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Jim Si m p s o n a r t i s t i c d i r e c t o r Ca r o l Os t r o w p r o d u c i n g d i r e c t o r Be t h De m b r o w m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r

p r e s e n t s t h e w o r l d p r e m i e r e o f A LETTER FROM OMDURMAN

w r i t t e n b y Je f f r e y M. Jo n e s

d i r e c t e d b y Pa g e Bu r k h o l d e r

f e a t u r i n g Th e Ba t s

Ka t e Si n c l a i r Fo s t e r s e t d e s i g n Jo n a t h a n Co t t l e l i g h t i n g d e s i g n

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Da n Du r k i n p r o j e c t i o n d e s i g n JuLo n d r e Br o w n s t a g e m a n a g m e n t A LETTER FROM OMDURMAN

CAST (in o r d e r o f a p p e a r a n c e )

Dave...... Matt Barbot Charlie...... Wilton Yeung Wyatt...... Will Turner Josie...... Veracity Butcher Understudies: Eric Folks (Wyatt), Danny Rivera (Charlie & Dave)

CREATIVE TEAM

Playwright...... Jeffrey M. Jones Director...... Page Burkholder Set Design...... Kate Sinclair Foster Lighting Design...... Jonathan Cottle Costume Design...... Whitney Locher Sound Design...... Colin Whitely Projection Design...... Dan Durkin Graphic Design...... David Prittie Associate Lighting Design...... Ryan Hauenstein Stage Manager...... JuLondre Brown Marketing Assistant...... Crystal Arnette Photography...... Hunter Canning

FLEA STAFF

Artistic Director...... Jim Simpson Producing Director...... Carol Ostrow Managing Director...... Beth Dembrow Technical Director...... Liz Blessing Development Manager...... Penn Genthner Marketing & Membership Manager...... Christopher Massimine Manager...... Sarah Wansley Graphic Designer...... David Prittie Costume Manager...... Holly Chou Theater, Technical & Production Consultant...... Kyle Chepulis Accountant...... Joel Faden & Company, Inc. Attorney...... Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LP/Carol Kaplan Development Consultant...... Rachel Colbert Press Representative...... Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle THE CAST (in alphabetical o r d e r )

Matt Barbot (Dave) is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College’s theater program. He last appeared as Haemon in These Seven Sicknesses, his first show as a member of the Bats. Before becoming a Bat, Matt recently appeared as the Porter in Red Shark/White Rabbit’s Macbeth, and the Kid in The Management’s Songs for a Future Generation. He will be appearing in the upcoming webseries Scout & Maggie. He is also a playwright: recently, his short Boldly Go was featured at ’s Brick Theater.

Veracity Butcher (Josie) is a native New Yorker. Recent credits include Karen O’s Stop the Virgins (St. Ann’s Warehouse), William S. Yellowrobe’s Thieves (The Public), and Tommy Smith’s Demon Dreams (The Gene Frankel Theater). In addition to performing on The Flea stage, she has performed at Dixon Place, 45 Bleecker, La Mama, and The Atlantic Theater. She is seeking representation for legit Theater and Film work. veracitybutcher.com.

Eric Folks (Wyatt U/S) has previously been seen at the Flea in Just Cause, The Flying Latke, and #serials@theflea. Other credits include A Man of No Importance (Gallery Players), Almost Maine (New London Barn) and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Otterbein). He is a graduate of Otterbein University.

Danny Rivera (Charlie U/S, Dave U/S) is one of the newest recruits to the Flea Theater, and is very excited to be a Bat!

