leads his own walks, collaborates with artists to lead joint walks, and works with artists in a variety of disciplines to adapt their expertise to the participatory walk format. He often collaborates with performance artist/director Niegel Smith. Together, they conceive and stage interactive performances in public and private environments. Todd is also a ringleader of Willing Participant. Willing Participant whips up urgent poetic responses to crazy shit that happens. THE FLEA THEATER Todd is a member of the core faculty in Pratt Institute’s MFA in Writing. His work has been presented by organizations such as Abrons Art Center, Brooklyn Museum, The Invisible Dog, ISSUE Project Room, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum, P.S. 122 and Printed Matter. Todd is a graduate of the MFA Writing Program at California College of the Arts and also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University.

NIEGEL SMITH (co-writer, Director) is a theater director & performance 3 artist. His theater work has been produced by Classical Theatre of Harlem, 8 HERE Arts Center, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, The Invisible Dog, Luna Stage, Magic Theatre, Mixed Blood, New York Fringe Festival, New York Live Arts, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, The Public Theater, Summer Play Festival, Todd Theatre and Under the Radar, and his participatory performances have been produced by Abrons Arts Center, American Realness, Dartmouth College, Elastic City, The Invisible Dog, Jack, The New Museum, Prelude Festival, PS 122, the Van Alen Institute and Visual AIDS. He often collaborates with artist Todd Shalom and playwright/performer Taylor Mac. Most recently, he directed HIR, now running at Playwrights Horizons. Smith, a graduate of Dartmouth College, was the associate director of the Tony Award winning musical FELA!, assistant directed the off-broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and both the broadway and off-broadway productions of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. He has received residencies, grants and/or fellowships from Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sundance Theatre Lab, Theater Communications Group, Tucker

Take Care Take Foundation, Van Lier Fund and VoxFest. Before surviving high school in Detroit, he grew up in the North Carolina piedmont, fishing with his dad, shopping with his mom and inventing tall-tale fantasies with his two younger brothers.

DANIEL SOULE (scenic design) is a set designer based in lower Manhattan. Originally from Vermont, he is a proud alumnus of both Dartmouth College and NYU-Tisch. In addition to theater and film, he has designed bathroom and kitchen renovations, gallery exhibitions, and the Theater at Edgewood Studios. Dan has also worked for MTV and the US Army Entertainment Division/MWR Command. He enjoys skiing, hiking, and scuba diving. THE FLEA THEATER

AMITH CHANDRASHAKER (lighting design) is a lighting designer who designs for theatre, opera, and dance.

CLAUDIA BROWN (costume design) has designed costumes for film, theater, and dance. She has designed costumes for plays at The Flea, Playwrights Horizons, MCC Theater, and the Soho Rep. She has designed costumes for I See You by Kate Robin, Dawn by Thomas Bradshaw, 3 Oh, The Humanity by Will Eno; Crazy Mary, Mrs. Farnsworth and Post 9 Mortem by A.R.Gurney; Crowbar, Bad Penny, and Sincerity Forever by ; Like I Say and Limbo Tales by Len Jenkin; Nixon’s Nixon by Russell Lees; and The Guys by Anne Nelson. Her film credits include River’s Edge, Trust, The Ballad of Little Jo, Smoke, Copycat, and Starting Out in the Evening.

MILES POLASKI (sound design) is honored to be back at The Flea after designing Fulfillment. Miles, a new transplant to NY, was formerly resident sound designer of Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Virginia. Barter credits include Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Mary’s Wedding, A Streetcar Named Desire, and others. Chicago credits: Of Mice and Men (Steppenwolf; dir. Michael Patrick Thornton), The Harry Ape (The Goodman/The Hypocrites; dir. Sean Graney), Man in Love (Steppenwolf; dir. Robert O’Hara), The Original Grease (American Theatre Company; dir. PJ Paparelli; Jeff Award Best Musical), Mouse In Air (Red Tape; dir. William Davis; Jeff Award Best Sound Design). Miles is also a composer, Take Care Take

musician and DJ. All his love to his favorite playwright & wife Chelsea Marcantel.

