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Home , Carolyn McCormick, Catherine Adler, Holland Taylor, Peter Scolari, Thomas Kail, Will Eno

THE FLEA THEATER Jim Simpson artistic director Carol Ostrow producing director Beth Dembrow managing director presents the world premiere of FAMILY FURNITURE

Written by A.R. Gurney Directed by Thomas Kail

Rachel Hauck set design Betsy Adams lighting design Claudia Brown costume design Bart Fasbender sound design Andrew Diaz prop design Calleri Casting casting Andrea O. Saraffian stage manager Michelle Kelleher assistant stage manager SETTING: The play takes place during a summer in the early 1950’s in and around a house on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie not far from Buffalo, New York.

CAST (in order of appearance) Nick...... Andrew Keenan-Bolger Russell...... Peter Scolari Peggy...... Ismenia Mendes Claire...... Carolyn McCormick Betsy...... Molly Nordin Family Furniture

CREATIVE TEAM Playwright...... A.R. Gurney Director...... Thomas Kail Set Designer...... Rachel Hauck Lighting Designer...... Betsy Adams Costume Designer...... Claudia Brown Sound Designer...... Bart Fasbender Props Designer...... Andrew Diaz Assistant Director......

THE FLEA THEATER Sherri Eden Barber Casting...... Calleri Casting Stage Manager...... Andrea O. Saraffian Assistant Stage Manager...... Michelle Kelleher Light/Sound Board Operator...... John Paul Harkins Wardrobe...... Sarah Anderson

23 All actors and stage managers appear courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association. SPECIAL THANKS: Technical Artistry, ThinkSo, Tribeca Lighting, Souths, Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing LLC, and Bob Murphy

FLEA STAFF Artistic Director...... Jim Simpson Producing Director...... Carol Ostrow Managing Director...... Beth Dembrow Technical Director...... Liz Blessing Family Furniture

Company Manager...... Erin Daley Development Associate...... Alek Deva Marketing Associate...... David Sernick Audience Development Associate...... Dominic Spillane Assistant Technical Director...... Brandon Stock Graphic Designer...... David Prittie Videographer...... Crystal Arnette Photographer...... Joan Marcus Costume Manager...... Josh Boerman THE FLEA THEATER Theater, Technical & Production Consultant...... Kyle Chepulis Accountant...... Joel Faden & , Inc. Attorney...... Carol M. Kaplan/Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP Development Consultant...... Rachel Colbert Press Representative...... Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle 33 CAST (in alphabetical order)

Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Nick) Broadway: Crutchie in Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee), Roberston Ay in Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol. 1st Nat’l Tours: Spelling Bee, The Grinch, Mary Poppins, Ragtime. TV/Film: Billy in the upcoming Untitled Hugh Grant/ film, Alex in the upcoming HBO series, Looking, Corey in the upcoming film You Must Be Joking, The Naked Brothers Band, Marci X, One Life To Live. B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. Co-creator of the webseries Submissions Only (www.submissionsonly.com). As a filmmaker his work has been profiled in , The Wall Family Furniture

Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly and New York Magazine. He is currently writing a children’s book series with collaborator Kate Wetherhead for the Penguin Group.

Ismenia Mendes (Peggy) is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where she played roles such as Lorna (Golden Boy), Snug the Joiner

THE FLEA THEATER (Midsummer), and Jackie Coryton (HayFever). Since graduating, Ismenia has played in a variety of productions - among them: Katharine/The Boy in Shakespeare’s Henry V (Two River Theatre), and a new play at Clubbed Thumb, Baby Screams Miracle. She has also had the great fortune of joining a wonderfully talented company of artists in StrangeMen & Co. 43 Carolyn McCormick (Claire) Broadway: Equus, , The Dinner Party. Off Broadway: Ten Chimneys (Pecadillo Theatre), Black Tie (Primary Stages), Celebration (Atlantic), Privilege (Second Stage), Biography (Pearl), EVE-olution (Cherry Lane), Dinner with Friends (Variety Arts), Ancestral Voices (Lincoln Center). Film:You Know My Name, Loverboy, A Simple Twist of Fate, Enemy Mine, Nights at Rodanthe, Company Retreat, Whatever Works, Downtown Express, The Shells, That Thing With the Cat.TV: Dr. Olivet on Law and Order, series regular on Spenser for Hire and Cracker. Blue Bloods, Body of Proof, Cold Case, Judging Amy, , Homicide, , LA Law. A narrator of myriad audio books and documentaries. BFA Williams College, MFA American Conservatory Theatre. More info at www.CarolynMcCormick.com Family Furniture

Molly Nordin (Betsy) is thrilled to make her NYC debut at The Flea after just receiving her BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Big thanks to A.R. Gurney for his beautiful play. Thank you, John Crosby, Calleri Casting, Ma & Pop, and all of her favorite people at UNCSA.