Will Turner (Wyatt) NY credits: Friends Don’t Let Friends (LTR Theater) and These Seven Sicknesses (Flea Theater). He is a recent graduate of Yale University, where he served as Artistic Director of the undergraduate experimental theater group and developed and performed in a one-man version of Henry V. Email: [email protected]

Wilton Yeung (Charlie) is proud to be back on stage with the Flea. Other Flea credits include Unum by Will Eno, Office Hours by A.R. Gurney, Just Cause, and being part of the #serials@theflea. He is a graduate of State University where he studied theater. THE CREATIVE TEAM

Jeffrey M. Jones (Playwright) works include 70 Scenes of Halloween, Nightcoil, Der Inka Von Peru, Tomorrowland, a series of crazy plays, Write If You Get Work, J.P. Morgan Saves The Nation, a musical with a score by the late , directed by Jean Randich, Stone Monkey Banished, commissioned by the Mettawee River Theater Company, and A Man’s Best Friend, produced by the Undermain Theatre in and Dallas. His essays have appeared in The American Theatre Reader, Performing Arts Journal, and as introductions to the anthologies Plays by and New Downtown Now. He has been manager of , and John Jesurun; taught playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a series of Pataphysics workshops at the Flea Theater; and is currently co-curator of the OBIE-winning Little Theatre Series at Dixon Place. Page Burkholder (Director) is honored to be working at the Flea and with the Bats. In New York, she has directed plays by , Mary Gallagher, Sherry Kramer, Athol Fugard, Joan Shenkar, Jeffrey Jones and Camila Jones and also worked for , the Women’s Project, , Julliard, Clubbed Thumb, White Bird Productions, the Ohio Theater and New Dramatists. She was a long time member of the Invisible Theater in Tucson, Arizona, and started their Shakespeare Under the Stars festival. Jonathan Cottle (Lighting Designer) is a theater artist. He has worked with companies such as the Foundry theatre, Half Straddle, Object Collection and at Incubator Arts Project, the Bushwick Starr, Abrons Arts Center, LaMama, and Here Arts Center. Whitney Locher (Costume Designer) Recent credits include Fiasco Theater’s Cymbeline (TFANA/Barrow Street); A Bright New Boise, After. (Partial Comfort Productions); Jubilee, The Merry Widow, The Fortune Teller (Ohio Light Opera); Boeing-Boeing (Sierra Rep.). Other companies: The Drama League, Kansas City Rep., The Hangar Theatre, Northern Stage. Up next: Nymph Errant (Prospect Theatre Company). Whitney is the Resident Costume Designer for Partial Comfort Productions and Fiasco Theater. Member of USA 829. www.whitneylocher.com Colin Whitely (Sound Designer) credits include As Wide As I Can See by Mark Snyder (HERE Arts Center) Love Song by John Kolvenbach (59E59) First Prize by Israela Margalit (KEF Productions) Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman () Beirut by Alan Browne (Athena Theater Company), Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness (Atlantic Theater Company), Breakfast with Mugabe by Fraser Grace (Centenary Stage Company), Henry VI: Part III by William Shakespeare (Wide Eyed Productions), Paternity by Winter Miller (Cherry Lane Theater) Letters to the End of the World by Anton Dudley (At Hand Theater Co.), True West by Sam Shepard (The Athena Theater Company) and much more. Daniel Durkin (Projection Designer) is a New York-based director, multimedia artist and digital media enthusiast. Directing credits: The Tank, 45 Bleecker St, various readings. Video/ Projection Design Assistantships: Bonnie & Clyde (Gerald Schoenfeld), The Blue Flower (2ST), All New People (2ST), 2ST Gala (Hammerstein Ballroom). Digital: 5 Questions- Sia (www..com/video, producer). He also proudly serves as the Director of Operations for True False Theatre (www.truefalsetheatre.org). Dan is currently pursuing his M.A. in Media Studies at The New School and holds a B.A. in Theater Directing from Fordham University. JuLondre Brown (Stage Manager) is a director working in multiple mediums to bring about positive social and personal change. JuLondre was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, and earned his B.A. in Anthropology from Yale University in 2010. At Yale, he served two terms as Artistic Director of Heritage Theatre Ensemble, was awarded the Paul H. and Brigitte P. Fry Cup for Artistic Achievement by Ezra Stiles College, and was also awarded two Excellence in Artistry Awards by the Afro-American Cultural Center. JuLondre apprenticed at and completed the Directing Internship at Williamstown Theatre Festival. THE FLEA STAFF

