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Niegel Smith, artistic director Carol Ostrow, producing director presents BAD PENNY by MAC WELLMAN directed by KRISTAN SEEMEL Featuring The Bats CAROLINE BANKS, BAILIE DE LACY, JOSEPH HUFFMAN, MARCUS JONES, ALEX J. MORENO, EMMA ORME, DANA PLACENTRA, KATELYN SABET, LAMBERT TAMIN

and Artistic Resource Group Member RYAN WESLEY STINNETT

JIAN JUNG scenic designer EMILY WHITE designer DAISY LONG lighting designer KEENAN HURLEY sound designer OLIVIA MANCINI manager LAUREN KIELE DELEON assistant director CHARLOTTE GRAHAM vocal coach CAST Chorus...... Caroline Banks Woman #2 / Woman #1 (U/S)...... Bailie de Lacy Man #1...... Joseph Huffman Man #2...... Alex J. Moreno Woman #1...... Emma Orme Chorus...... Dana Placentra Chorus / Woman #2 (U/S)...... Katelyn Sabet Boatman...... Ryan Wesley Stinnett Man #3 / Man #1 (U/S)...... Lambert Tamin Man #2 (U/S) / Man #3 (U/S)...... Marcus Jones SPECIAL THANKS Kyle Chepulis, Anne Hamburger, Joe Silovsky, Jim Simpson

A special shoutout to Steve Mellor helped us rediscover and embody the truth in Mac’s plays. THE FLEA THEATER Bad Penny THE FLEA THEATER ABOUT THE A man and a woman sit in a park. They appear to be a couple, but aren’t. The man is clutching a car tire. The woman has picked up a penny and put it in her pocket. Wait! Is that the Boatman of Bow Bridge coming for the penny? How do we make choices in the face of the end of the world as we know it? This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 23

CREATIVE TEAM Playwright...... Mac Wellman Director...... Kristan Seemel Scenic Designer...... Jian Jung Costume Designer...... Emily White Lighting Designer...... Daisy Long Sound Designer...... Keenan Hurley Stage Manager...... Olivia Mancini Assistant Director...... Lauren Kiele DeLeon Vocal Coach...... Charlotte Graham FLEA STAFF Artistic Director...... Niegel Smith Producing Director...... Carol Ostrow Director of Production & Facilities...... Karl Franklin Allen

Bad Penny Company Manager & Producing Associate...... Emilie Pass

Development Manager...... Charlie Madison Audience Development Associate...... Aurie Ceylon Satterthwaite General Management Associate...... Shannon Buhler Marketing Associate...... Jamie Brewer Company Dramaturg...... Drayton Hiers Technical Directors...... Michael Hernandez & Dan Hoskins Costume Shop & Wardrobe Manager...... Adrienne Smith

THE FLEA THEATER Box Office Coordinator...... Austin Sanders Director of Music Programming...... Jason Cady Directors of Dance Programming...... Jeffrey Kazin & David Parker Graphic Designer...... Eleanor Philips Videographer...... Crystal Arnette Photographer...... Allison Stock Attorney...... Carol M. Kaplan/Loeb and Loeb Development Consultant...... Melissa Sandor Theater, Technical & Production Consultant...... Kyle Chepulis Press Representative...... Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle Interns...... Emily Alm, Haley Gickman 33 Jack Lavey, Kalei Tischler CAST CAROLINE BANKS (Chorus) is an award-winning actor, singer, voiceover artist, and producer based in . She is a proud member of the resident acting company The Bats at The Flea where she is a SERIALS regular and has been fortunate to work with such artists as Niegel Smith, Taylor Mac, and Carolyn Cantor. Off-Broadway: The Fall (Fringe Encores Series), Paradiso: Chapter One (dir. Michael Counts), The Path of Beatrice (dir. Counts) and The Cooping Theory (Poseidon Theatre Company). Regional: Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival; dir. Trip Cullman), Big Bend in the Red Dirt Desert (WTF), The Good Person of Setzuan (McCarter Theatre Center; dir. Mark Nelson), and Pippin (McCarter; dir. Tracy Bersley). New York (selected): New York Times critically acclaimed The Death of a Black Man (Theater for the New City; dir. Electric Black). TV: Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel), Bad Penny The Perfect Murder (Investigation Discovery), and Cicatrix (SAG Pilot). graduate (two Outstanding Work in Theatre Awards). www.carolinebanksactor.com

BAILIE DE LACY (Woman #2 / Woman #1 (U/S)) is a NY based actor who hails from a small town in New Hampshire. Bailie recently worked for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company playing Sir Richard Ratcliffe