Peter Scolari (Russell) TV: Three-time

THE FLEA THEATER Emmy Nominee, VQT Emmy Award Winner for , also , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, , ER, Family Ties, White Collar, King of Queens, Reba, Ally McBeal, From the Earth to the Moon (HBO), Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (Showtime). Film: That Thing You Do, Polar 3 Express, Suburban Girl, Camp Nowhere, The Ryan White Story. 5 Broadway/NY: Lucky Guy, Hairspray, Sly Fox, Magic/Bird, Out of this World and Ziegfeld Follies of 1937 (City Center Encores!). World Premieres of Daniel Sullivan’s Inspecting Carol and Ken Ludwig’s Fox on the Fairway. Winner Best Actor, Berkshire Theatre Festival for The Foreigner. Music Man at Ogunquit Playhouse, Forum at Bay Street Theater. Film Critic’s Award Nomination as Best Featured Actor for Girls (recurring as Lena Dunham’s Dad) (HBO).

CREATIVE TEAM A.R. Gurney (Playwright) has been writing plays for over fifty years. Among them are: The Grand Manner, Scenes from American Life, The Dining Room, The Middle Ages, The Cocktail Hour, , Sylvia, Far East, Ancestral Voices, Big Bill Indian Blood, Crazy Mary, Buffalo Gal, and Black Tie. At The Flea he has premiered Heresy, Office Hours, Post Mortem, Screenplay, Mrs. Farnsworth, A Light Lunch and O Jerusalem. He has also written three novels, a few television scripts, several unproduced movies, and the librettos Family Furniture

of two operas. Gurney is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has honorary degrees from Williams College and Buffalo State University, and taught literature at M.I.T. for many years.

Thomas Kail (Director) Broadway: (Tony nomination); ; Magic/Bird. Off B’way: In the Heights (Callaway Award, Drama Desk nom., Outer Critics nom.); Lincoln Center Theater: Broke-ology and When I Come to Die; : ; THE FLEA THEATER Second Stage Uptown: The Tutors. Other recent credits include: Williamstown Theater Festival: Broke-ology; National Tour: In the Heights; Paper Mill Playhouse: . Co-creator and director of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love. Recipient of the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center. Graduate of , CT. 63 Rachel Hauck (Set Designer) NY: Patron Saint of Sea Monsters,The Call, Go Back To Where You Are, 100 Saints You Should Know (Playwrights Horizons); Stay (Rattlestick), The Tutors (2nd Stage Uptown) An Iliad (NYTW, McCarter, La Jolla, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep); Slowgirl (LCT3), Harper Regan, Bluebird (Atlantic); Regrets (MTC); This Wide Night (Naked Angels, Lortel Nom); Picked, A Boy and His Soul (Vineyard); Orange, Hat and Grace (Soho Rep, Drama Desk Nom); Creature (P 73/ New Georges); Beebo Brinker Chronicles (Hourglass, 37 Arts); Fever Chart, Poor Itch, Tongue of a Bird (Public). Recent regional: Clybourne Park, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Guthrie); McCarter, OSF, Taper, Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep, Playmakers Rep, and others. Resident designer for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference since 2005. Betsy Adams (Lighting Designer) designed The Laramie Project Cycle at BAM as well as the world premiere of TLP (Denver Center); and the New York, Berkeley and La Jolla productions. Her designs for Thomas Family Furniture

Kail include Tutors at Second Stage Uptown and When I Come to Die (Lortel nomination) at Lincoln Center: LCT3. She designed the premieres of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Lortel nomination) and The People’s Temple. Recent designs include Hamlet and Twelfth Night in rep at Juilliard. Her designs have been seen at Arena Stage; Center Stage; Cincinnati Playhouse; Gielgud Theatre (London); Guthrie Theater; Irish Rep; Mark Taper Forum; Paper Mill Playhouse; San Diego Opera; Seattle Opera; and Westport Country Playhouse.

THE FLEA THEATER Claudia Brown (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for film, theater, and dance. She has worked on new work by contemporary playwrights at theaters including The Flea Theater, Playwrights Horizons, MCC Theater, and Soho Rep. She has designed costumes for The Vandal by Hamish Linklater, Dawn by Thomas Bradshaw; Oh, The Humanity by ; Crazy Mary, Mrs. Farnsworth and Heresy by A.R.Gurney; Crowbar, Bad Penny, and Sincerity Forever by Mac Wellman; 73 Like I Say and Limbo Tales by Len Jenkin; Nixon’s Nixon by Russell Lees; and The Guys by Anne Nelson. Her film credits includeRiver’s Edge, Trust, The Ballad of Little Jo, Smoke, Copycat, and Starting Out in the Evening. Ms. Brown has also designed dance costumes for the Hartford Ballet, Arizona Ballet and Zig Zag Ballet. Bart Fasbender (Sound Designer) is very happy and proud to be a part of this production. New York: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway; Storefront Church and Port Authority (Atlantic Theater Company); Lonely, I’m Not and Mr. and Mrs. Fitch (Second Stage Theatre); Burning and Russian Transport (The New Group); Apple Cove (Women’s Project); Three Changes and Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons); Graceland (LCT3); Ashville, The Revisionist, Asuncion and The Aliens (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); A Body of Water (Primary Stages); Women on Fire and Bhutan (Cherry Lane) and Boozy..., Heddatron, and Hell House at St. Ann’s Warehouse (Les Freres Corbusier). Regional: The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage and Film, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Center Theatre Group