Jim Simpson (Artistic Director) is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Flea Theater (2004 Drama Desk cited for Downtown Adventurous Theater). Two-time OBIE-award winner, 2002 National Board of Review Excellence in Filmmaking, and cited for artistic leadership in Downtown New York by the Lower Cultural Council in 2002. Jim has directed over 70 works for the theater and has also directed for film and television. Venues include nine seasons at the Williamstown Theater Festival, Alley Theater, Hartford Stage, Yale Rep, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center, , Playwrights Horizons, EST, CSC, MCC, the London International Theater Festival and the Fringe Festival. Jim was a child actor in his hometown of Honolulu, as a teenager worked with Jerzy Grotowski in Poland, and holds degrees from Boston University School for the Arts and the Yale Drama School. Most recently, Jim directed A. R. Gurney’s Crazy Mary at Playwrights Horizons, Will Eno’s Oh, The Humanity…, the revival of Peter Handke’s Offending The Audience, Addison’s CATO, Thomas Bradshaw’s Dawn, Gurney’s A Light Lunch and Office Hours, Will Eno’s UNUM as part of The Flea’s The Great Recession, Jonathan Reynolds’ Girls in Trouble, Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening & Steven Banks’ Looking at Christmas.

Carol Ostrow (Producing Director) joined Jim Simpson at the helm of The Flea in 2001 & The Guys marked her return to Off-Off-. She was the OBIE-award winning Producing Director of the Classic Stage Company, where she produced The Merchant of Venice, directed by Jim Simpson, the world premiere of Ezra Pound’s Elektra, directed by Carey Perloff as well as the acclaimed 30th anniversary production of Pinter’s The Birthday Party, among others. She was the founder and original Producing Director of The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, now in its 24th season. In between, she has also been an adjunct professor of theater at Vassar College, Chatham College and McGill University. For The Flea, Carol has produced A.R. Gurney’s O Jerusalem, Mrs. Farnsworth, Screen Play, Post Mortem, A Light Lunch and Office Hours, Elizabeth Swados’ JABU and the Swados/Erin Courtney collaboration Kaspar Hauser, Will Eno’s Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations, Mac Wellman’s Cellophane and Two September, Roger Rosenblatt’s Ashley Montana Goes Ashore in the Caicos... and The Oldsmobiles, Adam Rapp’s Bingo with The Indians, Itamar Moses’ Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used to It), Beau Willimon’s Lower Ninth, Thomas Bradshaw’s Dawn, Polly Draper’s Getting Into Heaven, Len Jenkin’s Like I Say and Margo Veil, Talking Band’s The Parrot, the holiday extravaganza ‘Twas the Night Before, short plays by Christopher Durang, among others, the recent Flea commision, The Great Recession, an evening of short plays by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp, Jonathan Reynolds’ Girls in Trouble, Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening, and Steven Banks’ Looking at Christmas. She is also behind the numerous dance and music programs presented at The Flea. Carol is a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Drama School. She is a board member of LAVA, an acrobatic dance collective, serves on the President’s Advisory Council of Vassar College and the Board of Advisors of the Yale Drama School, and is one of the newest trustees to one of the oldest congregations in , Central Synagogue. Married and the mother of four incredible young adults, she and her family count Pittsburgh, London, Montreal and now New York City again as home.

Beth Dembrow (Managing Director) has been with The Flea since 2007, working on all mainstage amd downstairs productions including by Julian Sheppard, Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations by Will Eno, Lower Ninth by Beau Willimon, Kaspar Hauser by Liz Swados & Erin Courtney, Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used to It) by Itamar Moses, The Great Recession, an evening of short plays by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp, Girls in Trouble by Jonathan Reynolds, Parents’ Evening by Bathsheba Doran, and These Seven Sicknesses by Sean Graney. Prior to The Flea, she spent two and half years at Lincoln Center Theater where she worked on all mainstage and second stage productions, including the Tony-Award winning productions, The Light in the Piazza and Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia. Other management experiences with Snug Harbor Productions (Steven Chaikelson and Brannon Wiles) include: Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Broadway); Harlem Song, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (Apollo Theater); Private Jokes, Public Places; The Part (Off and Off-off Broadway). Beth holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA in Theater Management and Producing from . Liz Blessing (Technical Director) Liz is happy to have found a home at The Flea Theater. Before coming to the Flea she was the Draftsperson for I. Weiss, creating construction drawings for rigging system installation on Broadway and beyond. Previous to that she was an Engineering Assistant for City Theatrical, Inc, where she helped test the W-DMX system. Liz has a BS from The College of William and Mary.