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER (u/s Queen Elizabeth) in Richard III and Lady Macduff in Macbeth, You Never Touch the Dirt [workshop] (Clubbed Thumb), and Not My Monster! (The Flea). Her NY credits include Rosannah in Brilliant Traces (Playroom Theater) and Sonya in Uncle Vanya (Outlet Ensemble). Bailie a member of The Bats. A few of her Boston credits include Lucille in Parade, Lydia in Big Love, Sinadab in the U.S. premiere of Zobeide, Eve in The Serpent and Philomele in The Love of the Nightingale. Bailie earned her BFA in Acting from and studied physical and Commedia dell’Arte at the Academia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Endless love and thanks to her families, both given and chosen. www.bailiedelacy.com 43 JOSEPH HUFFMAN (Man #1) is thrilled to join the cast of Bad Penny. His credits include Ray Donovan (Showtime), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Layover directed by William H. Macy, Stealing Cars directed by Bradley J. Kaplan and Mom directed by Lonely Christopher. In theater, Joe originated the role of Ray in Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill (The Flea), originated to the role of Red in Off the Main Road (Williamstown Theater Festival), The Itch (Dixon Place), and American Nightcap (INTAR Theater). Joe has a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where he studied with the Atlantic Theater Company. He can be seen in the upcoming short Class starring David Krumholtz. He is a grateful to be a member of the Flea’s resident acting company, and would like to thank the cast and crew for their talent and dedication to this production.

ALEX J. MORENO (Man #2) credits include TV: Jessica Jones (NETFLIX), Kevin Can Wait (CBS), Sneaky Pete (Amazon), Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS), Broad Bad Penny City (Comedy Central), and Duels (blackpills). Film: Daddy’s Boy (Novonovus) and Clifford the Big Red Dog (Paramount Pictures) in theaters nationwide November 2020. Alex would like to thank his family, friends, and representation for their unending support and patience. www.alexjmoreno.com

EMMA ORME (Woman #1) is a Brooklyn-based actor, singer, and producer. She has worked as a video THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER producer for and as an actor and producer for Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Flea Theater. Producing credits include: Time Out Critics’ Pick Brief Chronicle (i am a slow tide), NYT Critics’ Pick Red Emma & The Mad Monk (The Tank), Flea Fridays & SERIALS (The Flea), Polylogues (Dixon Place), and NYT Critics’ Pick AGNES (Lesser America). Performance credits include: The Daughters and Black Dick [readings] (New York Theatre Workshop), Tongue Depressor (Weasel Festival @ The Public Theater), LOCKED UP BITCHES and Not My Monster! (The Flea), Napoli, Brooklyn [reading] and Song For A Future Generation (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and The Bacchae (LaMama Experimental 53 Theatre). BA: . www.emmaorme.com LAMBERT TAMIN (Man #3) is a New Jersey native and a graduate of the William Esper Studio in NYC. Credits include appearances at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, Theater at St. Clement’s, Theater for the New City, The Episcopal Actor’s Guild, Luna Stage, The Theater Project, the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, and, most recently, his first production at The Flea as the Bat backup for the roles of John, Isaiah and Imaginary Slave/Emmanuel in Southern Promises. TV: Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil, Mysteries at the Museum, and Sloppy. Film: On the Hook, N.ot W.ithout A.lonzo, I Want More I Want , The Ballad of Bobby Carr, On The Floor and Vignettes. Lambert is thrilled to be in this production of Bad Penny and would like to thank Mac and the entire Bad Penny team, the staff at The Flea, and his friends and family for their support.

DANA PLACENTRA (Chorus) is a New York City based actor and improviser. She is very excited to be in The Bad Penny Flea Theater’s production of Bad Penny. Recent theater

credits include: Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Louisa (Dixon Place, Center West Park and The Broadwater LA, Dir. Ariel Francour). Television and media credits include: Go! Diego! Go! (Nickelodeon) and Social Studies (Dir. Kevin Wolfring). Training from Gallatin School of Individualized Study and UCB Theater. www.DanaPlacentra.com | @danaplace

THE FLEA THEATER KATELYN SABET (Chorus / Woman #2 (U/S)) is a recent North Carolina transplant and Appalachian State graduate who is thrilled to join the cast of Bad Penny and make her Flea debut! Recent credits include Run (The Chain Theatre), A Real Nice Clambake (Manhattan Rep), and her self-written one-woman show Ghosts at the Boone Solo Festival. University credits include Andromache (Trojan Women), Rosaline (Love’s Labours Lost), Irene Adler (Holmes: The Art of Deduction) and lots of other really cool ladies. She doesn’t have a dog but if she did she would thank them right here. 63 RYAN WESLEY STINNETT (Boatman) is a performer, comedian, and writer. Most recently seen Off-Broadway as Narrator in Puffs at New World Stages. Select NYC credits also include: the hollower (New Light Theater Project); LOCKED UP BITCHES, Take Care, The Nomad (The Flea). He is co- writer/creator of the variety show Liz & Ryan: Need Help? (The PIT). He has performed at Eastville Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club and 54 Below. A former member of The Bats, Ryan is now a part of The Flea Theater’s Artistic Resource Group. MFA: University of . @ryanstinnett UNDERSTUDIES MARCUS JONES (Man # 2 / Man #3) is a New York based actor from Texas. As a resident company member at The Flea, he has appeared in countless shows; most recently Southern Promises. After spending the summer Bad Penny in Williamstown working on Soft by Donja R. Love, he is excited to return The Flea in Bad Penny. He’d like to thank his family and friends for their continued support. All Love, Always... @jones_marcus CREATIVE TEAM