Family Furniture (Mark Taper Forum and The Kirk Douglas Theatre), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Virginia Shakespeare Festival and TheaterWorks. Hewes Design Award nomination. Andrew Diaz (Props Designer) is a set and props designer making prop magic out of his living room in . Recent prop design credits include: What’s It All About? (New York Theatre Workshop), Grasses Of A Thousand Colors (/TFANA), Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theater), The Hatmaker’s Wife (The Playwright’s Realm), Where We’re Born (Rattlestick), Scarcity (Rattlestick), The Designated Mourner THE FLEA THEATER (The Public Theater/TFANA), Infallibility (NYFringe), Buyer & Cellar (Rattlestick), The Revisionist (Rattlestick). BFA University of Arizona School Of Theater Arts. Sherri Eden Barber (Assistant Director) is a New York-based theatre director. Recent directing credits include: Latrell Live Tonight! (Joe’s Pub/Ars Nova/Dixon Place), Herman Kline’s Midlife 83 Crisis with Adam Lefevre (The Beckett), Inadmissible (Canal Park Playhouse),Carthaginians ( Conservatory/NYU), , Perestroika (Stella Adler Conservatory), Tapefaces (Ars Nova/ ANTFest), Dance Lessons (AT PLAY-winner of the Samuel French Short Play Festival), References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (Hangar Theatre- Wedge), Red Light Winter (59E59), Hylan Park with Annabella Sciorri, (AT PLAY/Atlantic), Empire of the Trees and Tilly and Bill (Abingdon Theatre/Wizard Oil Productions), 365 Days/365 Plays (The Public),Where We Are Right Now at the American Airlines Theater on Broadway (The Pink Campaign), How To Quit Smoking and Baptism (Atlantic), Sometimes After Dinner (Youngblood/EST) Orestes 2.0 and This is Our Youth (Eden Productions/Site-Specific). She has developed new work with The Orchard Project, New York Theatre Workshop, Naked Angels, The Harlem Stage, The Classic Theatre of Harlem, Primary Stages, The Flea Theater, The 24 Hour Play Company, and The Old Vic. Sherri is a Drama League Directing Fellow, recipient of the US/UK Exchange Award to direct in London, is a Directing Fellow for the Alec Baldwin Fellowship at Singers Forum, was awarded the SDCF Directing Observership, and Family Furniture

is an Ockrent Directing Fellowship nominee. She has received extensive training in Mike Leigh improvisational /development techniques and is a member of AT PLAY and the Old Vic/New Voices . Andrea O. Saraffian (Stage Manager) Broadway: The Nance, Rock of Ages, Catch Me if You Can, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, South Pacific, Cry-Baby, , After The Fall, Pry-Mate, Taboo, Cabaret and Follies. Off Broadway: Happiness and Broke- ology. Seven shows at City Center’s Encores! including On The Town

THE FLEA THEATER and Stairway to Paradise, Bernstein’s Mass at The Kennedy Center/ Carnegie Hall and the International tour of Mabou Mines’ Dollhouse. Michelle Kelleher (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Stage Manager based out of NYC with credits in both New York and New Orleans. Recent credits include the New York premieres of Heresy, She Kills Monsters, Future Anxiety and The Vandal (The Flea Theater), Marcellus Shale, 3 ESCAPE! and Wake Up, You’re Dead (La MaMa e.t.c.), Last Life (The 9 Brick Theater and Ohio Theater) and And Miles to Go (Partial Comfort Productions). She studied at Tulane University where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Theater Production. Michelle is a proud member of Actors Equity. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the . Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential com- ponent of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an interna- tional organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org Calleri Casting (James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen) Theater: Past credits include: Bway: Venus in Fur, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, and James Joyce’s The Dead. Also current running My Name is Asher Lev, All in the Timing, Fuerza Bruta and Silence! The Musical. Many seasons of The Flea Theater. Resident Casting Director for Rattlestick, Family Furniture

CSC, Long Wharf, Keen, Civilians. Other: Williamstown Theater Festival (past three seasons), Old Globe, New Georges, stageFARM, Actors Theater of Louisville, Epic, SPF (Summer Play Festival) and Playwrights Horizons (10 seasons). TV: Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Z Rock, Ed, Hope & Faith, Monk. Film: That’s What She Said, Refuge, Another Earth, Yearbook, Merchant Ivory’s The City of Your Final Destination, also Heights, The White Countess, Lisa Picard is Famous, Ready? OK!, Trouble Every Day, Peter & Vandy and Armless. Awarded 12 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Member CSA. THE FLEA THEATER