Penn Genthner (Development Manager) joined the staff of The Flea Theater after over five years at the Pasadena Playhouse in Southern , where he held the titles of Grants Manager, Tour Coordinator, and Archivist. In these various roles, he helped the company secure major state and institutional funding and deepen public knowledge about its rich and under-celebrated history. As the Playhouse’s historian, Penn was frequently invited to speak about theater history for various clubs and community organizations, including serving as a guest lecturer at Occidental College. He has worked around the country as Development Consultant to the LA-based Furious Theatre Company and Nom de Guerre , as well as at Minnesota’s Guthrie Theatre and the Park Playhouse in Columbus, OH. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni & Associates and the New York non-profit Caring Cameras. He graduated from Bennington College in 2005 with a BA in Theater.

Chris Massimine (Marketing & Membership Manager) is an award-winning producer who’s been involved in the management and marketing of productions ranging from festivals through Broadway. He’s worked with Roundabout Theatre Company, The Dramatists Guild of America, LAByrinth Theater Company, Charlotte Wilcox Company, NIKO Companies, Personal Space Theatrics, The Margaret Cho Show, Theater Resources Unlimited, Origin Theatre Company, and WPPAC.His marketing consultant work in mainstream entertainment has led to successful promotional campaigns for musical artists including Jason Mraz, Amy Winehouse, Jenny Lewis and with companies such as Viacom and GE.

Sarah Wansley (Company Manager) is the founding Artistic Director of Aporia Theater. Past directing credits include Here Comes Tomorrow (EST / Youngblood), #serials@theflea (The Flea Theater), Why Pluto is a Planet (Sam French OOB Festival) and What the Future Awaits (McCarter Theatre Youth Ink Festival). With Aporia: Follow Me Down (The Flea Theater), The Disappearance of Jonah (DC Fringe Festival), No Exit (Cherry Lane Studio), and site specific pieces Bare Naked Drama (Jimmy’s No. 43) and in the Park (Central Park). Sarah has assisted such inspiring directors as Tina Landau, Emily Mann and Roger Rees and was a member of the 2011 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Sarah graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University and is headed to UCSD in the fall to pursue her MFA in Directing. WHAT IS THE FLEA? The Flea is our theater: two small, unique performance spaces, located here at 41 White Street in . The Flea regularly presents diverse, cutting-edge, and multi-disciplinary work, and has rapidly become a vital part of the city’s cultural landscape. A state-of-the-art performance facility, The Flea has presented over 100 plays, 50 dance events, and 50 concerts since its founding sixteen years ago. With talent, dedication, and a black belt in shoestring budgeting, we have reached our fifteenth season. Founded in 1996 by a group of acclaimed downtown theater artists, the award-winning Flea Theater was originally formed out of the purely artistic impulse to create “a joyful hell in a small space.” We quickly became a downtown beacon for creative artists of every discipline, and soon a more formal mission was born: to raise the standards of Off-Off-Broadway for artists and audiences alike. Comfortable seats and decent dressing rooms became as much a part of our mission as talented artists and big ideas. Now, in 2012, with a special achievement , an Otto, and two OBIE Awards to our credit, The Flea continues to embody the spirit of adventure and experiment that has defined Off-Off-Broadway since its inception. Part playground, part laboratory, and part training ground, we are home to emerging artists developing their ideas, mid-career artists solidifying their identities, and established artists going in new directions. With the continued participation of our founders and an ever-growing community of diverse and talented artists, our aim is to keep New York theater vital and to represent the wide range of what is possible Off-Off-Broadway.