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER MAC WELLMAN (Playwright) Work includes: The Offending Gesture, directed by Meghan Finn at the Connelly Theater in 2016; Horrocks (and Toutatis Too) Woo World Wu at Emerson College in Boston in 2013 (with Erin Mallon & Tim Sirgusa); Muazzez at the Chocolate Factory (PS122’s COIL Festival) with Steve Mellor, in 2014; 3 2’s; or AFAR at Dixon Place in October 2011, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field (with composer ) at Montclair in the fall of 2006 and 1965 UU for performer Paul Lazar, and directed by Stephen Mellor at the Chocolate Factory in the fall of 2008. He has received numerous honors, including NEA, Guggenheim, and Foundation of Contemporary Arts fellowships. In 2003 he received his third Obie, for Lifetime Achievement. In 2006 his third novel, Q’s Q, was published by Green Integer, and in 2008 a volume of stories, , was published by Trip Street 3 A Chronicle of the Madness of Small Worlds 7 Press as well as a new collection of plays The Difficulty of Crossing a Field from Minnesota Press. His books of poetry include Miniature (2002), Strange Elegies (2006), Split the Stick (2012) from Roof Books, and Left Glove (2011), from Solid Objects Press. His novel Linda Perdido won the 2011 FC2 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction. He is Distinguished Professor of Play Writing at .

KRISTAN SEEMEL (Director) before coming to New York, was a freelance director in Oregon for the better part of a decade. While on the other coast, he worked for eight seasons at Portland Center Stage, first as a Literary Associate and later as Corporate Development Associate during the organization’s transition into the historic Armory Theater, a world-renowned Green Building project. Kristan came up in the theater working on new plays, serving as dramaturg on a score of premiere productions and developmental workshops. His for new American writing is clear from his direction of premiers such as Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love by Mallery Avidon and The Electric Lighthouse by Ed Himes (The Flea). Other plays Kristan has directed include HYPE MAN: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin (The Flea), Mutt by Lava Alapai (Many Hats Collective) and The Verspiary by Matthew Zrebski (Stark Raving Theatre) as Bad Penny well as NW regional premieres of Carlos Murillo’s Mimesophobia (Sand & Glass Productions), The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel (TheatreVertigo) and Mac Wellman’s A Murder of Crows (defunkt theatre). He has developed new plays with Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb (SuperLab), The Lark, Brave New World Repertory Theater, Spookfish and The Barn Arts Collective. Kristan is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program in directing and, while in Providence, he helmed workshop productions Oh Guru Guru Guru by Mallery Avidon and The Darkson Chronicles by Theo Goodell. Favorite revivals THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER include Brecht & Weill’s The Threepenny , John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (Brown/Trinity Rep) and (CoHo Productions). Kristan’s staging of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (defunkt theatre) garnered him a Portland Dramatic Critics Circle award (Drammy) for Outstanding Direction. Some of his favorite assisting credits include A.R. Gurney’s AJAX, The Mysteries (The Flea), A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol and Camelot (Trinity Rep). Kristan is a proud alumnus of the 2012/13 Soho Rep Writer/ Director Lab and the SDCF Observership Program. www.kristanseemel.com

JIAN JUNNG (Scenic Designer) is a New York based set designer for theater and opera. Jung’s design has been acclaimed as ‘innovative’, ‘inventive’, ‘genius’ 3 and ‘spectacular’ by major press such as The New York Times, LA Times, Time 8 Out, and many others. Jung’s work has been in numerous downtown NYC theaters including Classic Stage Company, The Kitchen, The Bushwick Starr, Abrons Arts Center, Theater Row, and Soho Rep, as well as outside of NYC, in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Korea, and Los Angeles. Her opera works have been in Lincoln Center Juilliard School, Long Beach Opera (CA), Huntington Theatre (Boston), among many venues. Jung received an Edith Lutyens & Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Award. Her design was exhibited in Prague Quadrennial, the world’s largest exhibition. Jung received an MFA in Theater Design from NYU and an MFA in Environmental Design from Ewha Women’s University in Korea. www.jianjung.com

EMILY WHITE (Costume Designer) is a New York based freelance costume designer. Originally from Northern Minnesota, she values work that is collaborative and innovative. Upcoming work includes The Clean House (Portland Stage Co), Gypsy (NYU/Steinhardt), and Cosmicomics (The Flea). Recently she designed I Carry Your Heart (Athena Theater Co), Wickedest Woman (Strange Sun), and Not My Monster! (The Flea). Formerly based in San Francisco, she Bad Penny designed the American premiere of Samuel Gallet’s Communiqué n° 10 at the Cutting Ball Theater, as well as work for The Breadbox Theater Co and Z Space. She has an M.F.A. in theater design from NYU. emilyelizabethwhite.com

DAISY LONG (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer for theater, opera and dance based in New York City. New York credits include: BAM, The Flea, Primary Stages, Abingdon Theater Company, Mason Holdings, HERE Arts Center, La Mama, NYU, AMERINDA, TADA! Youth Theater (National Youth Arts Award for THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Outstanding Lighting for The Perfect Monster), Manhattan School of Music. Regional credits include: Speakeasy Stage Company (IRNE Award for Best Lighting for The Scottsboro Boys), Kitchen Theatre Company, Yale, Connecticut College, Interlochen. USA 829 member. www.daisylong.com

KEENAN HURLEY (Sound Designer) is a playwright and sound designer. Recent design: Octopus’s Garden (Doxsee Theater), HYPE MAN: a break beat play (The Flea), Lying Lydia (Ciego de Ávila, Cuba), Singlet (The Bushwick Starr, co- design with Jeff Aaron Bryant), Sasquatch Rituals (The Kitchen).