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• U L • United Scenic Artists• Local USA 829 O 9 C 82 AL USA of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes 103 THE FLEA STAFF Jim Simpson (Artistic Director and Founder) 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. He’s worked at many venues in New York City, Nationally and Internationally. Drama Desk cited for Downtown Adventurous Theater, Two-time OBIE-award winner, National Board of Review Excellence in Filmmaking, and cited for artistic leadership in Downtown New York by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Carol Ostrow (Producing Director) joined Jim Simpson at the helm of The Flea in 2001 and The

Family Furniture Guys marked her return to Off-Off-Broadway. 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 also the founder and original Producing Director of The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, now in its 28th season. In between, she has been an adjunct professor of

THE FLEA THEATER theater at Vassar College, Chatham College and McGill University. For The Flea, Carol has produced dozens of world premieres and has been responsible for sound fiscal management of the theater’s $1M budget for eleven years. In addition to expanding and professionalizing infrastructure at The Flea, she helped to develop the theater’s current 18-member board of directors and has overseen the launch of a 3 patron program that has raised more than $300,000 in the past 11 three years. She has produced the theater’s successful galas and has helped The Flea win prestigious grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Theater Program, The National Endowment of The Arts, The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The Empire State Development Corporation and The Shubert Foundation, among many others. 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 on the executive committee of one of the oldest congregations in New York City, Central Synagogue. Married and the mother of four incredible young adults, she and her family count Pittsburgh, London, Montreal and now New York City once again as home.

Beth Dembrow (Managing Director) has been with The Flea since 2007 working on Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations by Will Eno, Lower Ninth Family Furniture by , 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, She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, These Seven Sicknesses by Sean Graney and all other mainstage and downstairs productions. Prior to her arrival, she spent two and half years at Lincoln Center Theater where she THE FLEA THEATER 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 include various Broadway and Off Broadway with Snug Harbor Productions (Steven Chaikelson and Brannon Wiles). Beth holds a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.F.A. in Theater Management 123 and Producing from Columbia University. 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 B.S. from The College of William and Mary.

Erin Daley (Company Manager) comes to The Flea after spending last year producing Arena Stage’s Eugene O’Neill Festival in Washington D.C. Prior to this; she spent three years as a coordinator in Los Angeles working in film and commercials before her love of theater tore her away. After cutting her teeth as an independent producer and director, Erin is thrilled to have a found a home at The Flea where Family Furniture she can continue to work on exciting and innovative new theater. Erin is proud to have graduated from Skidmore College, Class of 2008.

Dominic Spillane (Audience Development Associate) began working with The Flea Theater in 2009 as an actor in The Great Recession performing in Sheila Callaghan’s Recess directed by Kip Fagan, Classic Kitchen Timer by Adam Rapp, and Severed by Erin Courtney. THE FLEA THEATER In 2011 he and partner Stephen Stout created and produced the hit late-night play competition #serials@theflea, now in its second year running. As a producer Dominic created the short film “Falling Down” which toured 4 international film festivals, and the one-act festival Dancing With Myself at the Working Stage theater in Los Angeles. In 2012 Dominic directed Bea Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Joe Tracz (Ars 133 Nova’s ANT Fest), and Lighthouse by Charlotte Miller (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s TheaterJam). He has also directed short plays by Stacy Davidowitz and Leslye Headland. David Sernick (Marketing Associate) graduated from Indiana University with a double BA in Political Science and Theatre & Drama along with a Certificate in Arts Administration. From 2009 – 2012 David was the Marketing Associate at Barrington Stage Company where he cultivated younger audiences with new media strategies thanks to a Future Audiences Grant from TCG. David founded Black Swan Theatre Project in Grand Rapids, MI and InPulse Productions in Bloomington, IN where he directed, produced and occasionally acted. Other directing credits include assistant directing at Barrington Stage Company and directing for Barrington Stage’s inaugural 10×10 New Play Festival.

Alek Deva (Development Associate) received a degree in English with a focus in Poetry Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Family Furniture Hill. During his tenure at UNC-CH, Alek worked nearly full time as the Master Electrician and in-house Lighting Designer at the University’s world-class Memorial Hall, the main performance venue of Carolina Performing Arts. After working with numerous theater, dance, and music artists from around the world, he decided to make the transition to the other side of the curtain. Alek studied for a year at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in their Performing Arts Management MFA program, during which time he produced a world premiere percussion and piano THE FLEA THEATER performance featuring award-winning percussionist Scott O’Toole and composer/pianist Alicia Willard. He most recently worked at the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company as their Marketing Associate, where he developed a dynamic and successful marketing campaign for world premiere musical Pregnancy Pact (by Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald). 143 WHAT IS THE FLEA? The Flea is our theater: two unique and intimate performance spaces, located here at 41 White Street in Tribeca. 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 Special Award for our commitment to adventurous theater. Our 2001 production of 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 Family Furniture

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 of adventure and excitement that has defined Off-Off-Broadway since its inception. THE FLEA THEATER

153 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. Family Furniture

WHAT IS OFF-OFF-BROADWAY? Dating back almost fifty years, Off-Off-Broadway began informally-- THE FLEA THEATER 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.