CRISTINA PITTER (props master) is a Brooklyn based artist and storyteller of all mediums with the most infectious laugh you’ll ever know. Having spent much of her time performing onstage, she is thrilled to be getting her hands dirty again creating behind the scenes. She has been a member of The Bats for over two years, and is also a member of Barefoot Theatre Company. Feel free to follow her antics on twitter and instagram. THE FLEA THEATER

LILLETH GLIMCHER (assistant director) is a freelance theater director who focuses on sensorial theater that not only appeals to the body in space, but also asks the audience to be active and culpable. She is a resident director at The Flea Theater and her New York directing highlights include Caenis (Pace Gallery, Spring 2016; Flea workshops), The Blast (The Chelsea Hotel, Spring 2016), Houseworld (associate; sight specific, Fall 2015); 1969: The Second Man (Ars Nova’s ANTfest, 103 Summer 2014); TinyRhino (2015). Lilleth has assisted 600 Highwaymen (EU/U.S. Tour 2015, Park Avenue Armory 2015, The Public’s Under the Radar 2016), Emily Reilly & Stephanie Hayes (Mabou Mines Residency 2015), and Lily Whitsitt (Drama League 2015; Jim Findley Studio 2014). Lilleth graduated from Harvard University, with a B.A. in Psychology and a secondary concentration in Dramatic Arts. lillethglimcher.com

KEITH PAUL MEDELIS (production stage manager) is primarily a theatre director and teaching artist. He is the Creative Director of Upstream Artists’ Collective, developing new work with an environmental conscience, and the Founding Artistic Director of The New Theatre Project in Ann Arbor. Keith has developed several world premieres and devised performances and comes to Take Care after working with Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith’s Elastic City. He also writes for Theasy.com. MFA Directing: Brooklyn College. www.upstreamartistscollective.org Take Care Take

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113 THE FLEA STAFF Niegel Smith (Artistic Director) is a theater director & performance artist. His theater work has been produced by Classical Theatre of Harlem, HERE Arts Center, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, The Invisible Dog, Luna Stage, Magic Theatre, Mixed Blood, New York Fringe Festival, New York Live Arts, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, The Public Theater, Summer Play Festival, Todd Theatre and Under the Radar, and his participatory performances have been produced by Abrons Arts Center, American Realness, Dartmouth College, Elastic City, The Invisible Dog, Jack, The New Museum, Prelude Festival, PS 122, the Van Alen Institute and Visual AIDS. He often collaborates with artist Todd Shalom and playwright/performer Taylor Mac. Smith, a graduate of Dartmouth College, was the associate director of the Tony Award winning musical FELA!, assistant directed the off-broadway production of Take Care Take The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and both the broadway and off-

broadway productions of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. He has received residencies, grants and/or fellowships from Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sundance Theatre Lab, Theater Communications Group, Tucker Foundation, Van Lier Fund and VoxFest. Before surviving high school in Detroit, he grew up in the North Carolina piedmont, fishing with his dad, shopping with his mom and inventing tall-tale fantasies with his two younger brothers.

Carol Ostrow (Producing Director) Carol Ostrow (Producing

THE FLEA THEATER Director) joined founder Jim Simpson at the helm of The Flea in 2001 and The Guys marked her return to Off-Off-Broadway. She was the OBIE-award winning Producing Director of the Classic Stage Company as well as the founder and original Producing Director of The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, now in its 30th season. In between, she has been an adjunct professor of theater at Vassar College, Chatham College and McGill University. For The Flea, Carol has produced 15 seasons of world premiere productions and has been responsible for the sound management of the theater’s increasing programming and budget. She is also overseeing The Flea’s capital campaign that will result in a new performing arts center for The Flea to be launched in 2017. (Stay tuned!) Carol 3 10 is a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Drama School. She is a new trustee of Vassar and she also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Yale Drama School. Beyond her alma maters, she is a member of the board of Central Synagogue, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the MacDowell Colony and LAVA, an acrobatic dance collective in Brooklyn. She is also a Wall Street Journal Expert, where she writes on small business for the paper’s online edition. Married and the mother of four incredible and launched young adults, she and her family count Pittsburgh, London, Montreal and now New York City once again as home.

Joshua Cohen (General Manager) previously worked at Roundabout, holds degrees from Amherst College and NYU/ Tisch, and has been a stage manager/lighting designer in downtown modern dance. He is also a writer for the theater, a Jonathan Larson Grant winner whose work includes The Thirteenth Commandment (Libra Theater Co., seven NYIT Award nominations, two wins); lyrics, Keep On Walkin’ (Anna Zornio Children’s Theater Playwriting Award); and book/lyrics, (Prospect Theater Co., two Drama Take Care Take Tamar of the River

Desk nominations; world premiere recording, Yellow Sound Label). He lives in Washington Heights with his wife Anne and two children.

