THE FLEA THEATERJim SimpSon artistic director Carol oStrow producing director

Beth DemBrow managing director

presents the new york premiere of

THE RECOMMENDATIONwritten by Jonathan Caren

directed by Kel haney

featuring the BatS

Caite hevner Kemp set design niCK Solyom Lighting design

SyDney mareSCa costume design eliSheBa ittoop sound design

marK olSen fight director JaCqueline Filer stage managment

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Barry eDelStein, artistic director miChael G. murphy, managing director

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Dwight Barnes.......................................................Barron B. BassIskinder Iudoku.......................................................James Fouhey Aaron Feldman...........................................................Austin Trow

unDerStuDieSAaron Feldman..........................................................Alex J. GouldIskinder Iudoku..................................................Donaldo PrescodDwight Barnes.....................................................Orlando Rivera

Creative teamPlaywright...........................................................Jonathan CarenDirector.........................................................................Kel HaneySet Designer....................................................Caite Hevner KempLighting Designer......................................................Nick SolyomCostume Designer..............................................Sydney MarescaSound Designer.....................................................Elisheba IttoopFight Director..............................................................Mark OlsenStage Manager....................................................Jacqueline FilerActor Coach......................................................Jennifer McKennaAssociate Costume Designer.......................Sarah Thea Swafford

This play is dedicated to Amdie Mengistu.3

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FLEA STAFFArtistic Director.........................................................Jim SimpsonProducing Director....................................................Carol OstrowManaging Director.................................................Beth DembrowTechnical Director......................................................Liz BlessingCompany Manager.......................................................Erin DaleyDevelopment Associate..................................................Alek DevaMarketing Associate...............................................David SernickAudience Development Associate.......................Dominic SpillaneAssistant Technical Director.................................Brandon StockGraphic Designer.......................................................Jaime VallésVideographer........................................................Crystal ArnetteCostume Manager..................................................Josh BoermanTheater, Technical & Production Consultant............Kyle ChepulisAccountant......................................Joel Faden & Company, Inc.Attorney.........Carol M. Kaplan/Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLPDevelopment Consultant......................................Rachel ColbertPress Representative.................................Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle

Special Thanks to Technical Artistry, ThinkSo, Tribeca Lighting, Brett Hunter, and Souths

The playwright would like to thank Lou Spisto, Jack Depalma, Eric Louie, Marsha Norman & Chris Durang, Tanya Barfield,

Joe Kramer, Evan Cabnet, Jerry Patch, Annie MacRae, Jonathan Lomma, Di Glazer, Laura Savia and Alex Barron.

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Barron B. Bass (Dwight Barnes) The Flea Theater: a cautionary tail (dir. Benjamin Kamine), New York: Flying Fables (dir. John Martin-Green), Regional: Shakespeare In Vegas (Dreamcatcher Rep/NJ Playwrights Theater). Barron recently received his BFA from Rutgers University, MGSA. www.BarronBBass.com

James Fouhey (Iskinder Iudoku) This will be James’ second show at The Flea after debuting as Loveless in Restoration Comedy. Regionally, he has performed in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Huntington Theatre), in Cyrano De Bergerac (Oak Park Festival Theatre), and in A Perfect Wedding (Circle Theatre) among

other productions. He is a BFA graduate of Boston University.  You can visit him at www.jamesfouhey.com.

Austin Trow (Aaron Feldman) graduated from Yale University in 2012 with a BA in Theatre Studies and History. The Flea: The Shakes: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), #serials@theflea. Other NYC credits include And We Shall Never Speak of This Again (Performance Research Group), Fry Side (New Light Theatre Project).

Other favorite productions include: Othello (Iago), R&G Are Dead (Rosencrantz), and Rabbit Hole (Jason).