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Chair Jamie Harris President Jim Simpson Secretary Douglas Liebhafsky Treasurer Emmeline Wexer

Kyle Chepulis Robert Eimicke

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Michael Graff Wendy Harrison Hashmall Andrea Miller Carol Ostrow David Prittie Nanahya Santana Linda Schupack THE FLEA THEATER Bernadette Speach Tony Tramontin Basil Walter Sigourney Weaver Katherine White Weinhoff 173 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 area 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+) Management, Inc. Anonymous Liam Neeson State of New York In Memory of Natasha Richardson Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Omnicom George E. Pataki, Governor David Richenthal Empire State Development Corporation Kenes Rakishev & Julie Shimer, Chairman Aselle Tasmagambetova Family Furniture City of New York United Talent Agency Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Katherine & Samuel Weinhoff New York City Council Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Christine C. Quinn, Speaker Davis & Betsy Weinstock Margaret Chin, Council Member James Van Bramer, Council Member DIRECTORS ($25K+) Borough of Manhattan New York New York State Council on the Arts Scott M. Stringer, President Aby Rosen, Chair The Lower Manhattan Lisa Robb, Executive Director Development Corporation Jim & Suzy Cameron Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff Kyle Chepulis Paul Elston & Frances Beinecke Linda Schupack & David Good A.R. & Molly Gurney Wendy & David Hashmall The September 11th Fund Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall ANGELS ($250K+) Massey Knakal Real Estate THE FLEA THEATER Anonymous Ed & Patricia Matthews Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Gould Family Foundation Sigourney Weaver & Jim Simpson David Prittie Daryl Roth & Jordan Roth PRODUCERS ($50K+) Dan & Sue Rothenberg The Irene Diamond Fund Ted Snowdon Dormitory Authority The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation of the State of New York Edward Trach Paul T. Williams, Jr., President Basil Walter Walter Nick Howley Lower Manhattan Cultural Council ARTISTS ($10K+) 3 Dennis Mehiel Roger Berlind 18 All The Way Foundation André Bishop & International Creative the Lecomte du Noüy Foundation Ellen McCourt James & Toni Goodale Andrea & George Miller Sarah C. Goodyear Newman’s Own Foundation Jane Whitney Gruson Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust Christopher Bumcrot & Evelyn R. Gurney Kent Lawson & Carol Tambor Lynne Halliday & B.H. Barry Celeste & Tony Tramontin Robert & Marilyn Harbage Patrick Herold PATRONS ($5K+) Fenita Bilgoraj Heyman Anonymous Cindy & Alan Horn Robert Eimicke & Roslyn Black Emily F. Johnson Lawrence Shainberg & Vivian Bower Marsha Berkowitz & Wayne Kabak Marshall & Nina Brickman Marianne & David Kaplan E.L. & Helen Doctorow Jerome B. Kauff William H. Draper III & Stephen & Marina P. Kaufman Phyllis C. Draper Louise Lamphere Kristin & Gary Friedman in honor of Basil Walter Jane Gelfman Claire & David Lane Edwin & Lorna Goodman Harry Moses & Randy Lehrer The Anrol Foundation Jerry Levine & Nina Tassler Mary G. Gurney Paige & Nicky L’Hommedieu Sylvia G. & Benjamin F. Johnson and Kate H. Marber Sarah East Johnson Israela Margalit Mark Kaplan Julian Mazor Edward McKinley Michael Miller Susan Sarandon Robert & Evelyn Miller & Diane Sawyer Susan Monserud & Ric Sonder George Sheanshang Bernard W. Nussbaum

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The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Gilbert Parker Becky Tesich David B. Pearce, M.D. Emily & Lily Wiest Mary Ann & Bruno A. Quinson Holland Taylor FRIENDS ($1K+) Deborah Schneider & Jim Tilley Marla Mayer & Chris Ahearn The Shana Alexander Robert & Betsy Barbanell Charitable Foundation Agnes Martin Barley Jonathan Sheffer Tom & Meredith Brokaw Barry Skovgaard & Marc Wolinsky Arthur H. Brooks Bernadette Speach & David C. Bryan Jeffrey Schanzer Beth Burnam Scott & Dhuane Stephens Arthur & Linda Carter Michael & Marjorie Stern Michael J. Chepiga & Bruce Sunstein Pamela Rogers Chepiga David & Deborah Trainer THE FLEA THEATER in honor of Kathy White Victoria G. Traube Marya Cohn Ginny & Bob Walther Al & Roma Connable Emmeline Wexer Marguerite C. Whitney Robert L. Denton Rachael Worby Arlene Donovan F.A. Zunino John & Karen Erickson Mr. & Mrs. John Galen List as of 11/1/13 Joseph F. Godfrey & Keith Halstead We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Alek Deva at [email protected] for any corrections. 193 For more information on our Capital Project, please contact Carol Ostrow, (212) 226-0051 x104 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 for three full years, generously pledging $5,000 each year. Interested? We’d love to make you a Flea IP too! 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: Catherine Adler Trey Beck John & Gaily Beinecke Lois Chiles Family Furniture