WHO & WHAT ARE THE BATS? The Bats are our young resident company. Each year, over a thousand young actors audition for a place in this unique company. The Bats perform in long runs of challenging classics and new plays. Not a school, but a repertory company, The Bats also work to support all of the visiting artists at The Flea.

WHAT IS OFF-OFF-BROADWAY? Dating back almost fifty years, Off-Off-Broadway is distinguished by a spirit of adventure. It is where established artists go to take risks that the commercial arena does not allow, and it is where young, aspiring writers, directors, and performers learn their craft, develop their talents and begin their professional careers. Non-institutional and resolutely non-commercial, Off-Off-Broadway is as eclectic and varied as the city of New York. While other cities enjoy alternative theater and performance, none have communities as large and vital as New York’s Off-Off-Broadway. Welcome and enjoy!

Visit www.theflea.org for videos, photos, and information on all things Flea! Find “The Flea Theater” on , & YouTube THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair Paul J. Elston President Jim Simpson Secretary Carol Ostrow Treasurer Emmeline Wexer

Kyle Chepulis Robert Eimicke Michael Graff Jamie Harris Douglas Liebhafsky Andrea Miller David Prittie Bernadette Speach Basil Walter Sigourney Weaver Katherine Weinhoff Stephen Weinroth Davis Weinstock THE FLEA CIRCUS 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+) State of New York/Andrew M. Cuomo, Borough of Manhattan New York/Scott M. Stringer, President Governor • George E. Pataki, Governor The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Empire State Development Corporation/Julie Shimer, Chairman Carol Ostrow and Michael Graff City of New York/Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Paul Elston and Frances Beinecke New York City Council/Christine C. Quinn, Speaker • Margaret Chin, A.R. and Molly Gurney Council Member • James Van Bramer, Council Member The September 11th Fund Anonymous

ANGELS ($250K+) Anonymous International Creative Management, Inc. Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Kenes Rakishev and Aselle Tasmagambetova Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson Davis and Betsy Weinstock Dormitory Authority of the State of New York/Paul T. Williams, Jr., President

PRODUCERS ($50K+) Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson Walter Nick Howley David Richenthal Katherine and Samuel Weinhoff United Talent Agency

DIRECTORS ($25K+) New York State Council on the Arts/Aby Rosen, Ed and Patricia Matthews – Gould Family Foundation Chair • Lisa Robb, Executive Diretor David Prittie Jim and Suzy Cameron Daryl Roth and Jordan Roth Kyle Chepulis Dan and Sue Rothenberg Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Edward Trach Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall Basil Walter Massey Knakal Real Estate

ARTISTS ($10K+) Roger Berlind Andrea and George Miller Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust Kent Lawson and Carol Tambor