OLIVIA MANCINI (Stage Manager) is a New York City based Theatrical Manager. 93 BFA from Purchase College, Class of 2017. NYC Credits: Everything is Okay (Production Stage Manager, NYMF 2019), Spellbound! (Production Stage Manager, Open Jar Studios), We Are The Tigers (Script PA/Stagehand, Theatre 80), In the Closet (Assistant Stage Manager, Studio Theatre), PreCollege & Opera Classes 2019 (Production Stage Manager, Ades Performance Space), and Spring Awakening (Assistant Stage Manager, Riverside Theater).

LAUREN KIELE DELEON (Assistant Director) holds a BA in Theatre & Performance Directing and minor in Playwriting. Lauren has directed productions in support of organizations including Planned Parenthood, My Sister’s Place, Standing Rock, and a non-profit she co-founded, Mission Flint, who just partnered with The Public Theater for their production of cullud wattah. Credits include: City Theatre Next Generation (Adrienne Arsht Center), Men On Boats (SUNY Purchase), FM (SUNY Purchase), Let Me Explain… (SUNY Purchase), Austentation (SUNY Purchase), Ladies of the Land ( League, AD), The One Minute Play Festival (INTAR), SERIALS (The Flea), and Surely Goodness and Mercy (Theatre Row, AD). www.laurenkdeleon.com Bad Penny THE FLEA STAFF NIEGEL SMITH (Artistic Director) is a Bessie Award winning theater director and

performance artist. His theater work has been produced by The Alley, The Barbican, Goodman Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Magic Theatre, The Melbourne Festival, Mixed Blood, New York Fringe Festival, New York Live Arts, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Playwrights Horizons, Pomegranate Arts, The Public Theater, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Summer Play Festival and Under the Radar, and his participatory walks and performances have been produced by Abrons Arts Center, American Realness, Dartmouth College, Elastic City, The Invisible Dog, Jack, The New Museum, Prelude THE FLEA THEATER Festival, PS 122, the Van Alen Institute and Visual AIDS. He often collaborates with playwright/performer Taylor Mac. Smith was co-director of the critically acclaimed A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, winner of the Kennedy Prize in Drama, the Edwin Booth Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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. 3 10 CAROL OSTROW (Producing 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 34th season. In between, she has been an adjunct professor of theater at , Chatham College and McGill University. For The Flea, Carol has produced dozens of world premieres and has been responsible for the sound management of the theater’s increasing programming, cultural footprint and budget for eighteen years. She also oversaw The Flea’s capital campaign that resulted in a new performing arts center for The Flea, launched in the fall of 2017. Carol is a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Drama School. She is a 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 the National Psoriasis Foundation, the Sag Harbor Partnership and LAVA, an acrobatic dance collective. 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.

KARL FRANKLIN ALLEN (Director of Production & Facilities) Karl joined The Flea after several years as Production Manager at Performance Space New York (formerly Performance Space 122, formerly PS122), supervising the outfitting of their new theater spaces during a historic renovation and overseeing the inaugural performances. Bad Penny Previously he was the Production Manager and for the international tour of YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider as well as touring PM/TD for Mabou Mines on Lucia’s Chapters on various stops around the world. Karl has also been Technical Manager of the Duke at New42nd St, Technical Director of the Bryn Mawr College Theater program, and the Technical Director at PS122 prior to renovations. In previous lives Karl has also worked as an exhibit designer at The Montclair Art Museum and the American Museum of Natural History as well as a performer with (Astronome) and Jay Scheib (This Place is a Desert, Untitled Mars), among

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER others.

EMILIE PASS (Company Manager & Producing Associate) Prior to The Flea, Emilie was Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Company Management Fellow, the Box Office Manager for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and an independent producer and director. She is passionate about creating opportunities for artists to take risks, and is thrilled to have the chance to do just that at The Flea! Emilie is a proud graduate of and a Los Angeles native.

CHARLIE MADISON (Development Manager) has worked at The Flea since 2015, serving from 2017-2018 as Marketing & Events Associate. A graduate from , where he double-majored in Psychology and Musical Theater Writing, Charlie wrote and directed an original play for Brandeis Ensemble Theater and an original full- 3 Lost Girls 11 length musical Grace. Since moving to New York, Charlie has written for ThinyRhino, performed with the Astoria Choir, and music directed a benefit performance for The Flea. Charlie has interned at Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA), Manhattan Theatre Club (New York, NY), and served as the inaugural Summer Apprentice at the Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA).