Erin Daley (Company Manager) Prior to The Flea, Erin produced the Eugene O’Neill festival at Arena Stage and spent three years as a coordinator in Los Angeles working in film and commercials. After cutting her teeth as an independent producer and director, Erin is thrilled to have a found a home at The Flea where she can continue to work with exciting and innovative artists. Erin is proud to have graduated from Skidmore College. THE FLEA THEATER

Ellie Philips (Marketing Associate) is a native New Yorker with a deep love for both acting and marketing. An alumna of Oberlin College, Ellie has worked as a graphic designer, marketing associate, social media advisor, and press rep with and for a variety of companies and productions, including her alma mater, Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Slightly Altered States, and Hedgepig Theater Ensemble. She is a proud former-member of the Bats, and 3 is very excited to promote the fantastic work at The Flea. www. 11 eleanorphilips.com Kayla Sklar (Audience Development Associate) Passionate about non-profit theater, Kayla has previously worked at 59E59, Ars Nova, and The Public. She graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in Digital Marketing and Mass Media, and is proud to have been the Artistic Director of The Thalian Blackfriars, one of UGA’s oldest organizations. Having lived in Atlanta for most of her life, she’s excited to finally call this wonderful city her home.

Charlie Madison (Development Associate) is a recent graduate from Brandeis University, where majored in both Psychology and Musical Theater Writing. While at Brandeis, Charlie wrote and directed an original play, Lost Girls, and an original full length musical, Grace. Other notable accomplishments include music directing his undergraduate a cappella group,

Take Care Take Company B, and serving as Programs Assistant in the Brandeis Office of the

Arts. Charlie began his experience in not-for-profit theater as an Artistic Intern at Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA); since then he has served as the inaugural Summer Apprentice at the Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA) and was Manhattan Theatre Club’s Fall 2015 Institutional Giving Intern. Out the office, Charlie enjoys singing his heart out, writing musicals and plays, and thrifting: his inspirations include Jeanine Tesori, Janet Jackson, Adam Guettel, and the one and only Mariah Carey.

Jen Medina-Gray (Assistant Technical Director/Interim Technical Director) is a 2014 graduate of Syracuse University

THE FLEA THEATER with a BFA in Design and Technical Theatre. She studied set design and technical direction in school and aspires to be a positive force in the technical theatre world. After living in Portland, Maine for a year after school and going on a soul searching trip through Eastern Europe, Jen landed in NYC in September 2015 and has been at The Flea ever since.

123 WHAT IS THE FLEA? The Flea is our theater: two unique and intimate performance spaces, located here at 41 White Street in . But The Flea is also an award- winning producing organization, founded in 1996, that offers more than 250 cutting-edge theatrical and multi-disciplinary performances each year and gives voice to some of the most exciting and innovative writers of our time. Founded from the purely artistic impulse to create “joyful hell in a small space,” our body of work has earned us accolades from across the globe including two Obie Awards for Best Production, an Otto for Courageous Political Theater, and a Drama Desk Award Special Award for our commitment to adventurous theater. Our 2001 production of

Take Care Take The Guys, a raw artistic response to the events of 9/11, became a

phenomenon that played to sold-out houses for 13 months and quickly cemented our leadership role in the downtown, Off-Off-Broadway and Lower Manhattan communities. The Flea is a beacon for adventurous audiences and creative artists of all stripes, from the young striver to the legendary veteran. More than 150,000 people have come to The Flea to witness the rare spark created when artists are given free rein to play, experiment and invent—often in ways that the commercial theater can’t support. And it is that spark that fulfills our mission, pure and simple: to embody the spirit THE FLEA THEATER of adventure and excitement that has defined Off-Off-Broadway since its inception.

133 WHO & WHAT ARE THE BATS? The Bats is our critically acclaimed resident company, cast anew each year from over 1,000 aspiring young actors. Voted “Best Off- Off-Broadway Company to Act In” by Backstage, being a Bat offers young artists the rare opportunity to break into the field with real life experience, performing in front of an audience on a regular basis and working to support The Flea and its visiting artists. All in one night, a Bat may tear your ticket, pour you a drink and rivet your soul to the stage. Take Care Take

WHAT IS OFF-OFF-BROADWAY?

THE FLEA THEATER Dating back almost fifty years, Off-Off-Broadway began informally-- an alternative, non-commercial environment where new ideas and projects were born out of energetic and often happenstance encounters. Hundreds of well-known artists credit this adventurous and free- spirited time with their falling in love with theater, and getting good at what they do.

