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THE FLEA THEATERJim Simpson artistic director Carol Ostrow producing directorBeth Dembrow managing directorpresents the new york premiere ofTHE RECOMMENDATIONWritten by Jonathan CarenDirected by Kel HaneyFeaturing The BatsCaite Hevner Kemp Set DesignNick Solyom Lighting DesignSydney Maresca Costume Design Elisheba Ittoop Sound DesignMark Olsen Fight Director Jacqueline Filer Stage ManagmentWorld Premiere at The Old Globe, San Diego, CaliforniaBarry Edelstein, Artistic DirectorMichael G. Murphy, Managing Director

SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSKINDERGARTEN READING/LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK2012-2013GRADING PERIOD: 2 nd Six WeeksProgress Test 1ReadingPrint and Book AwarenessRecognize that words are made up of lettersMatch capital and lowercase lettersPhonemic Awareness and PhonicsAssociate Aa with /a/Distinguish between medial a/a/ and o/o/VocabularyDiscuss camping, adventures andneighborhoodsComprehensionRecognize text structureUnderstand descriptive languageFluencyRecite lines of a poem rhythmicallyWritingHandwriting: Form AaExpressive writing: Dictate story endings andsentencesSpellingEncode Aa for /a/, Cc for /k/, Gg for /g/Listening and SpeakingListen for details and follow oral directionsDiscuss respecting natureK.1a,b,c,eK.2a,b,c,f,gK.3b-gK.4d,eK.7a,bK.8a,bK.9b-gK.10a,bK.11aK.12b,canteater, alligator,camping supplies,adventure,equipment, nature,slanted lines, namesof places, city,neighborhood,swaying, hunchedup, swoopingcapital, lowercase,words, matching,beginning sounds,middle sounds,ideas, storyendings, solution,respect, categorize,sorting, priorknowledge,questions, poem,text structure,descriptivelanguage, rhythmof a poemUnit 4 : Alf(Lessons 23-29)9 days

CAST(in alphabetical order)The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER4Barron B. Bass (Dwight Barnes) The FleaTheater: a cautionary tail (dir. BenjaminKamine), New York: Flying Fables (dir. JohnMartin-Green), Regional: Shakespeare InVegas (Dreamcatcher Rep/NJ PlaywrightsTheater). Barron recently received his BFAfrom Rutgers University, MGSA.www.BarronBBass.comJames Fouhey (Iskinder Iudoku) This willbe James’ second show at The Flea afterdebuting as Loveless in Restoration Comedy.Regionally, he has performed in Love’sLabour’s Lost (Huntington Theatre), in CyranoDe Bergerac (Oak Park Festival Theatre), andin A Perfect Wedding (Circle Theatre) amongother productions. He is a BFA graduate of Boston University. Youcan visit him at www.jamesfouhey.com.Austin Trow (Aaron Feldman) graduated fromYale University in 2012 with a BA in TheatreStudies and History. The Flea: The Shakes:Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), #serials@theflea.Other NYC credits include And We Shall NeverSpeak of This Again (Performance ResearchGroup), Fry Side (New Light Theatre Project).Other favorite productions include: Othello (Iago), R&G Are Dead(Rosencrantz), and Rabbit Hole (Jason).

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER5UNDERSTUDIESAlex J. Gould (Aaron Feldman) has appearedin christopher oscar pena’s a cautionary tail,Thomas Bradshaw’s Job, The Shakes: Romeoand Juliet and #serials@theflea. Other NYCCredits include: Fast in Fire (Theater forthe New City), East in Red (DreamcatcherEntertainment), Much Ado About Nothing(EBE Ensemble). Regional: WHADDABLOODCLOT!!! by Katori Hall,The Valley of Fear, Summer in the Country, The Applicant, TheSandbox (Williamstown Theater Festival). Education: AMDA.Donaldo Prescod (Iskinder Iudoku) The Flea:The Wundelsteipen by Nick Jones, FutureAnxiety, serials@theflea. Other New Yorkcredits include: Richard III, Orestes 2.0,Pillars of Society, Harold Pinter’s Celebration,originated the role of Patrick for KyleBradstreet’s Patrick Story. Californiacredits: Angels in America, Burn This, and Lend Me a Tenor. Inaddition to being an actor, Donaldo is also a playwright, havingwritten plays for The Flea Theater; his work has been directed byElizabeth Carlson, Sarah Krohn, and other prominent New Yorkdirectors. www.donaldoprescod.comOrlando Rivera (Dwight Barnes) is an actor/nurse/poet from the Bronx and has beena proud Bat since June of 2012. Past Fleacredits: christopher oscar peña’s a cautionarytail, Thomas Bradshaw’s Job, The Shakes:Romeo & Juliet, #serials@theflea and recentworkshops of The Unchangeable Spots ofLeopards (dir. Kristan Seemel) & The Juarez Project (dir. DanyaTaymor). Select credits: Michal in The Pillowman, Balm in Gilead- 2010 NYIT Award for Best Production of an OOB Play (T. SchreiberStudio).