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unDerStuDieSAlex J. Gould (Aaron Feldman) has appeared in christopher oscar pena’s a cautionary tail, Thomas Bradshaw’s Job, The Shakes: Romeo and Juliet and #serials@theflea. Other NYC Credits include: Fast in Fire (Theater for the New City), East in Red (Dreamcatcher Entertainment), Much Ado About Nothing

(EBE Ensemble). Regional: WHADDABLOODCLOT!!! by Katori Hall, The Valley of Fear, Summer in the Country, The Applicant, The Sandbox (Williamstown Theater Festival). Education: AMDA.

Donaldo Prescod (Iskinder Iudoku) The Flea: The Wundelsteipen  by Nick Jones, Future Anxiety, serials@theflea. Other New York credits include: Richard III, Orestes 2.0, Pillars of Society, Harold Pinter’s Celebration, originated the role of Patrick for Kyle Bradstreet’s  Patrick Story.  California

credits: Angels in America, Burn This, and Lend Me a Tenor.  In addition to being an actor, Donaldo is also a playwright, having written plays for The Flea Theater; his work has been directed by Elizabeth Carlson, Sarah Krohn, and other prominent New York directors. www.donaldoprescod.com

Orlando Rivera (Dwight Barnes) is an actor/nurse/poet from the Bronx and has been a proud Bat since June of 2012. Past  Flea credits: christopher oscar peña’s a cautionary tail,  Thomas Bradshaw’s Job, The Shakes: Romeo & Juliet, #serials@theflea and recent workshops of The Unchangeable Spots of

Leopards (dir. Kristan Seemel) & The Juarez Project (dir. Danya Taymor). Select credits: Michal in The Pillowman, Balm in Gilead - 2010 NYIT Award for Best Production of an OOB Play (T. Schreiber Studio).

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Creative teamJonathan Caren (Playwright) Plays include  The Recommendation  (The Old Globe, ‘12 Craig Noel Outstanding Play),  The Morning The Sun Fell Down  (MTC  2013 7@7),  The Venerable Raman Gupta (Sundance Lab ’13 Finalist), Open Heart Meditation  (Ars Nova Out Loud ’11), and  Catch The Fish  (NY Fringe, Outstanding Play). 2011-12 Dramatist Guild Fellow, 2011 New York Stage And Film Founder’s Award, T.S Eliot Old Vic/New Voices Network member, SPACE @ Ryder Farm fellow, two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner. Jonathan graduated from the The Juilliard School and Vassar College where he studied mythology and religion.

Kel Haney (Director) Recent directing credits include: The Shakes: Romeo and Juliet  (The Flea),  The Dance Company  by Jonathan Caren (Keen Company/Keen Teens), El Fugo by Edith Freni (Partial Comfort Productions),  Row After Row  by Jessica Dickey,  Little Rock by Rachel Bonds (both at Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Consequences with music and lyrics by Nathan Leigh and Kyle Jarrow, book by Kyle Jarrow (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre). She has directed and developed new work at Ars Nova, The Directors Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Youngblood, The Lark, Ma-Yi, New Dramatists, New Georges, NY Fringe Festival, Rattlestick, Rising Phoenix, Studio 42, Vampire Cowboys, Westport Country Playhouse, & the 52nd Street Project. Also: Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Old Vic/New Voices Exchange Program and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. www.kelhaney.com

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Caite Hevner Kemp (Set Designer) is a New York based scenic and projection designer. Previously at The Flea:  Tales from My Parents’ Divorce.  Upcoming: Smokey Joe’s Café, Arena Stage,  Surviving Twin, Playmakers Rep.  Off-Broadway (selected): Triassic Parq, Jukebox Jackie, Honky, Son of a Gun. New York (selected): La Scala di Seta and Il Cambiale di Matrimonio, The Juilliard School;  Miss Lilly Gets Boned,  Billy Witch  and  My Base and Scurvy Heart,  Studio 42; March, Red Fern Theater Company.  Regional (selected):  Williamstown Theatre Festival, ArtsEmerson,  Chautauqua Theater Company, Infinity Theatre Company,  Yale Dramat, Greenwich Music Festival. Graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts (MFA) and the Yale School of Drama.  Member of Wingspace Theatrical Design. www.caitekemp.com