Larry Condon Frances Beinecke & Paul Elston Jonathan Reynolds & Heidi Ettinger Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Lorna B. & Edwin A. Goodman Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff A.R. & Molly Gurney Celeste Guth Wendy & David Hashmall Lorie & Nick Howley Ellen M. Iseman Eleanora & Michael Kennedy THE FLEA THEATER Sahra Lese Larry Kanter & Shelly J London Andrea & George Miller Elizabeth Olofson Dan & Sue Rothenberg Stephen & Livia Russell Jeremy T. Smith Nanhya C. Santana & Hume Steyer 3 Tony & Celeste Tramontin 20 Katherine & Sam Weinhoff Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Davis & Betsy Weinstock FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT & INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT $50,000+ Fred & Nancy Poses The National Endowment for the Arts David Good & Linda Schupack The Poses Family Foundation The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 $1,000 - $2,499 Catherine Adler Anonymous Bloomberg Philanthropies Gay & Harry Abrams New York City Department of Abrams Artists Agency Cultural Affairs Claudia Baez Warburg Pincus The Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation Nancy & Alan Brenner $10,000 - $24,999 Beth Burnam Anonymous Ellen Davis JPMorgan Chase Foundation Jonathan & Margot Davis Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Dramatists Guild Fund The Prospect Hill Foundation Elizabeth B. Elston Dan & Sue Rothenberg The Friars Foundation The Fan Fox & Thomas & Darlene Fridstein Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Jane R. Gelfman The Shubert Foundation Mark & Madeline Lebwohl Nanahya C. Santana & Hume Steyer The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Shelly & Neil Mitchell Family Furniture Katherine & Samuel Weinhoff William Plapinger & Cassie Murray Stephen & Cathy Weinroth The New York Stock Exchange Foundation The Edward & Sally Van Lier Fund Nick & Julie Sakellariadis of the New York Community Trust Robert Santos & Linda Carlson Harry Stout $5,000 - $9,999 Cynthia King Vance & Lee Vance Trey Beck Larry Condon $500+ Paul J. Elston & Frances Beinecke Anonymous The Ettinger Foundation Marita & Michael Altman Edwin & Lorna Goodman Lynn & Mark Angelson Wendy & David Hashmall Virginia Arcari Lorie & Nick Howley Suzanne Bales Ellen M. Iseman Robert & Betsy Barbanell in honor of Helen Frankenthaler Jacqueline Brody Larry Kanter & Shelly J. London George & Jane Bunn THE FLEA THEATER The Lucille Lortel Foundation Jean Fitzgerald Andrea & George Miller Christopher Flinn & Daniela Del Boca The New York State Council on the Arts Fred & Susan Foster Celeste & Tony Tramontin Bobby & Vicki Freeman Andrew Frey $2,500 - $4,999 Steven & Donna Gartner The Angelson Family Fund Mia Goldman & Michael Rotblatt The Axe-Houghton Foundation Geoffrey & Sarah Gund James Cameron Robbi D. Holman Richard & Jennie DeScherer Lise Jeantet Robert Eimicke & Roslyn Black Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine 3 The John Golden Fund Carol Kaplan 21 The Walter & Elise Haas Fund John Kilgore Stephen & Kristina Lang Jame Willkomm & Marc Lesnick The Frederick Loewe Foundation Gregory Long LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund Eric Seiler & Darcy Bradbury Murray A. Luftglass Gretchen Shugart Caroline McCandless South’s Bar & Restaurant Sherry McCutcheon Eve Stuart Jane Read Martin & Douglas McGrath Charbel & Aida Tagher Stephen McNabb Elizabeth Duggal Taghipour Payne Middleton Stephanie Garry & Art Tatge Elaine Montgomery Edward Trach Laurence Hazell & Mimi Quillin Mary & Jerome Vascellaro Mitchell Rabinowitz & Roberta Weiss Emmeline Wexer Steven Rand Ellen Freudenheim & Daniel Wiener Benjamin & Alice Reiter Dan & Cammy Zamlong Saluggi’s Lyris Schonholz List as of 11/1/13 We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Alek Deva at [email protected] for any corrections. FLEA MEMBERS $250 Donors $100 Contributors Anonymous (1) Anonymous (4) Richard & Susan Baldwin Edward Albee Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard Joseph Allen Ronni J. Casty Marilyn Armel Linda & Tom Cauchois Peter & Susan Axelrod Frank & Helga Doyle Gerry Bamman Margaret Einhorn & Machel Lasky Doug & Sarah Banker Family Furniture Sara & Fred Epstein Judy & Ennius Bergsma Alice Ericsson Barbara & Gary Bloom John & Deborah Evangelakos John J. Bolebruch Richard V. Girodano & Khairul E. Astwood Sarah Bond Mrs. James B. Gubelman Lesley Broder Bob Honsinger JuLondre Karlveon Brown The Jacoby Family David Budinger Wayne S. Kabak Jean Bundy Virgie & Walter Klein Jane & George Bunn Pat & Nathan Kornfeld Christopher Cayaba Judith Krupp Susan & Jeffrey Chase Kenneth D. Levien Mr. & Mrs. Coleman Conkling Alison Mandelker Burnett Douglas Cramer David & Sheila Manischewitz David Dallon Kate Marber & Robert Norman Bonnie Milligan