CREATIVE TEAMThe Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER6Jonathan Caren (Playwright) Plays include TheRecommendation (The Old Globe, ‘12 Craig Noel OutstandingPlay), The Morning The Sun Fell Down (MTC 2013 7@7), TheVenerable Raman Gupta (Sundance Lab ’13 Finalist), Open HeartMeditation (Ars Nova Out Loud ’11), and Catch The Fish (NYFringe, Outstanding Play). 2011-12 Dramatist Guild Fellow, 2011New York Stage And Film Founder’s Award, T.S Eliot Old Vic/NewVoices Network member, SPACE @ Ryder Farm fellow, two-timeLecomte du Nouy award winner. Jonathan graduated from the TheJuilliard School and Vassar College where he studied mythologyand religion.Kel Haney (Director) Recent directing credits include: The Shakes:Romeo and Juliet (The Flea), The Dance Company by JonathanCaren (Keen Company/Keen Teens), El Fugo by Edith Freni (PartialComfort Productions), Row After Row by Jessica Dickey, LittleRock by Rachel Bonds (both at Williamstown Theatre Festival), TheConsequences with music and lyrics by Nathan Leigh and KyleJarrow, book by Kyle Jarrow (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre). Shehas directed and developed new work at Ars Nova, The DirectorsCompany, Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre andYoungblood, The Lark, Ma-Yi, New Dramatists, New Georges, NYFringe Festival, Rattlestick, Rising Phoenix, Studio 42, VampireCowboys, Westport Country Playhouse, & the 52nd Street Project.Also: Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, Lincoln CenterDirectors Lab, Old Vic/New Voices Exchange Program and amember of Ensemble Studio Theatre. www.kelhaney.com

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER7Caite Hevner Kemp (Set Designer) is a New York basedscenic and projection designer. Previously at The Flea: Talesfrom 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. NewYork (selected): La Scala di Seta and Il Cambiale di Matrimonio,The Juilliard School; Miss Lilly Gets Boned, Billy Witch and MyBase and Scurvy Heart, Studio 42; March, Red Fern TheaterCompany. Regional (selected): Williamstown Theatre Festival,ArtsEmerson, Chautauqua Theater Company, Infinity TheatreCompany, Yale Dramat, Greenwich Music Festival. Graduate ofNYU Tisch School of the Arts (MFA) and the Yale School of Drama.Member of Wingspace Theatrical Design. www.caitekemp.comNick Solyom (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be designing hisfirst production at The Flea. Past designs include: The ReformedDrunkard (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 forBrown University/Trinity Repertory Company, where he designedA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vieux Carre, The Rover, and TheThreepenny Opera. He is an alumni of NYU’s Graduate Departmentof Design for Stage and Film. www.SolyomDesign.comSydney Maresca (Costume Designer) recently designed thecostumes for Blood Play (The Debate Society), Finks (EnsembleStudio Theater), Alice in Wonderland (New York City Opera), The CivilWar (TheatreWorks USA), La Brea (Clubbed Thumb), The LapsburghLayover (Ars Nova), Hand to God (Ensemble StudioTheater), andThe Zero Hour (13P). Film work includes: Sin Matador, Breakupat a Wedding, and Movie 43’s “Superhero Speed Dating”. Sydneyhas an MFA from NYU, is on the board of directors for TriskelionArts, and is part of The Hazzards.