Nick Solyom (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be designing his first production at The Flea. Past designs include: The Reformed Drunkard (Little Opera Theatre of NY), The Glass Menagerie (College of New Rochelle) and Blogologues (Lively Productions). In addition, he was the 2010-2011 Resident Lighting Designer for Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company, where he designed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vieux Carre, The Rover, and The Threepenny Opera. He is an alumni of NYU’s Graduate Department of Design for Stage and Film. www.SolyomDesign.com

Sydney Maresca (Costume Designer) recently designed the costumes for Blood Play (The Debate Society), Finks (Ensemble Studio Theater), Alice in Wonderland (New York City Opera), The Civil War (TheatreWorks USA), La Brea (Clubbed Thumb), The Lapsburgh Layover (Ars Nova), Hand to God (Ensemble StudioTheater), and The Zero Hour (13P). Film work includes: Sin Matador, Breakup at a Wedding, and Movie 43’s “Superhero Speed Dating”. Sydney has an MFA from NYU, is on the board of directors for Triskelion Arts, and is part of The Hazzards.

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Elisheba Ittoop (Sound Designer) is beyond stoked to play with The Bats. Her designs and original music have been heard at The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, National Gallery of Art, Theatre J, Roundhouse Theatre, Studio Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Alliance Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, and the Center for Puppetry Arts. Elisheba was a resident sound designer at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for the 2010 and 2011 National Playwrights Conferences, recipient of the Kenan Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and winner of the 2008 USITT Rising Star Award. Elisheba earned her MFA at North Carolina School of the Arts. For Alan P.  www.elishebaittoop.com

Mark Olsen (Fight Director) is a nationally recognized authority on stage movement and combat. Emeritus teacher and former secretary of the Society of American Fight Directors, Mark’s combat work in New York was most recently seen in the Roundabout Theatre’s production of Tally’s Folly and Trip to Bountiful at the Stephen Sondheim theatre. He just directed Reunion Run for the NY Fringe Festival.  Mark has directed more than 45 professional and university productions; movement coordinator and fight director for productions at the Signature Theater, Hartford Stage Company, Long Wharf Theater, Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, New York Shakespeare Festival, Roundabout, and others. 2010 Drama Desk for work on Orphan’s Home Cycle.  Formerly head of graduate acting at Penn State School of Theater, he teaches at The Juilliard School, Columbia University, and is the Chair of the Musical Theatre Conservatory at the New York Film Academy.

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Jacqueline Filer (Stage Manager) Lincoln Center Institute Projects (Clark); Honour (La Mama); The End of Days (Fringe Festival); Disjointed Love (Alchemist Theatre); Chicago City Limits (Broadway Comedy Club); Falling Awake (Midtown International Festival); Mommies: A Musical Blog (Regional); ASM:  Annie, Damn Yankees, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line (MWVTC); New York Fashion Week c/o fall/winter 2013; New York Fashion Week c/o spring/summer 2013; PASEO (Dance) PA: HereAfter (Off Broadway), La Jolla Playhouse, Disney Special Events. BFA University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Jennifer McKenna (Actor Coach) is an arts activist and consultant in the theatrical and artistic communities. She has worked directly with the The Flea for the past 5 years to cultivate a resource for the resident company in which the actors can equip and prepare themselves to live fully inspired lives on and off stage in New York City. She is striving to address and progress beyond the starving artist paradigm that so often adheres itself to creative people in our culture today. Jennifer also works privately outside The Flea with creators of varying artistic mediums.

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THE FLEA STAFFJim 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 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 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 patron program that has raised more than $300,000 in the past three years. She has produced the theater’s successful galas and has helped The Flea win prestigious grants from The Andrew W. Mellon

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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 by Beau Willimon, Kaspar Hauser by Liz Swados & Erin Courtney, Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used to It) by Itamar Moses, The Great Recession,

an evening of short plays by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp, Girls in Trouble by Jonathan Reynolds, Parents’ Evening by Bathsheba Doran, 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 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 and Producing from Columbia University. 3

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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 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. 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 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.