Visit www.theflea.org for information on all things Flea! 143 Find The Flea Theater on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter & YouTube THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Linda Schupack President Carol Ostrow Secretary Douglas Liebhafsky Treasurer Joanna Smith

Kyle Chepulis Take Care Take Michael Graff

Jamie Harris Wendy Harrison Hashmall Andrea Miller Stephanie Morimoto David Prittie Nanahya Santana Jim Simpson

THE FLEA THEATER Jeremy Smith Niegel Smith Tony Tramontin Basil Walter Sigourney Weaver Katherine White Weinhoff Stephen Weinroth Davis Weinstock 153 Emmeline Wexer THE FLEA CAMPAIGN Fifteen years ago The Flea’s founders undertook an artistic experiment, renting an old TriBeCa factory in the wilds of Lower Manhattan and opening the doors to the most iconoclastic and talented artists they could find. Since then The Flea has evolved into an award-winning theater known for presenting the very best of Off- Off-Broadway theater, music and dance. We have also become an emblem for the resilience of Lower Manhattan, drawing more than 150,000 people to the since the 9/11 attacks. To continue in that leadership role, we recently purchased a site nearby that is soon to become our permanent new home. Our goal is to continue producing our own intimate and exhilarating work while providing stability to dozens of other artists and performance groups. We are grateful to the following for their lead gifts to the project: VISIONARIES ($500K+) Dormitory Authority Anonymous of the State of New York State of New York Paul T. Williams, Jr., President Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Walter Nick Howley George E. Pataki, Governor Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Empire State Development Corporation Dennis Mehiel

Take Care Take Julie Shimer, Chairman All The Way Foundation

Ford Foundation International Creative Howard Gilman Foundation Management, Inc. City of New York Liam Neeson Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor In Memory of Natasha Richardson New York City Council Omnicom Christine C. Quinn, Speaker Prospect Hill Foundation Margaret Chin, Council Member David Richenthal James Van Bramer, Council Member Kenes Rakishev & Borough of Manhattan New York Aselle Tasmagambetova Scott M. Stringer, President United Talent Agency The Lower Manhattan Katherine & Samuel Weinhoff Development Corporation Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff Davis & Betsy Weinstock

THE FLEA THEATER Paul Elston & Frances Beinecke A.R. & Molly Gurney DIRECTORS ($25K+) The September 11th Fund New York State Council on the Arts Aby Rosen, Chair ANGELS ($250K+) Lisa Robb, Executive Director Anonymous Jim & Suzy Cameron Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Kyle Chepulis LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund Susan Cooper Cronyn Sigourney Weaver & Jim Simpson Linda Schupack & David Good Wendy & David Hashmall PRODUCERS ($50K+) Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Bloomberg Philanthropies Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall Booth Ferris Foundation Massey Knakal Real Estate 3 The Irene Diamond Fund Ed & Patricia Matthews 16 Gould Family Foundation David Prittie FRIENDS ($1K+) Daryl Roth & Jordan Roth Marla Mayer & Chris Ahearn Dan & Sue Rothenberg Robert & Betsy Barbanell Ted Snowdon Agnes Martin Barley The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation Tom & Meredith Brokaw Edward Trach Arthur H. Brooks Celeste & Tony Tramontin David C. Bryan Basil Walter Beth Burnam Arthur & Linda Carter ARTISTS ($10K+) Michael J. Chepiga & Roger Berlind Pamela Rogers Chepiga André Bishop in honor of Kathy White The Lecomte du Noüy Foundation Marya Cohn Ellen McCourt Al & Roma Connable Andrea & George Miller Blythe Danner Newman’s Own Foundation Robert L. Denton Nanahya Santana & Hume Steyer Arlene Donovan Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust John & Karen Erickson Kent Lawson & Carol Tambor Juliet & Michael Patsalos-Fox Monica & Ali Wambold Mr. & Mrs. John Galen Joseph F. Godfrey & Keith Halstead Take Care Take James & Toni Goodale