THE FLEA THEATER Barbara & Alan Marks Laurie DeGrazia Peg McGetrick Judy & Ira Dembrow Seth J. Meyer & Nathaniel V. Speer Sue B Dorn Judy Myers & Ira Schwartz M. Burton Drexler Douglas, Nancy, & Molly Ostrow Laurel Elliot Kent Cole & Diana Prechter Star Eonnet Missie Rennie Clarice Feinman Lisa Roumell & Mark Rosenthal George Fleming Ellen & Norman Roth Ken & Kay Folks Laurie Sackler Charles A. Forma Barbara J Smith & Lance Gooberman James Fraser & Katherine Hanson Robert Stein Stephen Friedman 3 Julie & Jim Tynion Henry Frommer & Cheryl Tuttle 22 Chris Vroom Jack Gangi Susan Wilen Barbara & Mark Gerson Melissa Wohlgemuth Betty & Joshua Goldberg Randi Goldmann & Marty Forman Todd & Lori Rosen Jason Goldstein James Rothman Mary & Gordon Gould Peter & Lee Scott Emily C. Graff Amy Ralston Seife Bonnie Graff Eleanor Shakin Anabel Graff Kathleen Shannon Meaghan Gragg Philip Smith Sean Graney Marcia L Smith Kathleen A. Halvey Dainni Spalding Marc Happel Preston Stahly Cynthia Harris Alec Stais Ryan Hart Jeanne & Steven Stellman Anne & Gordon Herrald Thomas Synan Blake & Catherine Holden Maria & Richard Thulin Randee & Harris Horowitz Jay Topkis Jim & Gale Jacobsohn Rahul Tripathi Ashley Jacobson Indiana Market & Catering Katherine Janca Douglas Ver Mulm Sarah East Johnson Claire S. Werner Gene Kilik Edward B. Whitney Ralph Kleinman Rita Wolf, Kiran & Anjeli Chapman Susan Klock Elaine Yaffe Wendie & Bud Kroll Jeremy Zimmer Susan Lagomarsino Billy Lazarus $50 Supporters Ann Leary Anonymous (6) Jane Huey-Chai Lin Toshi Abe & Nancy Hall Family Furniture Mark & Susan Lippitt Joseph Ackerson

Carla Lord Jeanette & Robert Aginian Murray Luftglass Marie & Harold Alexander Tom Marvel Misty Anderson Stephen & Carolyn McCandless Judith & DeWitt Baker Loretta McCarthy Stephanie D’Alton Barrett Nello & Mary McDaniel Carolyn Benbow John McDermott Kenneth Brooks Wells & M. Christina Benson Andrew & Su-Ellyn McMaster Margaret Berkes Judith & Richard Merbaum Elinor & Robert Berlin Judith Milhous Nadia Bernstein Harriet Millan Helena & Peter Bienstock Thomas Molner Vincent Bivona Elaine Montgomery Linda Blacken Daria & David Moore Judith & Alexander Blanton Seth Moskowitz Jay & Dena Bock THE FLEA THEATER Eve Mykytyn Christine Boeke Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange Anna Bogyay Peter Chance Peter Brew Nelle Nugent Leslie Susan Brittingham Deborah O’Brien Sheldon & Carolyn Bross David & Siobhan Olson Joan Budish Harriet & Gregg Orley Bridget K. Burke Roberto F. Ortiz Carol & Allan Carlton Frances Pandolfi Steven Charen Judy & Gary Pasquinelli Elizabeth Cho & Lucas Dixon Christopher Patsiga Tom Costello 3 Miriam Poser John & Ann Costello 23 Elizabeth Propp Susan Crowe Sarah H. Reines Marina Cruz Richard & Mary Ronan Leslie Danoff Kim Davies Rosanne Kumins Emma Davis Melissa & Peter Lacijan Alek Deva Ed & Marilyn Levin Mickey Diener & Lisa Bennett Warren Liebold Charles Dische Elizabeth Littlefield Martin Domb Dayna Lucas Josh & Kerry Dorf Melanie Matthews Diane & Barry Eisenstat Jeanne C. Miller Judith Ferber Audrey Moore Annette Ferstenberg Kirill Onishchenko M. K. Fischer Susan R. Peterson Paul Fontana william pike Joyce Friedland Ron & Claire Radice Elizabeth Garnsey Wayne Ransier & Sharon Tomaselli Walter Gilbert Bill & Chris Reynolds Marlowe Holden Lillian Roth Alan & Susan Guma Milton B. Rubin Jon Haber & Bonnie Levin Sherry Schwartz Elizabeth Littlefield Rosemarie Conforte & William Seizer Robert & Jodi Harrison Josie Sentner Walton Deva & Laurie Fendell Anindita Sinha Anne Herman Dorothy Slater-Brown Beverly Hodgson Sarah Jane Smedley James Hoffman Fran Smyth Donna Hogben Dominic Spillane John Holden Gena Stein Nina Horowitz Clarke, Peggy & Claire Utermohle Family Furniture Lily Hou Catherine Versegi