PATRONS ($5K+) Vivian Bower and Lawrence Shainberg Mark Kaplan Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer Jane Gelfman Edward McKinley Becky Tesich Mary G. Gurney Emily and Lily Wiest FRIENDS ($1K+) Emmeline Wexer Agnes Martin Barley Arlene Michael Miller Blythe Danner Tom and Meredith Brokaw John and Karen Erickson Robert David Norman & Kate H. Marber Patrick Herold Beth Burnam Mr. & Mrs. John Galen Pakula Productions, Inc. James and Toni Goodale Arthur and Linda Carter Joseph F. Godfrey & Keith Halstead Deborah Schnieder & Jim Tilley Fenita Bilgoraj Heyman Michael and Pamela Chepiga Lynne Halliday and B.H. Barry Jonathan Sheffer Bruce Sunstein Al and Roma Connable Cindy and Alan Horn Bernadette Speach & Jeffrey Schanzer Robert L. Denton Paige and Nicky L’Hommedieu David and Deborah Trainer Louise Lamphere G. Traube Marguerite C. Whitney For more information on our Capital Project, please contact Carol Ostrow, (212) 226-0051 x104 FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT & INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT $50,000+ Gay & Harry Abrams / Abrams Artists Agency Anne Hennessey Bloomberg Philanthropies The Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation Rhoda Herrick National Endowment for the Arts Eric Seiler & Darcy Bradbury James & Heather Higgins Nancy & Alan Brenner Lise Jeantet $25,000 - $49,999 Jacqueline Brody David Kelly NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Dramatists Guild Fund Zachary Kline Warburg Pincus The Edith Meiser Foundation James Krugman $10,000 - $24,999 The Friars Foundation Carole Leavey Anonymous Jane R. Gelfman Jane Willkomm & Marc Lesnick The Edward & Sally Van Lier Fund of The New Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Shelly J. London York Community Trust JoAnn & Bernard Kruger Gregory Long The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Mark & Madeline Lebwohl Walt & Diane Looney FDNY Foundation Carla Solomon & Nino Magliocco LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund Steven & Donna Gartner Laurie & Jay Mandelbaum Murray A. Luftglass Douglas Liebhafsky The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Stephen & Carolyn McCandless Prospect Hill Foundation William Plapinger & Cassie Murray Sherry McCutcheon Daniel E. Rothenberg Mary Ann & Bruno A. Quinson Andrea & Robert Meislin The Shubert Foundation The Rona & Randolph M. Nelson Foundation Payne Middleton Wendy M. Sielgel Elaine Montgomery $5,000 - $9,999 Cynthia King Vance & Lee Vance Mercedes Niz The Achilles Foundation Mary & Jerome Vascellaro Peter Owings Bank of America Merrill Lynch Emmeline Wexer Laurence Hazell & Mimi Quillin Richard Booth Steven Rand Larry Condon Partners ($500+) Benjamin Reiter Monica and Stefano Corsi Marita & Michael Altman Sarah Beinecke & Craig Richardson The Ettinger Foundation Lynn & Mark Angelson Saluggi’s The LeBaron Foundation Virginia Arcari Gretchen Shugart The Lucille Lortel Foundation Claudia Baez Jeremy Smith Nick & Julie Sakellariadis Suzanne Bales Amy Stursberg Robert & Betsy Barbanell Stephanie Garry & Art Tatge $2,500 - $4,999 George & Jane Bunn Angelson Family Fund Robert G. Thacker Ellen Davis Axe-Houghton Foundation Edward Trach Sue B. Dorn James Cameron Julie Tyiom Elizabeth B. Elston Robert Eimicke & Roslyn Black Catherine Van Emon Jean Fitzgerald Foundation for Contemporary Arts Russ Weigel & Jane Reynolds Fred & Susan Foster The John Golden Fund Susan Wilen Bobby & Vicky Freeman Andrea & George Miller Rebecca Zuck Andrew Frey Fred Poses Mia Goldman & Michael Rotblatt Gigi Sharp & George Gilpin Lorna B. Goodman & Edwin A. Goodman Elizabeth Duggal Taghipour Elena & Everardo Goyanes Mike Hackett $1,000 - $2,499 Steve Halle American Express - Spring Downtown Bruce Hector THE FLEA I.P.’S In June of 2009, we established a new initiative called The Flea I.P.s. The Flea Theater represents a wide range of theatrical possibilities and our Flea I.P.s are the people who make these possibilities a reality. Comprised of our most loyal supporters, our Flea I.P.s participate in exclusive events that provide insider access, including private talk-backs and intimate dinners with the artists that call us home – just to name a few of the perks. The Flea I.P.s have committed their support for three full years, generously pledging $5,000 each year. Psssst! Interested? We’d love to welcome you to The Flea I.P.’s, too! Please contact Penn Genthner at 212.226.0051 