AURIE CEYLON SATTERTHWAITE (Audience Development Associate) Aurie comes to Flea as a graduate from Howard University, where she received a B.F.A. in Fine Arts. Quickly catching the “tour bug” after her first professional gig, she stayed on for six years. She’s been very fortunate to work consistently as an actor, dancer, and writer. New York is her heart and her home, and she wants to spend her life creating and facilitating specific, inclusive art. She’s always admired the core values of The Flea, and can’t express how overjoyed she is to be part of such a poignant, diverse theater. She’s ready for the challenge, and beyond excited to raise a “joyful hell” with you!

SHANNON BUHLER (General Management Associate) Before joining the team at The Flea, Shannon worked just up 6th Avenue at HERE, first as the Development Intern and then as the Assistant General Manager. She’s a Kansas native and a proud University of Kansas graduate, where she received a degree in Theatre Performance.

JAMIE BREWER (Marketing Associate) Coming off a marketing apprenticeship Bad Penny at Hartford Stage, Jamie is ecstatic to have landed in New York at The Flea. She is a proud graduate of Michigan State University where she studied Journalism, Public Relations, and Arts and Cultural Management while interning at Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Jamie is thrilled to be at a theater that sparks important conversations and promotes new voices.

DRAYTON HIERS (Company Dramaturg) Now in his second year at The Flea, Drayton supports the development and production of new plays, manages the literary office, and runs the Serials Room. As a Literary Associate of Yellow Earth Theatre in

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER London, he spent four years leading writing workshops and mentoring emerging British East Asian playwrights, receiving an Olwen Wymark Award from the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain. He teaches at Marymount Manhattan College, and has previously taught at NYU Tisch Asia and Singapore Repertory Theatre. MFA in Dramatic Writing from Tisch Asia.

DAN HOSKINS (Technical Director) A graduate of Earlham College, Dan is thrilled to start his professional career with The Flea. Dan has long had a passion for crafting stories and bringing them to life which, along with a love for the community that it creates, led to his decision to join the theater lifestyle in high school. Though he specializes in lighting, Dan believes strongly in the holistic view of theater and the benefit in learning many different aspects of tech to support the art as a whole.

3 MICHAEL HERNANDEZ (Technical Director) is a composer, sound designer and technician 12 who works collaboratively with dance and performance artists. He most recently worked with Performance Space New York and Mabou Mines. AUSTIN SANDERS (Box Office Coordinator) is very proud to be joining the amazing group of artists at The Flea. Austin has over ten years of customer service experience including working as the Customer Service Director for OvationTix, a national ticketing agency. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Speech & Theater and works regularly as a producer/director with the creative writing nonprofit group, The Story Pirates.

JEFFREY KAZIN (Co-Director of Dance Programming) is a founding member and director with David Parker of The Bang Group (1995). He has created and performed signature roles for the company throughout North America and Europe, working also as David Parker’s assistant in the creation of new works and setting of TBG repertory for companies, colleges and universities throughout the U.S. Kazin is the founding producer of the Soaking WET dance series on NYC’s (2003). Additionally, he has danced for Doug Elkins (creating the role of the Captain in Fraulein Maria), New York Theatre Ballet, Amber Sloan, Sara Hook and Monica Bill Barnes. Mr. Kazin is a board member of the Peculiar Works Project theater company and an advisory board member of Gina Gibney Dance. He is a graduate of Connecticut College and the National Theater

Bad Penny Institute.

DAVID PARKER (Co-Director of Dance Programming) David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin direct The Bang Group, a New York-based, rhythm-driven, genre-nonconforming dance troupe which spans contemporary and percussive forms. Parker is a Guggenheim Fellow in choreography and his work has been supported by several theaters, foundations, festivals and universities both here and abroad. The Bang Group has been a ubiquitous presence in New York City’s “downtown” dance scene through regular seasons presented by New York Live Arts, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, Symphony Space, Harkness Dance Festival, Dig Dance at the 92nd Street Y and DANCE NOW NYC. TBG

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER tours widely and is particularly well-known for its comic/subversive, neo-vaudeville production of The Nutcracker called Nut/Cracked which appeared at The Flea December 2019.

JASON CADY (Director of Music Programming) is a composer and librettist. He performs on pedal steel and modular synthesizer. Pitchfork called him a “mod-synth mastermind… funny and engaging.” Anthony Tommasini, in the New York Times, described his video opera, I Screwed Up the Future, as ”charming fantasy…drably comic and spacey.” Opera News described his one-act opera I Need Space as “delightfully weird…hilarious, dry and detached performances made this futuristic, retro story of love and rejection endearingly poignant.” Cady’s CDs have been released on Lockstep Records and Peacock Recordings and his podcast opera, Buick City, 1:00 AM is available on Apple Podcasts, 3 Stitcher, and Spotify. The Brooklyn Arts Council, New Music USA, free103point9, The 13 Casement Fund, Lighton International Artists Exchange and the American Music Center have funded his projects. He has lectured on his music at NYU, New School University, Wesleyan and ASU. He has been interviewed on WBEZ, WNYC, WKCR, WPIR, KMFA and East Village Radio. NPR featured him in “The Mix: 100 Composers Under 40.”­ Cady is the Artistic Director of Experiments in Opera, which has presented the music of over 40 composers, including Robert Ashley, Pauline Oliveros, and John Zorn. He has an M.A. in composition from Wesleyan University, where he studied with Alvin Lucier and Anthony Braxton, and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance from . He was born in Flint, Michigan and now lives in New York City. WHAT IS THE FLEA? The Flea is our theater: three unique and intimate performance spaces, located at 20 Thomas 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 Drama Desk Award 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 Bad Penny 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

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER 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.

