
The Flea’s production of Jonathan Reynolds’ Girls in Trouble was named the “Best Of” by The L Magazine for a very interesting category.
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Alumni of Punahou School in Hawaii, including Artistic Director Jim Simpson, recently gathered at The Flea for an east coast reunion.
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Our Flea IP program had its second summer soirée on June 28th 2010, at the home of Jim Simpson and Sigourney Weaver. Flea IPs, artists, political guests and Board Members were all in attendance to help celebrate.
Flea Board Member Sigourney Weaver wrote an OpEd piece for the NY Daily News recently about the necessity of the arts in New York City.
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Playwright Bathsheba Doran discusses her show @ The Flea and Parents’ Evening co-stars Julianne Nicholson and James Waterston.
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Parents’ Evening co-stars Julianne Nicholson and James Waterston discuss the show, The Flea, and cheap drinks.
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Exclusive photos of Julianne Nicholson and James Waterston rehearsing for Parents’ Evening.
Better TV featured Sigourney and The Flea this week.

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The Flea’s 30 minute documentary “The Flea: A Portrait” will air on PBS affiliate stations throughout the country this spring.
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Click here to see images from GIRLS IN TROUBLE.
The Flea’s Artistic Director Jim Simpson and Producing Director Carol Ostrow were both featured in the Winter 2009-2010 edition of the Yale School of Drama Magazine.
Jonathan Reynolds, author of GIRLS IN TROUBLE, and Jim Simpson, director, discuss why the play will be so controversial.

Pictures from our Benefit at the Broad St. Ballroom on December 8th, 2009
Meet the cast of Girls in Trouble.

Photos of this spring’s musicians in action!
Sigourney Weaver gives an interview at The Flea explaining what we’re all about!
Two Flea shows named among Paper’s 10 Best of 2009!
Radio interview with THE GREAT RECESSION playwrights Thomas Bradshaw and Erin Courtney on WBAI.

Hear Adam Rapp and Will Eno on the legendary Leonard Lopate radio show on WNYC
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Meet the cast of The Great Recession

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See select scenes from The Flea: A Portrait, a half hour documentary that followed The Flea’s 2008-2009 season.
On Thursday, October 15th The Flea joined hundreds of theaters in New York to give away tickets as part of the nationwide TCG program Free Night of Theater. The event was held in Union Square and proved to be a huge success. Check out images from the event by clicking on the above link.

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You can now watch The Flea… on TV!

Yes, that’s right. Our thirty minute documentary entitled “The Flea: A Portrait” has been selected to air on PBS affiliate stations all across the country.
Click on the link to see how you can watch interviews with Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Adam Rapp and Elizabeth Swados, all featured in the documentary.

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Our website won an award!

This fall hundreds of actors lined up at 41 White Street for a chance to auditon for Artistic Director Jim Simpson and become a part of THE BATS; The Flea Theater’s resident acting company.
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On September 24th 2004, Producing director Carol Ostrow and Board Member and Flea enthusist Sigourney Weaver flew to Los Angeles to participate in the inaugural Variety: Power of Women- produced in tandem with the Womens Impact Report

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More photos of clown-fun inside.

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This summer our Bats spent a couple of days readying the theater for the fall season. Here, Felipe Bonilla, Sarah Sakaan and Dorien Makhloghi enjoy a post-work snack.

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The Flea IP initiative kicked off with a fabulous summer soirée on June 9th 2009, at the home of Jim Simpson and Sigourney Weaver. Flea IP Patrons, Artists, Political Guests and Board Members all were in attendence to help celebrate the exciting new project.

Check out these images from the May Concert

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Check out these photos from Dance @ The Flea
We joined Twitter!


check out the behind-the-scenes video from Love/Stories

Check out this exclusive peek at Kaspar Hauser, plus interviews with its creators.

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Coming this Spring 2009.

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Itamar Moses, playwright, and Michelle Tattenbaum, director, discuss the world premiere of Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used To It)

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See what audience members thought about the show and post your own reviews.

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See the actors in Dawn

The Flea Theater has been nominated for two awards by the Audience Development Committee, Inc.

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Artistic Director Jim Simpson discusses the founding and purpose of The Flea Theater

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Images from our benefit on September 23, 2008

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More photos from the production inside.

September 2008 Bat auditions were a smashing success! Young actors lined White Street from the door of The Flea to Broadway, waiting for their chance to sign up.

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Get a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to be a member of The Bat Theater Company from the Bats themselves.

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Kip and Mark describe their process.
Long time collaborators Faust and Goodrich discuss their process.
The director and writer behind the production of The Director share behind-the-scenes info.
An exclusive interview with Adam Rapp and Julian Sheppard during the rehearsal process for LOS ANGELES @ The Flea.
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