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER8Elisheba Ittoop (Sound Designer) is beyond stoked to playwith The Bats. Her designs and original music have been heard atThe Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, National Gallery of Art, TheatreJ, Roundhouse Theatre, Studio Theatre, Chautauqua TheaterCompany, Alliance Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Children’sTheatre of Charlotte, and the Center for Puppetry Arts. Elishebawas a resident sound designer at the Eugene O’Neill TheaterCenter for the 2010 and 2011 National Playwrights Conferences,recipient of the Kenan Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts, and winner of the 2008 USITT Rising StarAward. Elisheba earned her MFA at North Carolina School of theArts. For Alan P. www.elishebaittoop.comMark Olsen (Fight Director) is a nationally recognized authorityon stage movement and combat. Emeritus teacher and formersecretary of the Society of American Fight Directors, Mark’s combatwork in New York was most recently seen in the RoundaboutTheatre’s production of Tally’s Folly and Trip to Bountiful at theStephen Sondheim theatre. He just directed Reunion Run for theNY Fringe Festival. Mark has directed more than 45 professionaland university productions; movement coordinator and fightdirector for productions at the Signature Theater, Hartford StageCompany, Long Wharf Theater, Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera,New York Shakespeare Festival, Roundabout, and others. 2010Drama Desk for work on Orphan’s Home Cycle. Formerly head ofgraduate acting at Penn State School of Theater, he teaches atThe Juilliard School, Columbia University, and is the Chair of theMusical Theatre Conservatory at the New York Film Academy.

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER9Jacqueline Filer (Stage Manager) Lincoln Center InstituteProjects (Clark); Honour (La Mama); The End of Days (FringeFestival); Disjointed Love (Alchemist Theatre); Chicago City Limits(Broadway Comedy Club); Falling Awake (Midtown InternationalFestival); Mommies: A Musical Blog (Regional); ASM: Annie, DamnYankees, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line (MWVTC); NewYork Fashion Week c/o fall/winter 2013; New York Fashion Week c/ospring/summer 2013; PASEO (Dance) PA: HereAfter (Off Broadway),La Jolla Playhouse, Disney Special Events. BFA University of NorthCarolina School of the ArtsJennifer McKenna (Actor Coach) is an arts activist and consultantin the theatrical and artistic communities. She has worked directlywith the The Flea for the past 5 years to cultivate a resource forthe resident company in which the actors can equip and preparethemselves to live fully inspired lives on and off stage in New YorkCity. She is striving to address and progress beyond the starvingartist paradigm that so often adheres itself to creative people inour culture today. Jennifer also works privately outside The Fleawith creators of varying artistic mediums.

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER10THE FLEA STAFFJim Simpson (Artistic Director and Founder) Jimwas a child actor in his hometown of Honolulu,as a teenager worked with Jerzy Grotowski inPoland, and holds degrees from Boston UniversitySchool 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 DowntownAdventurous Theater, Two-time OBIE-award winner, National Boardof Review Excellence in Filmmaking, and cited for artistic leadershipin Downtown New York by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.Carol Ostrow (Producing Director) joined JimSimpson at the helm of The Flea in 2001 and TheGuys marked her return to Off-Off-Broadway. Shewas the OBIE-award winning Producing Director ofthe Classic Stage Company, where she producedThe Merchant of Venice, directed by Jim Simpson,the world premiere of Ezra Pound’s Elektra, directed by Carey Perloffas well as the acclaimed 30th anniversary production of Pinter’s TheBirthday Party, among others. She was also the founder and originalProducing Director of The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, now inits 28th season. In between, she has been an adjunct professor oftheater at Vassar College, Chatham College and McGill University.For The Flea, Carol has produced dozens of world premieres and hasbeen responsible for sound fiscal management of the theater’s $1Mbudget for eleven years. In addition to expanding and professionalizinginfrastructure at The Flea, she helped to develop the theater’s current18-member board of directors and has overseen the launch of apatron program that has raised more than $300,000 in the pastthree years. She has produced the theater’s successful galas and hashelped The Flea win prestigious grants from The Andrew W. Mellon