Allen Hubby Judith & Robert Waldman Alasdair Hunter Alan Watkins Stuart N. Hutchison Barbara & Alex Waugh K.C. Hyland JoAnn Weisel Benjamin Kamine John Wilkins Samantha Kaplan Kelly Wines & Scott Freishtat Andrea Kaplan John Moon & Abby Winship Kaori Kitao Mia Leo & Dick Kuczkowski List as of 11/1/13 NOW PLAYING @ THE FLEA THE FLEA THEATER

243 FLEA REWARDS Use your Flea Member Card or ticket Bubble Lounge (228 West Bway) stub to take advantage of these 212-431-3433 / bubblelounge.com special offers from our downtown Champagne Bar partners. Buy 1 drink & get 1 free or get 20% off a bottle of champagne Macao Trading Co (311 Church St.) 917-848-0117 / macaonyc.com Sweet Lily Spa (222 West Bway) Portuguese-Asian Fusion Restaurant 212-925-5441/ www.sweetlilyspa.com Make a reservation to receive a Nail Spa and Boutique complimentary pitcher of Sangria. 10% off of Sweet Lily manicures

Pane Panelle (305 Church St.) Maslow 6 Wine Shop (211 West Bway) 212-219-4037 / panepanelle.com 212-226-3127 / www.maslow6.com Italian Tapas Restaurant Wine Shop Get 10% off your bill with entree Receive 10% off the price of wine purchase Dance New Amsterdam (280 Broadway) Bread TriBeCa (301 Church St.) 212-625-8369 / www.dnadance.org 212-334-0200 / breadtribeca.com Progressive Dance Education Modern Italian Restaurant Take 10% off classes and workshops Family Furniture Get 10% off your bill with entree purchase Churrascaria (221 West Bway) 212-925-6969 / churrascariatribeca.com Petrarca (34 White St.) Brazilian Steakhouse 212-625-2800 / petrarcatribeca.com Recieve 10% off your meal Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar Receive a 10% discount on your bill Cercle Rouge (241 West Bway) 212-226-6252 / cerclerougeresto.com Da Mikele (275 Church St.) French Bistro 212-925-8800 / damikele.com Recieve 10% off bill on a pre-show dinner Neapolitan-Inspired Italian Restaurant before 7pm Receive a 10% discount on the bill HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave.)

THE FLEA THEATER Souths (273 Church St.) 212-647-0202 / www.here.org 212-219-0640 / southsnyc.com Theater Neighborhood Bar and Restaurant No convenience fee for HARP productions A complimentary glass of wine with the order of an entrée TriBeCa Grill (375 Greenwich St.) 212-941-3900/myriadrestaurantgroup.com Billy’s Bakery (75 Franklin St.) American Grill 212-647-9958 / billysbakerynyc.com Enjoy a complimentary sommelier’s Deserts and Other Baked Goodies choice glass of wine with dinner. Buy one cupcake & get the second 1/2 off 3 CHECK THEFLEA.ORG OR CALL 212- 25 226-0051 x101 FOR THE LATEST UPDATES & DEALS. THE FLEA THEATER MEMBERS PROGRAM Get Special Attention. Support The Flea. Be a Member. Our theater is tiny and we sell out...fast. Members get guaranteed seats plus exclusive discounts, invites, drinks & inside info! All levels of membership are 100% tax-deductible.

$25 Member No booking or convenience fees VIP ticket processing $50+ Supporter All of the above, plus: Exclusive discounts & deals to partner businesses First to know of exciting post or pre-show Flea events Special thanks in Flea programs $100+ Contributor All of the above, plus: Reserved seating for you and your guests Exchange tickets up to 24 hours in advance One complimentary drink at our bar before every show Reservations to #serials@theflea any night of performance $250+ Donor All of the above, plus: Invitations to readings and special Flea events One complimentary drink at our bar for your entire party $500+ Partner All of the above, plus: Access to Broadway house seats (purchase necessary) Dinner reservations at select Flea Partner restaurants Unlimited complimentary drinks $1,000+ Patron All of the above plus: Invitation to select Opening Night performances and cast parties Flea I.P’s Become a Member Interested? Email [email protected] for more information!

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