143 WHO & WHAT ARE THE BATS? The Bats is our critically acclaimed resident company, cast anew each year from hundrends of 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 Bad Penny 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. WHAT IS OFF-OFF-BROADWAY?

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Dating back over 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.

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Find The Flea Theater on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. 153 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Stephanie Morimoto President Carol Ostrow Secretary Wendy Harrison Hashmall Treasurer Michael Graff Charlie Crane Bad Penny Lynne Halliday Jamie Harris Douglas Liebhafsky Rick Miramontez Melissa Poulos Jim Simpson Jeremy Smith

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Niegel Smith Michael Sternberg Celeste Tramontin Tony Tramontin Sigourney Weaver Stephen Weinroth Emeritus / In Memoriam David Prittie 163 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! Please contact Charlie Madison at 212-226-0051 x110 or charliem@ theflea.org for more information. The Flea proudly salutes our Flea I.P. members and thanks them for their unwavering support. Bad Penny THE FLEA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Over twenty 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.

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER 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 purchased a site nearby that is now 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: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Dormitory Authority The Shana Alexander of the State of New York Charitable Foundation Paul T. Williams, Jr., President Bloomberg Philanthropies City of New York Booth Ferris Foundation Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Borough of Manhattan New York The Educational Foundation of America 3 Scott M. Stringer, President Empire State Development Corporation 17 David Charles Horn Foundation Julie Shimer, Chairman The Irene Diamond Fund Ford Foundation Howard Gilman Foundation Dennis Mehiel International Creative Management, Inc. All The Way Foundation Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Liam Neeson The Lower Manhattan In of Natasha Richardson Development Corporation David Richenthal LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund Nanahya Santana & Hume Steyer Massey Knakal Real Estate Celeste & Tony Tramontin William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Newman’s Own Foundation DIRECTORS ($25K+) New York City Council Marilyn Armel Christine C. Quinn, Speaker Jim & Suzy Cameron Margaret Chin, Council Member Kyle Chepulis James Van Bramer, Council Member Susan Cooper Cronyn New York State Council on the Arts Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Aby Rosen, Chair Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall Lisa Robb, Executive Director Ed & Patricia Matthews Pakula Productions, Inc. Gould Family Foundation The Prospect Hill Foundation Andrea & George Miller Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust David Prittie The September 11th Fund Daryl Roth & Jordan Roth The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation Dan & Sue Rothenberg State of New York Jeremy Smith Bad Penny Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Ted Snowdon George E. Pataki, Governor Edward Trach The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation United Talent Agency ARTISTS ($10K+) Catherine & Frederick George Adler VISIONARIES ($500K+) Rachel Colbert Anonymous in Memory of David Prittie Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff Roger Berlind A.R. & Molly Gurney André Bishop The Lecomte du Noüy Foundation ANGELS ($250K+) Kent Lawson & Carol Tambor

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Anonymous Ellen McCourt Paul Elston & Frances Beinecke Edward McKinley & Kathleen Lavidge Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy Gimbel Bill Murray Sigourney Weaver & Jim Simpson Achilles Foundation Monica Gerard-Sharp & Ali Wambold GUARDIANS ($100K+) Basil Walter Stephanie Morimoto & Matt King Kenes Rakishev & PATRONS ($5K+) Aselle Tasmagambetova Anonymous Linda Schupack & David Good Adrienne Arsht Katherine & Samuel Weinhoff Marshall & Nina Brickman Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Jackie Brody Davis & Betsy Weinstock Lois Chiles Leslee G. Dart PRODUCERS ($50K+) E.L. & Helen Doctorow 3 Lynne Halliday & B.H. Barry William H. Draper III & Phyllis C. Draper 18 Wendy & David Hashmall Robert Eimicke & Roslyn Black Lauralee & Walter N. Howley Kristin & Gary Friedman Jane Gelfman in memory of Pete Gurney Arthur Glimcher Patrick Herold Edwin & Lorna Goodman Fenita Bilgoraj Heyman The Anrol Foundation Cindy & Alan Horn Mary G. Gurney Lise Jeantet Sylvia G. & Benjamin F. Johnson and Emily F. Johnson Sarah East Johnson Marsha Berkowitz & Wayne Kabak Mark Kaplan Marianne & David Kaplan Hugh Jackman Jerome B. Kauff The Jackman Family Foundation Stephen & Marina P. Kaufman Stephen & Kristina Lang Louise Lamphere Cassie Murray & William Plapinger in honor of Basil Walter Susan Sarandon Claire & David Lane Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer Jerry Levine & Nina Tassler Eric Seiler & Darcy Bradbury Paige & Nicky L’Hommedieu Lawrence Shainberg & Vivian Bower Kate H. Marber George Sheanshang Israela Margalit Jeanne S. & Herbert J. Siegel Marla Mayer & Chris Ahearn Julie & Andrew Stanton Julian Mazor Bruce Sunstein Michael Miller Becky Tesich Robert & Evelyn Miller Emily & Lily Wiest Susan Monserud & Ric Sonder