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER11Theater Program, The National Endowment of The Arts, The LowerManhattan Development Corporation, The Empire State DevelopmentCorporation and The Shubert Foundation, among many others. Carolis a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Drama School. She isa board member of LAVA, an acrobatic dance collective, serves onthe President’s Advisory Council of Vassar College and the Board ofAdvisors of the Yale Drama School, and on the executive committee ofone of the oldest congregations in New York City, Central Synagogue.Married and the mother of four incredible young adults, she and herfamily count Pittsburgh, London, Montreal and now New York Cityonce again as home.Beth Dembrow (Managing Director) has been withThe Flea since 2007 working on Oh, The Humanityand other exclamations by Will Eno, Lower Ninthby Beau Willimon, Kaspar Hauser by Liz Swados& Erin Courtney, Love/Stories (or But You Will GetUsed to It) by Itamar Moses, The Great Recession,an evening of short plays by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, ErinCourtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp, Girls in Trouble byJonathan Reynolds, Parents’ Evening by Bathsheba Doran, She KillsMonsters by Qui Nguyen, These Seven Sicknesses by Sean Graney andall other mainstage and downstairs productions. Prior to her arrival,she spent two and half years at Lincoln Center Theater where sheworked on all mainstage and second stage productions, includingthe Tony-Award winning productions, The Light in the Piazza andTom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia. Other management experiencesinclude various Broadway and Off Broadway with Snug HarborProductions (Steven Chaikelson and Brannon Wiles). Beth holds aB.A. from Cornell University and an M.F.A. in Theater Managementand Producing from Columbia University.

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER12Liz Blessing (Technical Director) Liz is happy tohave found a home at The Flea Theater. Beforecoming to the Flea she was the Draftspersonfor I. Weiss, creating construction drawings forrigging system installation on Broadway andbeyond. Previous to that she was an EngineeringAssistant for City Theatrical, Inc, where she helped test the W-DMXsystem. Liz has a B.S. from The College of William and Mary.Erin Daley (Company Manager) comes to TheFlea after spending last year producing ArenaStage’s Eugene O’Neill Festival in WashingtonD.C. Prior to this; she spent three years as acoordinator in Los Angeles working in film andcommercials before her love of theater tore heraway. After cutting her teeth as an independent producer anddirector, Erin is thrilled to have a found a home at The Flea whereshe can continue to work on exciting and innovative new theater.Erin is proud to have graduated from Skidmore College, Class of2008.Dominic Spillane (Audience DevelopmentAssociate) began working with The Flea Theaterin 2009 as an actor in The Great Recessionperforming in Sheila Callaghan’s Recess directedby Kip Fagan, Classic Kitchen Timer by AdamRapp, and Severed by Erin Courtney. In 2011 heand partner Stephen Stout created and produced the hit latenightplay competition #serials@theflea, now in its second yearrunning. As a producer Dominic created the short film “FallingDown” which toured 4 international film festivals, and the oneactfestival Dancing With Myself at the Working Stage theaterin Los Angeles. In 2012 Dominic directed Bea Arthur and theKnights of the Round Table by Joe Tracz (Ars Nova’s ANT Fest), andLighthouse by Charlotte Miller (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’sTheaterJam). He has also directed short plays by Stacy Davidowitzand Leslye Headland.

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER13David Sernick (Marketing Associate) graduatedfrom Indiana University with a double BA inPolitical Science and Theatre & Drama alongwith a Certificate in Arts Administration. From2009 – 2012 David was the Marketing Associateat Barrington Stage Company where hecultivated younger audiences with new media strategies thanksto a Future Audiences Grant from TCG. David founded Black SwanTheatre Project in Grand Rapids, MI and InPulse Productions inBloomington, IN where he directed, produced and occasionallyacted. Other directing credits include assistant directing atBarrington Stage Company and directing for Barrington Stage’sinaugural 10×10 New Play Festival.Alek Deva (Development Associate) received adegree in English with a focus in Poetry Writingfrom the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill. During his tenure at UNC-CH, Alek workednearly full time as the Master Electrician andin-house Lighting Designer at the University’sworld-class Memorial Hall, the main performance venue ofCarolina Performing Arts. After working with numerous theater,dance, and music artists from around the world, he decided tomake the transition to the other side of the curtain. Alek studiedfor a year at the University of North Carolina School of the Artsin their Performing Arts Management MFA program, duringwhich time he produced a world premiere percussion and pianoperformance featuring award-winning percussionist Scott O’Tooleand composer/pianist Alicia Willard. He most recently workedat the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company as their MarketingAssociate, where he developed a dynamic and successfulmarketing campaign for world premiere musical Pregnancy Pact(by Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald).