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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 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 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).

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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 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 phenomenon that played to sold-out houses for 13 months and quickly cemented our leadership role in the downtown, Off-Off-Broadway and Lower Manhattan communities.

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

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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.

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

Visit www.theflea.org for information on all things Flea!

Find The Flea Theater on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter & YouTube

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSChair

Jamie Harris

PresidentJim Simpson

SecretaryDouglas Liebhafsky

TreasurerEmmeline Wexer

Kyle Chepulis Robert Eimicke Paul J. Elston Michael Graff

Wendy Harrison Hashmall Andrea Miller Carol Ostrow David Prittie

Nanahya Santana Linda Schupack

Bernadette Speach Tony Tramontin

Basil Walter Sigourney Weaver

Katherine White Weinhoff Stephen Weinroth Davis Weinstock

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THE FLEA CIRCUS CAMPAIGNFifteen 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:

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VISIONARIES ($500K+)AnonymousState of New York Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor George E. Pataki, GovernorEmpire State Development Corporation Julie Shimer, ChairmanCity of New York Michael R. Bloomberg, MayorNew York City Council Christine C. Quinn, Speaker Margaret Chin, Council Member James Van Bramer, Council MemberBorough of Manhattan New York Scott M. Stringer, PresidentThe Lower Manhattan Development CorporationCarol Ostrow & Michael GraffPaul Elston & Frances BeineckeA.R. & Molly GurneyThe September 11th Fund

ANGELS ($250K+)AnonymousDouglas Liebhafsky & Wendy GimbelSigourney Weaver & Jim Simpson

PRODUCERS ($50K+)Lower Manhattan Cultural CouncilThe Irene Diamond FundDormitory Authority of the State of New York Paul T. Williams, Jr., PresidentWalter Nick HowleyLower Manhattan Cultural CouncilDennis Mehiel All The Way Foundation

International Creative Management, Inc.Liam Neeson In Memory of Natasha RichardsonOmnicomDavid RichenthalKenes Rakishev & Aselle TasmagambetovaUnited Talent Agency Katherine & Samuel WeinhoffStephen & Cathy WeinrothDavis & Betsy Weinstock

DIRECTORS ($25K+)New York State Council on the Arts Aby Rosen, Chair Lisa Robb, Executive DirectorJim & Suzy CameronKyle ChepulisLinda Schupack & David GoodWendy & David HashmallMarilyn & Jeffrey KatzenbergKathleen Kennedy & Frank MarshallMassey Knakal Real EstateEd & Patricia Matthews Gould Family FoundationDavid PrittieDaryl Roth & Jordan RothDan & Sue RothenbergTed SnowdonThe Fran & Ray Stark FoundationEdward TrachBasil Walter

ARTISTS ($10K+)Roger BerlindAndré Bishop &

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the Lecomte du Noüy FoundationEllen McCourtAndrea & George MillerNewman’s Own FoundationEmma Sheafer Charitable TrustKent Lawson & Carol TamborCeleste & Tony Tramontin

PATRONS ($5K+)AnonymousRobert Eimicke & Roslyn BlackVivian Bower & Lawrence ShainbergMarshall & Nina BrickmanE.L. & Helen DoctorowWilliam H. Draper III & Phyllis C. DraperKristin & Gary FriedmanJane Gelfman Edwin & Lorna Goodman The Anrol FoundationMary G. GurneySylvia G. & Benjamin F. Johnson and Sarah East JohnsonMark KaplanEdward McKinleySusan SarandonMike Nichols & Diane SawyerGeorge SheanshangJeanne S. & Herbert J. SiegelThe Dorothy Strelsin FoundationBecky TesichEmily & Lily Wiest