Bad Penny Harry Moses & Randy Lehrer FRIENDS ($1K+) Bernard W. Nussbaum Robert & Betsy Barbanell Gilbert Parker Agnes Martin Barley Juliet & Michael Patsalos-Fox Tom & Meredith Brokaw David B. Pearce, M.D. Arthur H. Brooks Mary Ann & Bruno A. Quinson David C. Bryan Ivan Reitman Beth Burnam in Memory of Arthur & Linda Carter Deborah Schneider & Jim Tilley Michael J. Chepiga & Eleanor Shakin Pamela Rogers Chepiga Jonathan Sheffer in honor of Kathy White Barry Skovgaard & Marc Wolinsky THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Marya Cohn Niegel Smith Steve Prittie & Deborah Coleman Bernadette Speach & Jeffrey Schanzer in memory of David Prittie Andrew & Julie Stanton Al & Roma Connable Scott & Dhuane Stephens Blythe Danner Michael & Marjorie Stern Robert L. Denton Holland Taylor Jamie deRoy David & Deborah Trainer Arlene Donovan Victoria G. Traube John & Karen Erickson Ginny & Bob Walther Thomas & Darlene Fridstein Emmeline Wexer Mr. & Mrs. John Galen Marguerite C. Whitney Joseph F. Godfrey & Keith Halstead Rachael Worby James & Toni Goodale F.A. Zunino Sarah C. Goodyear 3 Jane Whitney Gruson List as of 8/22/19 19 Christopher Bumcrot & Evelyn R. Gurney We apologize if you have been left off of Robert & Marilyn Harbage this list. Please contact Charlie Madison at Harry & Eugenie Havemeyer [email protected] for any corrections. THE FLEA ANNUAL FUND Flea productions and programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Axe-Houghton Foundation Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Bloomberg Philanthropies Booth Ferris Foundation Distracted Globe Foundation The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Howard Gilman Foundation Gurney Foundation The John Golden Fund JKW Foundation Bad Penny Lucille Lortel Foundation The Poses Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Warburg Pincus List as of 8/22/19 We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Charlie Madison at [email protected] for any corrections. THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER

203 FLEA MEMBERS FLEA IP ($5,000+) John Kander Anonymous Barbara & Alan Marks Julia Arnhold & Lane Gerson Abby Pogrebin & David Shapiro Arnhold Foundation Betty Robbins & Moses Silverman Jackie Brody Ellen & Norman Roth Lois Chiles Ira Schreger Tracy Chutorian Semler & Eric Semler Lisa & Michael Senter Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani & Aida & Charbel Tagher Hossein Asmir-Aslani Steven Todrys Heidi Ettinger & Jonathan Reynolds Donna & Paul Ullman The Ettinger Foundation Steven Weissman Sue & Steve Mandel Andrea & George Miller FLEA FRIEND ($500+) Cassie Murray & William Plapinger Anonymous Nancy & Fred Poses Susan Davenport Austin Linda Schupack & David Good & Kenneth Austin Stephanie Stiefel & Robert Cohen Virginia Benzak Ed Trach Frances Black & Matt Strauss

Bad Penny Mary & Jerome Vascellaro Patrick Bradford Blossom Crawford FLEA FAVORITE ($2,500+) Ellen Davis John & Gaily Beinecke Kendra Decious & Curt Child Claudia Brown & Terry Gruber Vanessa & Joseph F. DeSimone Rejeanne Desrosiers & James Stewart Lizzie Elston Polly Draper & Michael Wolff Stephanie Garry & Art Tatge Elizabeth Duggal & Alain Taghipour Emily C. Graff Robyn Field & Anthony O’Carroll Ray Griffiths Carol M. Kaplan Jan M. Guifarro Nino Magliocco & Carla Solomon Jeanne & Thomas Hardy Donna & Phillip Satow Randee Horowitz THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Gretchen Shugart & Jonathan Maurer Ronald Laeremans Esme Usdan Douglas & Nancy Ostrow Melissa Vail & Norman Selby Gabrielle & Michael Palitz David Weiner Marylin Prince Susan Wilen & Peter Segal Leo & Antoinette Pulito Dan & Cammy Zamlong Petrarca Cucina e Vino Barbara Zinn Krieger & Paul Krieger Milbrey Rennie Nick & Julie Sakellariadis FLEA FAVORITE ($1,000+) Beth Shabto Beth Burnam Shelley & David Sonenberg Marcia & Noel Caban Jonathan West Lisa & Michael Dell Melanie Francis FLEA FRIEND ($250+) Karen & Edward Friedman John Ashworth 3 Sue & Don Guiney Blythe Danner 21 Tom & Janet Horton Joanna Dean The Suzanne Nora Johnson Stephen J. Del Rosso Jr. & & David G. Johnson Foundation Joy Miller Del Rosso Lisa Denby Stephen Marchetta Sue B. Dorn Edwin Martin Fred & Sara Epstein Judith Milhous Michael & Deborah Goldberg Evelyn G. Miller Bruce Goodrich Jeff Muscatello Bonnie Graff Cherrie Nanninga Randy Hartnett Bryce Perry Belle Horowitz & Jonathan Weiner Carole Pesner Virginia Louloudes & John Harrison Christopher & Lynne Ramsey Midge & Simon Palley Rachel Razor Todd & Lori Rosen Lisa Reilly Jayne Young Ramon Rodriguez Jeannette Rossoff FLEA FRIEND ($100+) Peter & Lee Scott Steven Banks Alicia Searls Susan Bernfield & Claude Millman Eleanor Shakin Linda Blacken Todd Shalom Ellen Blackler Kathleen E. Shannon Barbara & Gary Bloom Caroline & Kevin Smith Lucy & David Carson Fran Smyth Evelyn Chen & Johnson Tang Eve Stuart The John Wick Memorial Fund in honor of Doug Liebhafsky Bad Penny