WHAT IS THE FLEA?The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER14The Flea is our theater: two unique and intimate performance spaces,located here at 41 White Street in Tribeca. But The Flea is also an awardwinningproducing organization, founded in 1996, that offers morethan 250 cutting-edge theatrical and multi-disciplinary performanceseach year and gives voice to some of the most exciting and innovativewriters of our time.Founded from the purely artistic impulse to create “joyful hell in asmall space”, our body of work has earned us accolades from acrossthe globe including two Obie Awards for Best Production, an Otto forCourageous Political Theater, and a Drama Desk Award Special Awardfor our commitment to adventurous theater. Our 2001 production ofThe Guys, a raw artistic response to the events of 9/11, became aphenomenon that played to sold-out houses for 13 months and quicklycemented our leadership role in the downtown, Off-Off-Broadway andLower Manhattan communities.The Flea is a beacon for adventurous audiences and creative artists ofall stripes, from the young striver to the legendary veteran. More than150,000 people have come to The Flea to witness the rare spark createdwhen artists are given free rein to play, experiment and invent—oftenin ways that the commercial theater can’t support. And it is thatspark that fulfills our mission, pure and simple: to embody the spiritof adventure and excitement that has defined Off-Off-Broadway sinceits inception.

WHO & WHAT ARE THE BATS?The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER15The Bats is our critically acclaimed resident company, cast aneweach year from over 1,000 aspiring young actors. Voted “Best Off-Off-Broadway Company to Act In” by Backstage, being a Bat offersyoung artists the rare opportunity to break into the field with real lifeexperience, performing in front of an audience on a regular basis andworking 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 thestage.WHAT IS OFF-OFF-BROADWAY?Dating back almost fifty years, Off-Off-Broadway began informally--an alternative, non-commercial environment where new ideas andprojects were born out of energetic and often happenstance encounters.Hundreds of well-known artists credit this adventurous and freespiritedtime with their falling in love with theater, and getting goodat what they do.Visit www.theflea.org for information on all things Flea!Find The Flea Theater on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter & YouTube

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSChairJamie HarrisPresidentJim SimpsonThe Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER16SecretaryDouglas LiebhafskyTreasurerEmmeline WexerKyle ChepulisRobert EimickePaul J. ElstonMichael GraffWendy Harrison HashmallAndrea MillerCarol OstrowDavid PrittieNanahya SantanaLinda SchupackBernadette SpeachTony TramontinBasil WalterSigourney WeaverKatherine White WeinhoffStephen WeinrothDavis Weinstock

THE FLEA CIRCUS CAMPAIGNFifteen years ago The Flea’s founders undertook an artistic experiment, rentingan old TriBeCa factory in the wilds of Lower Manhattan and opening the doorsto the most iconoclastic and talented artists they could find. Since then TheFlea has evolved into an award-winning theater known for presenting the verybest of Off-Off-Broadway theater, music and dance.The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER17We 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. Tocontinue in that leadership role, we recently purchased a site nearby that issoon to become our permanent new home. Our goal is to continue producingour own intimate and exhilarating work while providing stability to dozens ofother artists and performance groups. We are grateful to the following for theirlead gifts to the project:VISIONARIES ($500K+)AnonymousState of New YorkAndrew M. Cuomo, GovernorGeorge E. Pataki, GovernorEmpire State Development CorporationJulie Shimer, ChairmanCity of New YorkMichael R. Bloomberg, MayorNew York City CouncilChristine C. Quinn, SpeakerMargaret Chin, Council MemberJames Van Bramer, Council MemberBorough of Manhattan New YorkScott M. Stringer, PresidentThe Lower ManhattanDevelopment CorporationCarol Ostrow & Michael GraffPaul Elston & Frances BeineckeA.R. & Molly GurneyThe September 11th FundANGELS ($250K+)AnonymousDouglas Liebhafsky & Wendy GimbelSigourney Weaver & Jim SimpsonPRODUCERS ($50K+)Lower Manhattan Cultural CouncilThe Irene Diamond FundDormitory Authorityof the State of New YorkPaul T. Williams, Jr., PresidentWalter Nick HowleyLower Manhattan Cultural CouncilDennis MehielAll The Way FoundationInternational CreativeManagement, Inc.Liam NeesonIn Memory of Natasha RichardsonOmnicomDavid RichenthalKenes Rakishev &Aselle TasmagambetovaUnited Talent AgencyKatherine & Samuel WeinhoffStephen & Cathy WeinrothDavis & Betsy WeinstockDIRECTORS ($25K+)New York State Council on the ArtsAby Rosen, ChairLisa Robb, Executive DirectorJim & Suzy CameronKyle ChepulisLinda Schupack & David GoodWendy & David HashmallMarilyn & Jeffrey KatzenbergKathleen Kennedy & Frank MarshallMassey Knakal Real EstateEd & Patricia MatthewsGould Family FoundationDavid PrittieDaryl Roth & Jordan RothDan & Sue RothenbergTed SnowdonThe Fran & Ray Stark FoundationEdward TrachBasil WalterARTISTS ($10K+)Roger BerlindAndré Bishop &