FRIENDS ($1K+)Marla Mayer & Chris AhearnRobert & Betsy BarbanellAgnes Martin BarleyTom & Meredith BrokawArthur H. BrooksDavid C. BryanBeth BurnamArthur & Linda CarterMichael J. Chepiga & Pamela Rogers Chepiga in honor of Kathy WhiteMarya CohnAl & Roma ConnableBlythe DannerRobert L. DentonArlene DonovanJohn & Karen EricksonMr. & Mrs. John Galen

Joseph F. Godfrey & Keith HalsteadJames & Toni GoodaleSarah C. GoodyearJane Whitney GrusonChristopher Bumcrot & Evelyn R. GurneyLynne Halliday & B.H. BarryRobert & Marilyn HarbagePatrick HeroldFenita Bilgoraj HeymanCindy & Alan HornEmily F. JohnsonMarsha Berkowitz & Wayne KabakMarianne & David KaplanJerome B. KauffStephen & Marina P. KaufmanLouise Lamphere in honor of Basil WalterClaire & David LaneHarry Moses & Randy LehrerJerry Levine & Nina TasslerPaige & Nicky L’HommedieuKate H. MarberIsraela MargalitJulian MazorMichael MillerRobert & Evelyn MillerSusan Monserud & Ric SonderBernard W. NussbaumPakula Productions, Inc.Gilbert ParkerDavid B. Pearce, M.D.Mary Ann & Bruno A. QuinsonHolland TaylorDeborah Schneider & Jim TilleyThe Shana Alexander Charitable FoundationJonathan ShefferBarry Skovgaard & Marc WolinskyBernadette Speach & Jeffrey SchanzerScott & Dhuane StephensMichael & Marjorie SternBruce SunsteinDavid & Deborah TrainerVictoria G. TraubeGinny & Bob WaltherEmmeline WexerMarguerite C. WhitneyRachael WorbyF.A. ZuninoList as of 8/22/13

We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Alek Deva at alekd@theflea.org for any corrections.

For more information on our Capital Project, please contact Carol Ostrow, (212) 226-0051 x104

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THE FLEA I.P.’SIn 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 carolo@theflea.org for more information.

The Flea proudly salutes our Flea I.P. members and thanks them for their unwavering support:

Catherine AdlerTrey Beck

John & Gaily BeineckeLois Chiles

Larry CondonJonathan Reynolds & Heidi Ettinger

Douglas Liebhafsky & Wendy GimbelLorna B. & Edwin A. GoodmanCarol Ostrow & Michael Graff

Celeste GuthWendy Hashmall

Lorie & Nick HowleyEllen M. Iseman

Eleanora & Michael KennedySahra Lese

Larry Kanter & Shelly J LondonAndrea & George Miller

Elizabeth OlofsonStephen & Livia Russell

Jeremy T. SmithNanhya C. Santana & Hume Steyer

Tony & Celeste TramontinKatherine & Sam WeinhoffStephen & Cathy Weinroth

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FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT & INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT$50,000+The National Endowment for the ArtsThe Poses Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Catherine AdlerBloomberg PhilanthropiesJPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York City Department of Cultural AffairsWarburg Pincus

$10,000 - $24,999AnonymousDouglas Liebhafsky & Wendy GimbelThe Prospect Hill FoundationDan & Sue RothenbergThe Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels FoundationThe Shubert FoundationNanahya C. Santana & Hume SteyerKatherine & Samuel WeinhoffStephen & Cathy WeinrothThe Edward & Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust

$5,000 - $9,999Trey BeckLarry CondonPaul J. Elston & Frances BeineckeThe Ettinger FoundationEdwin & Lorna GoodmanWendy & David HashmallLorie & Nick HowleyEllen M. Iseman in honor of Helen FrankenthalerLarry Kanter & Shelly J. LondonThe Lucille Lortel FoundationAndrea & George MillerThe New York State Council on the ArtsCeleste & Tony Tramontin

$2,500 - $4,999The Angelson Family FundThe Axe-Houghton FoundationJames CameronRichard & Jennie DeSchererRobert Eimicke & Roslyn BlackThe John Golden FundThe Walter & Elise Haas FundStephen & Kristina LangThe Frederick Loewe FoundationFred & Nancy Poses