x 110 or [email protected] for more information. The Flea proudly salutes our founding Flea I.P. members & thanks them for their unwavering support: Catherine Adler Celeste Guth Carol Ostrow Frances Beinecke Jeanne & Tom Hardy Catherine Schreiber & Miles Ruthberg John Beinecke Wendy & David Hashmall Peter Joseph & Elizabeth Scheuer Ginny Benzak Loretta Hennessey Melissa Vail & Norm Selby Lois Chiles William Hurt Nanahya Santana & Hume Steyer Douglas Durst Ellen M. Iseman Katherine & Sam Weinhoff Paul Elston Shannon Wu & Joseph Kahn Stephen & Kathy Weinroth Heidi Ettinger Eleanora Kennedy Davis & Betsy Weinstock Ali Wambold & Monica Gerard-Sharp Sahra Lese Michael Graff Carolin Niemczyk FLEA MEMBERS Donors ($250 - $499) Jim Simpson Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Fiona Graff & Martin Gretchen Adkins Jerome Florists Gudrun Lange Kurzweil Anonymous Mark Subias Bruce Colbath & Carol O’Rourke Susan & Alan Guma B.H. Barry Diane Vaughan Harriet Orley Arthur Haddock Catherine Cahill & William Melody Ward Roberto F. Ortiz Kathleen Halvey Bernhard Vera Warnecke Chip & J.F. Ossman Ryan Hart Rosanne & Ed Braun John E. Wulp Judy & Gary Pasquinelli Jim Hoffman Susan Brittingham Kim Yao Jody & Gary Peterson Stuart N. Hutchison III Valerie Cooke Christopher & Lynne Ramsey Benjamin Kamine Leslie Danoff Contributors ($100 - $249) Olivia & Steve Russell Carol W. Kelley Barbara LeMay Darring Suzanne Abercrombie & Tiffany Peter & Lee Scott Jo Ann Kessler Laurie Amory De Grazia Abercrombie Eleanor W. Shakin Gene Kilik Janna B. Dean Edward Albee Jane & Greg Smith David & Susan Kraus Kendra Decious Anonymous (2) Fran Smyth Rosanne Kumins Jamie DeRoy Darius Babanoury Leonard Hellenbrand & Judith S. Pam Laskin & Ira Reiser Donna Docuk Lynn Baker Solomon Rebecca Lehrer & Neil Alger Paige Donegan Richard & Susan Baldwin Eric Somers Warren Liebold Christine Doudna & Richard Barbara Bantivoglio J.G. Spanne Jane Lin Grand-Jean Stephen Bernstein Scott & Dhuane Stephens Mark & Katherine Linder John & Deborah Evangelakos Barbara & Gary Bloom Deidre Ann Sullivan Gail Lussier Justin Fleming Sarah Bond Patricia Sullivan Janet Mardfin Thomas & Darlene Fridstein Lesley Broder & Jeff Picarello Thomas Synan Israela Margalit Bruce Goodrich Terry Gruber & Claudia Brown Missie Taylor Laurie Meckler David Griffin Susan & Paul Buck Susan & Charles Tribbitt William & Janice Pike Mrs. James B. Gubelmann Jeffrey & Susan Chase Peter & Janie Giacomini Van Todd & Lori Rosen Lynne Halliday Frank Christopher Olinda Laura Sametz Janet Holkestead Robert S. Cook, Jr. Carol & Robert Walker Sarah Kane Smedley Robbie Holman Judy & Ira Dembrow Ruth S. Zachary & Eve Z. Mykytyn Scout Storey Amy Jo Jackson Laura Desmarais Yulia Tikhonova Joanne Jacobson Frank & Helga Doyle Supporters ($50 - $99) Phyllis Trager Wayne Kabak Clarice Feinman Joseph Allen Lawrence Traub Carol Kaplan George L. Fleming Susan Aranoff Clarke, Peggy & Claire Peter Rose & Alicia Kershaw David Gittleman Anonymous (2) Utermohle Bob & Ida Kowit Betty & Josh Goldberg Drs. Kenneth Brooks Wells & M. Judith Wink & Michael Zumoff Roxeanne Lecrivain Mary & Gordon Gould Christina Benson Dale & Robert Zeide Leslie Mahon Bonnie Graff Eleanor S. & Robert J. Berlin Andrea & Peter Marber Faith Hackett Page Burkholder Special thanks to our $25 Kate H. Marber Julia B. Hall Deborah Carmichael members. James Marden John & Diane Haney Ronni Casty Jacqueline Matthews Mary R. Hardin David Chau List as of May 2, 2012 Audrey Moore Anne & Gordon Herrald Evelyn Chen Seth Moskowitz Harris & Randee Horowitz Ann & John Costello Julia Nathan Indiana Market & Catering, Susan Crowe John O’Boyle Inc. Edla Frankau Cusick Juan & Anne Ocampo Peggy Lackner Josh & Kerry Dorf Kirill Onischenko Stephen & Tina Lang M. Burton Drexler Susan Peterson Thomas Langston Annette Ferstenberg Roberta Weiss & Mitchell Liz & Woody Littlefield Ken & Kay Folks Rabinowitz Julia M. Loving Charles Forma Lorinda Radigonda Giselle Mahoney James Fraser & Katherine Susan Reilly Sheila & David Manischewitz Hanson Maury Rogoff Maureen McSherry Elizabeth Garnsey Ellen & Norman Roth Doreen Memolo David Gilbert Kathleen E. Shannon Daria & David Moore The Rev. James L. Gill Coming Soon THE FLEA THEATER presents MUSIC WITH A VIEW 2012 MAY 14 -­ 27 The Flea is pleased to announce that Music with a View will return with special activities such as lectures, workshops & forums adding to the festival’s excitement.