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER18the Lecomte du Noüy FoundationEllen McCourtAndrea & George MillerNewman’s Own FoundationEmma Sheafer Charitable TrustKent Lawson & Carol TamborCeleste & Tony TramontinPATRONS ($5K+)AnonymousRobert Eimicke & Roslyn BlackVivian Bower & Lawrence ShainbergMarshall & Nina BrickmanE.L. & Helen DoctorowWilliam H. Draper III &Phyllis C. DraperKristin & Gary FriedmanJane GelfmanEdwin & Lorna GoodmanThe Anrol FoundationMary G. GurneySylvia G. & Benjamin F. Johnson andSarah East JohnsonMark KaplanEdward McKinleySusan SarandonMike Nichols & Diane SawyerGeorge SheanshangJeanne S. & Herbert J. SiegelThe Dorothy Strelsin FoundationBecky TesichEmily & Lily WiestFRIENDS ($1K+)Marla Mayer & Chris AhearnRobert & Betsy BarbanellAgnes Martin BarleyTom & Meredith BrokawArthur H. BrooksDavid C. BryanBeth BurnamArthur & Linda CarterMichael J. Chepiga &Pamela Rogers Chepigain honor of Kathy WhiteMarya CohnAl & Roma ConnableBlythe DannerRobert L. DentonArlene DonovanJohn & Karen EricksonMr. & Mrs. John GalenJoseph 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 Lampherein 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 AlexanderCharitable 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 8/22/13We 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

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER19THE FLEA I.P.’SIn June of 2009 The Flea launched a unique patronprogram called The Flea IPs - an elite and dedicatedgroup that helps to make the dreams of The Flea areality. Flea IPs gain insider access through exclusiveevents including private talk-backs, intimate artistdinners, master classes and first-look readings. FleaIPs commit their support for three full years, generouslypledging $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 formore information.The Flea proudly salutes our Flea I.P. members and thanks them for theirunwavering support:Catherine AdlerTrey BeckJohn & Gaily BeineckeLois ChilesLarry CondonJonathan Reynolds & Heidi EttingerDouglas Liebhafsky & Wendy GimbelLorna B. & Edwin A. GoodmanCarol Ostrow & Michael GraffCeleste GuthWendy HashmallLorie & Nick HowleyEllen M. IsemanEleanora & Michael KennedySahra LeseLarry Kanter & Shelly J LondonAndrea & George MillerElizabeth OlofsonStephen & Livia RussellJeremy T. SmithNanhya C. Santana & Hume SteyerTony & Celeste TramontinKatherine & Sam WeinhoffStephen & Cathy Weinroth

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER20FOUNDATIONS, 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 ofCultural 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 Fundof the New York Community Trust$5,000 - $9,999Trey BeckLarry CondonPaul J. Elston & Frances BeineckeThe Ettinger FoundationEdwin & Lorna GoodmanWendy & David HashmallLorie & Nick HowleyEllen M. Isemanin 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 PosesDavid Good & Linda SchupackThe Dorothy Strelsin Foundation$1,000 - $2,499AnonymousGay & Harry AbramsAbrams 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 CarlsonHarry 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

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER21Murray A. LuftglassCaroline McCandlessSherry McCutcheonJane Read Martin & Douglas McGrathStephen McNabbPayne MiddletonElaine MontgomeryLaurence Hazell & Mimi QuillinMitchell Rabinowitz & Roberta WeissSteven RandBenjamin & Alice ReiterSaluggi’sFLEA 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 WohlgemuthEric 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 8/22/13We apologize if you have been left off this list.Please contact Alek Deva at alekd@theflea.org for any corrections.$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 DallonBonnie 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