David Good & Linda SchupackThe Dorothy Strelsin Foundation

$1,000 - $2,499AnonymousGay & Harry Abrams Abrams Artists AgencyClaudia BaezThe Barbara Bell Cumming FoundationNancy & Alan BrennerBeth BurnamJonathan & Margot DavisDramatists Guild FundElizabeth B. ElstonThe Friars FoundationThomas & Darlene FridsteinJane R. GelfmanMark & Madeline LebwohlThe Mary Duke Biddle FoundationShelly & Neil MitchellWilliam Plapinger & Cassie MurrayThe New York Stock Exchange FoundationNick & Julie SakellariadisRobert Santos & Linda Carlson Harry StoutCynthia King Vance & Lee Vance

$500+AnonymousMarita & Michael AltmanLynn & Mark AngelsonVirginia ArcariSuzanne BalesRobert & Betsy BarbanellJacqueline BrodyGeorge & Jane BunnEllen DavisJean FitzgeraldChristopher Flinn & Daniela Del BocaFred & Susan FosterBobby & Vicki FreemanAndrew FreySteven & Donna GartnerMia Goldman & Michael RotblattGeoffrey & Sarah GundRobbi D. HolmanLise JeantetMr. & Mrs. Bernard KamineCarol KaplanJohn KilgoreJame Willkomm & Marc LesnickGregory LongLuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund

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Murray A. Luftglass Caroline McCandlessSherry McCutcheonJane Read Martin & Douglas McGrathStephen McNabbPayne MiddletonElaine MontgomeryLaurence Hazell & Mimi QuillinMitchell Rabinowitz & Roberta WeissSteven RandBenjamin & Alice ReiterSaluggi’s

Eric Seiler & Darcy BradburyGretchen ShugartSouth’s Bar & RestaurantCharbel & Aida TagherElizabeth Duggal TaghipourStephanie Garry & Art TatgeEdward TrachMary & Jerome VascellaroEmmeline WexerEllen Freudenheim & Daniel WienerDan & Cammy ZamlongList as of 8/22/13

FLEA MEMBERS$250 DonorsAnonymous (1)Jon Robin BaitzRichard & Susan BaldwinCatherine Cahill & William BernhardRonni J. CastyLinda & Tom CauchoisFrank & Helga DoyleMargaret Einhorn & Machel LaskySara & Fred EpsteinAlice EricssonJohn & Deborah EvangelakosWendy FedermanRichard V. Girodano & Khairul E. AstwoodMrs. James B. GubelmanBob HonsingerThe Jacoby FamilyWayne S. KabakVirgie & Walter KleinPat & Nathan KornfeldJudith KruppKenneth D. LevienAlison Mandelker-BurnettDavid & Sheila ManischewitzBarbara & Alan MarksPeg McGetrickSeth J. Meyer & Nathaniel V. SpeerCarl MoellenbergJudy Myers & Ira SchwartzDouglas, Nancy & Molly OstrowKent Cole & Diana PrechterMissie RennieEllen & Norman RothLaurie SacklerBarbara J Smith & Lance GoobermanRobert SteinJulie & Jim TynionChris VroomSusan WilenMelissa Wohlgemuth

$100 ContributorsAnonymous (5)Edward AlbeeJoseph AllenMarilyn ArmelPeter & Susan AxelrodGerry BammanDoug & Sarah BankerJudy & Ennius BergsmaBarbara & Gary BloomJohn J. BolebruchSarah BondLesley BroderJuLondre Karlveon BrownJean BundyJane & George BunnChristopher CayabaSusan & Jeffrey ChaseMr. & Mrs. Coleman ConklingDouglas CramerDavid Dallon Bonnie MilliganLaurie DeGraziaBunny DellJudy & Ira DembrowSue B DornM. Burton DrexlerLaurel ElliotStar & Yves EonnetClarice FeinmanGeorge FlemingKen & Kay FolksCharles A. FormaJames Fraser & Katherine HansonStephen FriedmanHenry Frommer & Cheryl TuttleJack GangiBarbara & Mark GersonBetty & Joshua GoldbergRandi Goldmann & Marty Forman

We apologize if you have been left off this list. Please contact Alek Deva at alekd@theflea.org for any corrections.