PATRONS ($5K+) Anonymous Sarah C. Goodyear Robert Eimicke & Roslyn Black Jane Whitney Gruson Lawrence Shainberg & Vivian Bower Christopher Bumcrot & Evelyn R. Gurney Marshall & Nina Brickman Lynne Halliday & B.H. Barry Lois Chiles Robert & Marilyn Harbage Leslee G. Dart Patrick Herold E.L. & Helen Doctorow Fenita Bilgoraj Heyman William H. Draper III & Cindy & Alan Horn Phyllis C. Draper Lise Jeantet Kristin & Gary Friedman Emily F. Johnson Jane Gelfman Marsha Berkowitz & Wayne Kabak Edwin & Lorna Goodman Marianne & David Kaplan The Anrol Foundation Jerome B. Kauff THE FLEA THEATER Mary G. Gurney Stephen & Marina P. Kaufman Sylvia G. & Benjamin F. Johnson and Louise Lamphere Sarah East Johnson in honor of Basil Walter Mark Kaplan Claire & David Lane Kath Lavidge & Edward McKinley Harry Moses & Randy Lehrer Cassie Murray & William Plapinger Jerry Levine & Nina Tassler Susan Sarandon Paige & Nicky L’Hommedieu Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer Kate H. Marber George Sheanshang Israela Margalit Jeanne S. & Herbert J. Siegel Julian Mazor Julie & Andrew Stanton Michael Miller The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Robert & Evelyn Miller 3 Becky Tesich Susan Monserud & Ric Sonder 17 Emily & Lily Wiest Bernard W. Nussbaum William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Pakula Productions, Inc. Gilbert Parker Bernadette Speach & David B. Pearce, M.D. Jeffrey Schanzer Mary Ann & Bruno A. Quinson Scott & Dhuane Stephens Ivan Reitman Michael & Marjorie Stern In Memory of Harold Ramis Bruce Sunstein Eleanor Shakin David & Deborah Trainer Andrew & Julie Stanton Victoria G. Traube Holland Taylor Ginny & Bob Walther Deborah Schneider & Jim Tilley Emmeline Wexer The Shana Alexander Marguerite C. Whitney Charitable Foundation Rachael Worby Jonathan Sheffer F.A. Zunino Barry Skovgaard & Marc Wolinsky List as of 10/01/15 We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Alvin C. Taylor at [email protected] for any corrections. For more information on our Capital Project, please contact Carol Ostrow, (212) 226-0051 x104 Take Care Take THE FLEA I.P.’S In June of 2009 The Flea launched a unique patron program called The Flea IPs - an elite and dedicated group that helps to make the dreams of The Flea a reality. Flea IPs gain insider access through exclusive events including private talk-backs, intimate artist dinners, master classes and first-look readings. Flea IPs commit their support by generously pledging $5,000 each year. Interested? We’d love to make you a Flea IP too! THE FLEA THEATER Please contact Carol Ostrow at 212.226.0051 x104 or [email protected] for more information. The Flea proudly salutes our Flea I.P. members and thanks them for their unwavering support: Barbara Vogelstein Jonathan Reynolds & Heidi Ettinger Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff Katherine & Sam Weinhoff Edwin A. & Lorna B. Goodman Larry Kanter & Shelly J. London James Cameron Lauralee & Walter N. Howley James L. Melcher Linda Schupack 3 Jeremy Smith Lois Chiles 18 John & Gaily Beinecke Monica & Ali Wambold Pete & Molly Gurney Sahra Lese THE Stephen & Kristina Lang Stephen & Cathy Weinroth FLEA Sue Rothenberg I.P.’S FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT & INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT $50,000+ John & Gaily Beinecke Albert R & Molly Gurney John Bernstein Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff Jonathan Reynolds & Heidi Ettinger The National Endowment for the Arts Larry Kanter & Shelly J London The Poses Family Foundation Lois Chiles Lucille Lortel Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Monica & Ali Wambold Take Care Take International Creative Management, LLC Sahra Lese The Shubert Foundation Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides $2,500 - $4,999 Foundation Axe-Houghton Foundation Warburg Pincus Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation Esme Usdan $10,000 - $24,999 Jennie L. & Richard K. DeScherer Celeste & Tony Tramontin Leon Levy Foundation Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Mertz Gilmore Foundation Edwin A. & Lorna B. Goodman Miles Nordin James Cameron The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Jamie & Jeffrey Harris The John Golden Foundation Jeremy Smith Katherine & Sam Weinhoff $1,000 - $2,499 THE FLEA THEATER Kristina & Stephen Lang Alberta & Henry Strage The Educational Foundation of America American Express The Edward & Sally Van Lier Fund Anna & Bob Kelly of the New York Community Trust Barbara & Mark Gerson The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Beau Willimon Foundation Beth Burnam The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Bradley Radoff Trust Cassie Murray & William Plapinger The Janey Fund Christopher Durang The Prospect Hill Foundation Cindy & Alan Horn Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Darlene & Thomas Fridstein David Ray 3 $5,000 - $9,999 Dorothy Loudon Foundation 19 Barbara Vogelstein Dramatists Guild Fund Celeste Guth Eleanor W. Shakin James L. 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