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER22Jason 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. ReinesRichard & 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

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER23Alek 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 KitaoMia 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 WinshipList as of 8/22/13UP NEXT @ THE FLEA

The Recommendation3THE FLEA THEATER24FLEA REWARDSUse your Flea Member Card or ticketstub to take advantage of thesespecial offers from our downtownpartners.Macao Trading Co (311 Church St.)917-848-0117 / macaonyc.comPortuguese-Asian Fusion RestaurantMake a reservation to receive acomplimentary pitcher of Sangria.Pane Panelle (305 Church St.)212-219-4037 / panepanelle.comItalian Tapas RestaurantGet 10% off your bill with entreepurchaseBread TriBeCa (301 Church St.)212-334-0200 / breadtribeca.comModern Italian RestaurantGet 10% off your bill with entreepurchasePetrarca (34 White St.)212-625-2800 / petrarcatribeca.comItalian Restaurant & Wine BarReceive a 10% discount on your billDa Mikele (275 Church St.)212-925-8800 / damikele.comNeapolitan-Inspired Italian RestaurantReceive a 10% discount on the billSouths (273 Church St.)212-219-0640 / southsnyc.comNeighborhood Bar and RestaurantA complimentary glass of wine with theorder of an entréeBilly’s Bakery (75 Franklin St.)212-647-9958 / billysbakerynyc.comDeserts and Other Baked GoodiesBuy one cupcake & get the second 1/2 offBubble Lounge (228 West Bway)212-431-3433 / bubblelounge.comChampagne BarBuy 1 drink & get 1 free or get 20% off abottle of champagneSweet Lily Spa (222 West Bway)212-925-5441/ www.sweetlilyspa.comNail Spa and Boutique10% off of Sweet Lily manicuresMaslow 6 Wine Shop (211 West Bway)212-226-3127 / www.maslow6.comWine ShopReceive 10% off the price of wineDance New Amsterdam (280 Broadway)212-625-8369 / www.dnadance.orgProgressive Dance EducationTake 10% off classes and workshopsChurrascaria (221 West Bway)212-925-6969 / churrascariatribeca.comBrazilian SteakhouseRecieve 10% off your mealCercle Rouge (241 West Bway)212-226-6252 / cerclerougeresto.comFrench BistroRecieve 10% off bill on a pre-show dinnerbefore 7pmHERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave.)212-647-0202 / www.here.orgTheaterNo convenience fee for HARP productionsTriBeCa Grill (375 Greenwich St.)212-941-3900/myriadrestaurantgroup.comAmerican GrillEnjoy a complimentary sommelier’schoice glass of wine with dinner.CHECK THEFLEA.ORG OR CALL 212-226-0051 x101 FOR THE LATESTUPDATES & DEALS.

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 exclusivediscounts, invites, drinks & inside info! All levels of membership are 100% tax-deductible.Become a Member$25 MemberNo booking or convenience feesVIP ticket processing$50+ SupporterAll of the above, plus:Exclusive discounts & deals to partner businessesFirst to know of exciting post or pre-show Flea eventsSpecial thanks in Flea programs$100+ ContributorAll of the above, plus:Reserved seating for you and your guestsExchange tickets up to 24 hours in advanceOne complimentary drink at our bar before every showReservations to #serials@theflea any night of performance$250+ DonorAll of the above, plus:Invitations to readings and special Flea eventsOne complimentary drink at our bar for your entire party$500+ PartnerAll of the above, plus:Access to Broadway house seats (purchase necessary)Dinner reservations at select Flea Partner restaurantsUnlimited complimentary drinks$1,000+ PatronAll of the above plus:Invitation to select Opening Night performances and cast partiesFlea I.P’sInterested? Email carolo@theflea.org for more information!CALL 212.226.0051 x101,or MAIL/FAX the form below to join!I WANT TO JOIN THE FLEA! (Please check membership level below)_____$25 Member _____$50 Supporter _____$100 Contributor_____$250 Donor _____$500 Partner _____$1,000 PatronNAME (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 thisform with your credit card information to (212) 965-1808. Questions or concerns? Call us at 212-226-0051 x107.