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Jason GoldsteinMary & Gordon GouldEmily C. GraffBonnie GraffAnabel GraffMeaghan GraggSean GraneyJean GrossKathleen A. HalveyMarc HappelAlan HarperRyan HartAnne & Gordon HerraldBlake & Catherine HoldenJim & Gale JacobsohnKatherine JancaSarah East JohnsonThomas R KeenanGene KilikRalph KleinmanDan KohnWendie & Bud KrollSusan LagomarsinoBilly LazarusAnn LearyJane Huey-Chai LinMark & Susan LippittCarla LordMurray LuftglassRobert David Norman & Kate H. MarberTom MarvelStephen & Carolyn McCandlessLoretta McCarthyNello & Mary McDanielJohn McDermottAndrew & Su-Ellyn McMasterJudith & Richard MerbaumJudith MilhousHarriet MillanThomas MolnerElaine MontgomeryDaria & David MooreSeth MoskowitzEve MykytynDrs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun LangePeter ChanceNelle NugentDeborah O’BrienDavid & Siobhan OlsonHarriet & Gregg OrleyRoberto F. OrtizFrances PandolfiJudy & Gary PasquinelliChristopher PatsigaDr. Susan R. PetersonMiriam PoserElizabeth ProppSarah H. Reines

Richard & Mary RonanTodd & Lori RosenJames RothmanLisa RoumellPeter & Lee ScottAmy Ralston SeifeEleanor ShakinKathleen ShannonPhilip SmithDainni SpaldingPreston StahlyAlec StaisJeanne & Steven StellmanThomas SynanJay TopkisRahul TripathiIndiana Market & CateringDouglas Ver MulmClaire S. WernerEdward B. WhitneyRita Wolf, Kiran & Anjeli ChapmanElaine YaffeJeremy Zimmer

$50 SupportersAnonymous (7)Toshi Abe & Nancy HallJeanette & Robert AginianMarie & Harold AlexanderMisty AndersonJudith & DeWitt BakerStephanie D’Alton BarrettCarolyn BenbowChristine BoekeKenneth Brooks Wells & M. Christina BensonMargaret BerkesElinor & Robert BerlinNadia BernsteinHelena & Peter BienstockLinda BlackenJay & Dena BockAnna BogyayElio BraccoPeter BrewLeslie Susan BrittinghamSheldon & Carolyn BrossJoan BudishBridget K. BurkeSteven CharenElizabeth Cho & Lucas DixonTom CostelloJohn & Ann CostelloKaren CrawfordSusan CroweMarina CruzLeslie DanoffKim DaviesEmma Davies

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Alek DevaMickey Diener & Lisa BennettCharles DischeMartin DombJosh & Kerry DorfDiane & Barry EisenstatJudith FerberAnnette FerstenbergM. K. FischerPaul Michael FontanaJoyce FriedlandElizabeth GarnseyWalter GilbertMarlowe HoldenAlan & Susan GumaJon Haber & Bonnie LevinElizabeth LittlefieldRobert & Jodi HarrisonWalton Deva & Laurie FendellAnne HermanBeverly HodgsonJames HoffmanDonna HogbenJohn HoldenWilliam HollingsworthNina HorowitzLily HouAllen HubbyAlasdair HunterStuart N. HutchisonK.C. HylandLinda KahnBenjamin KamineAndrea KaplanKaori Kitao