MUSIC WITH A VIEW is a FREE music festival devoted to the discovery of new, fresh sound created and performed by contemporary musicians. Each event features the works of 2-3 emerging and/or mid-career composers

THE FLEA THEATER presents THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES JUNE 6 - JULY 1 Tues - Sat @ 6:30pm; Sun @ 4:30pm

The critically-acclaimed THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES will return to The Flea this summer for a limited engagement. In THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES Sophocles’ seven surviving plays—Oedipus, In Trachis, Philoktetes, In Colonus, Ajax, Elektra & Antigone—combine to create a stunning portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance & fate yields disquieting results. A witty & relevant adaptation of the classics, THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES is an epic examination of the past & a window on the present. Tickets are on sale now! Check www.theflea.org for more info. Flea Rewards Use your Flea Member Card or Souths (273 Church St.) Cercle Rouge (241 West Bway) ticket stub to take advantage 212-219-0640 / southsnyc.com 212-226-6252 / cerclerougeresto.com Sip on a complimentary glass of wine with Have a pre-show dinner at this fine French of these special offers from our the order of an entrée bistro before 7pm and enjoy 10% off bill. downtown partners. Billy’s Bakery (75 Franklin St.) (375 Greenwich St.) 212-647-9958 / billysbakerynyc.com 212-941-3900/myriadrestaurantgroup.com Macao Trading Co (311 Church St.) Buy one cupcake & get the second 1/2 off. Enjoy a complimentary sommelier’s choice 917-848-0117 / macaonyc.com glass of wine with dinner. Make a reservation to receive a Edison Park Fast (15 Worth St.) complimentary pitcher of Sangria. 1-888-PARK-FAST / parkfast.com Nobu (105 Hudson St.) First, get a parking ticket at the garage & 212-219-0500/myriadrestaurantgroup.com Stuzzicheria (305 Church St.) then get a special ticket voucher at The Enjoy Japanese cuisine at its finest and 212-209-4037 / stuzzicheriatribeca.com Flea box office to park for only $10. enjoy a complimentary sommelier’s choice Get 10% off bill when you purchase an glass of wine with dinner. entrée at this Italian tapas restaurant. Jerry’s Café (90 Chambers St.) 212-608-1700 / jerryscafenyc.com Centrico (211 West Bway) Bread TriBeCa (301 Church St.) Get a free specialty drink with an entrée . 212-431-0700/myriadrestaurantgroup.com 212-334-0200 / breadtribeca.com Enjoy a complimentary sommelier’s choice Bubble Lounge (228 West Bway) Get 10% off your bill with entree purchase glass of wine with dinner. 212-431-3433 / bubblelounge.com Petrarca (34 White St.) Buy 1 drink & get 1 free or get 20% off a (239 West Bway)

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