Margaret Coleman Sharon Tomaselli & Wayne Ransier in memory of David Prittie Dylan Tramontin Izen Sarah Deblois Steven Usdan Daniel DeCook David VanEgmond Francesca Falzone Sturgis Warner Thomas Finlan Chris Weikel Charles A. Forma Henry Fraimow & Jacqueline French FLEA FAN ($50+) Karen & Barry Frankel Anonymous Walter Gilbert Cathy & Larry Abbott John Githens Ellie & Bob Berlin

THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Anabel Graff Judythe Bradshaw Jesse Graff Gaby Brill John Graffeo Anne Marie Collins Jonathan Harrison Cecilia DeCook Garrett Hayward Diane Eisenstat Carla Hoke-Miller Helene Foley Andrew Igdaloff Jodi & Robert Harrison Emily Johnson Richard Katzman Margot Kenly Marc Kirchner Nadal Rosanne Kumins Katherine Kitchen Ilene Lainer Michael Kopp in honor of Ben Hill Frank Kovacs Debra Lehrman Lorraine & John Langdon J. Mia Leo & Dick Kuczkowski Howard Marmorstein Hilary Loomis Nancy Perales 3 Deb & Ron Madison Karen Phillips

22 Giselle & Mike Mahoney J. Marvin Watts

FLEA REWARDS Use your Flea Member Card or ticket TriBeCa Grill (375 Greenwich St.) stub to take advantage of these special 212-941-3900 / myriadrestaurantgroup.com offers from our downtown partners. American Grill Enjoy a complimentary sommelier’s choice glass of wine with dinner. Petrarca (34 White St.) 212-625-2800 / petrarcatribeca.com Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar Nish Nush Receive a 10% discount on your bill (88 Reade Street, corner of Church) with purchase of an entrée. 212-964-1318 / nishnushnyc.com Bad Penny Fresh hummus, falafel, baklava and more. 10% off with your membership card! Da Mikele (275 Church St.) 212-925-8800 / damikele.com Neapolitan-Inspired Italian Restaurant Receive a 10% discount on the bill with the purchase of an entrée.

Billy’s Bakery (75 Franklin St.) 212-647-9958 / billysbakerynyc.com THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER Deserts and Other Baked Goodies Indulge in desserts and other baked goodies at Billy’s Bakery, where you can get 10% off if you are a member!

Añejo (301 Church St. at Walker) 212-920-6270 / anejotribeca.com Mexican A complimentary Plata margarita with CHECK THEFLEA.ORG OR CALL any food purchase. 212-226-0051 x107 FOR THE LATEST UPDATES & DEALS. 233 THE FLEA THEATER MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Get Special Attention. Support The Flea. Be a Member.

$25+ Member • No booking or convenience fees • Exchange tickets up to 24 hours in advance • Exclusive Members-Only Pre-Sale

$50+ Flea Fan - all of the above, plus: • Invites to Flea Member Nights! Each production will have a special night, just for you. You’ll have a chance to hang with your fellow fans before you take your seats and chat up the artists after, and we’ll provide the drinks and snacks. • Your name in our digital program.

$100+ Flea Friend - all of the above, plus: • One complimentary drink at our bar before every show.

$250+ Flea Friend (Enhanced!) - all of the above, plus: • One complimentary drink you and all of your guests, at every show.

$500+ Flea Friend (Super Enhanced!) - all of the above, plus: • Unlimited complimentary drinks at our bar. • Reserved seats when you attend a Flea production! • Invites to Flea Reads, where you’ll have a chance to listen in as Resident Artists and Bats read and discuss new works.

$1,000+ Flea Favorite - all of the above, plus: • Invitations to exclusive Flea events with artists; the first one is on us! • 2 house seats to one Flea performance of your choice, arranged for you by our Development Associate

BECOME A MEMBER $2,500+ Flea Favorite (Enhanced!) - all of the above, plus: • Invitations to exclusive Flea events — the firsttwo are on us! • Up to 6 house seats to any and all Flea performances, arranged for you by our Development Associate.

$5,000+ Flea I.P’s - all of the above, plus: • Access to house seats for most Broadway shows • Invitations to attend all exclusive Flea events as our special guests.

Interested? Email [email protected] for more information! CALL 212.226.0051 x107 to join!