Mia Leo & Dick KuczkowskiRosanne KuminsMelissa & Peter LacijanEd & Marilyn LevinWarren LieboldElizabeth LittlefieldDayna LucasMelanie MatthewsJeanne C. MillerAudrey MooreKirill OnishchenkoWilliam PikeRon & Claire RadiceWayne Ransier & Sharon TomaselliBill & Chris ReynoldsLillian RothMilton B. RubinSherry SchwartzJosie SentnerAnindita SinhaDorothy Slater-BrownSarah Jane SmedleyFran SmythDominic SpillaneGena SteinClarke, Peggy & Claire UtermohleCatherine VersegiJudith & Robert WaldmanAlan WatkinsJoAnn WeiselKelly Wines & Scott FreishtatJohn Moon & Abby Winship

List as of 8/22/13

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Use your Flea Member Card or ticket stub to take advantage of these special offers from our downtown partners.

Macao Trading Co (311 Church St.)917-848-0117 / macaonyc.comPortuguese-Asian Fusion RestaurantMake a reservation to receive a complimentary pitcher of Sangria.

Pane Panelle (305 Church St.)212-219-4037 / panepanelle.comItalian Tapas RestaurantGet 10% off your bill with entree purchase

Bread TriBeCa (301 Church St.)212-334-0200 / breadtribeca.comModern Italian RestaurantGet 10% off your bill with entree purchase

Petrarca (34 White St.)212-625-2800 / petrarcatribeca.com Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar Receive a 10% discount on your bill

Da Mikele (275 Church St.)212-925-8800 / damikele.comNeapolitan-Inspired Italian RestaurantReceive a 10% discount on the bill

Souths (273 Church St.)212-219-0640 / southsnyc.comNeighborhood Bar and RestaurantA complimentary glass of wine with the order of an entrée

Billy’s Bakery (75 Franklin St.)212-647-9958 / billysbakerynyc.comDeserts and Other Baked GoodiesBuy one cupcake & get the second 1/2 off

Bubble Lounge (228 West Bway)212-431-3433 / bubblelounge.comChampagne BarBuy 1 drink & get 1 free or get 20% off a bottle of champagne

Sweet Lily Spa (222 West Bway)212-925-5441/ www.sweetlilyspa.comNail Spa and Boutique10% off of Sweet Lily manicures

Maslow 6 Wine Shop (211 West Bway)212-226-3127 / www.maslow6.comWine ShopReceive 10% off the price of wine

Dance New Amsterdam (280 Broadway)212-625-8369 / www.dnadance.orgProgressive Dance EducationTake 10% off classes and workshops

Churrascaria (221 West Bway)212-925-6969 / churrascariatribeca.comBrazilian SteakhouseRecieve 10% off your meal

Cercle Rouge (241 West Bway)212-226-6252 / cerclerougeresto.comFrench BistroRecieve 10% off bill on a pre-show dinner before 7pm

HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave.)212-647-0202 / www.here.orgTheaterNo convenience fee for HARP productions

TriBeCa Grill (375 Greenwich St.)212-941-3900/myriadrestaurantgroup.comAmerican GrillEnjoy a complimentary sommelier’s choice glass of wine with dinner.

CHECK THEFLEA.ORG OR CALL 212-226-0051 x101 FOR THE LATEST UPDATES & DEALS.

FLEA REWARDS

$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 Interested? Email carolo@theflea.org for more information! CALL 212.226.0051 x101,or MAIL/FAX the form below to join!

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I WANT TO JOIN THE FLEA! (Please check membership level below)_____$25 Member _____$50 Supporter _____$100 Contributor _____$250 Donor _____$500 Partner _____$1,000 Patron NAME (as should be listed) ___________________________________________________________ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP ___________________________________________________________________EMAIL _____________________________________ PHONE ______________________________ CREDIT CARD # ___________________________________ EXP. ________ SECURITY CODE ________

Mail this form with a check to THE FLEA MEMBERS PROGRAM, 41 White Street, New York, NY 10013 or fax this form with your credit card information to (212) 965-1808. Questions or concerns? Call us at 212-226-0051 x107.

THE FLEA THEATER MEMBERS PROGRAMGet 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.