2018/2019 Anchor Partners *SPRING*
The Flea Theater proudly presents the roster of its Fall 2018 Anchor Partners, promising music, dance and theater companies who will perform at The Flea during our 2018-2019 season. This spring, The Flea presents New York Children’s Theater, TOSOS, Talea Ensemble, Experiments in Opera, New Camerata Opera, New York Deaf Theatre, Hook and Eye Theater, Jody Oberfelder, and New Light Theater.
Fall 2018 Anchor Partners
Pillowland
New York City Children’s Theater
October 7 – January 27
by Barbara Zinn Krieger, Devised by Jonathan Shmidt Chapman
Directed by Khalia Davis
in The Pete Theater
In Pillowland, Stanley always has trouble falling asleep – even counting sheep doesn’t help! When he receives an invitation to visit the Kingdom of Pillowland, he sets off on an exciting adventure with his friends Finn, Quinn and you! From the company that brought you Please Bring Balloons comes a new interactive play for your youngest theatergoers based on the hit song by Laurie Berkner.
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TOSOS
January 9 – February 2
in The Siggy Theater
The world can be unbearable when the school bully paints a target on your back. For 16-year-old JT, it means retreating to the safer and terrifically exciting world of spandex-clad super heroes he’s created. Things get complicated, though when his imaginary, square-jawed hero Paladin suddenly has competition in the form of the very real, but equally square-jawed, and dazzling new kid in school Trey.
iNSIDE Out Series
Talea Ensemble
in The Pete Theater
Talea Ensemble’s iNSIDE Out Series seeks to create participatory environments that foster engaged listening and personal connection to great works of cutting-edge contemporary music. In these events the audience is an equal participant, joining the performers in musical exploration and creative discussion to uncover personal truths surrounding how and why we listen to the music of our time. No musical experience necessary, open ears and open minds required.
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Off the Ground
Experiments in Opera
February 2 – 15
in The Pete Theater
Experiments in Opera presents workshop performances of three different operas. Rainbird is a collaboration between director/librettist Mallory Catlett and composer Aaron Siegel. Chunky in Heat is a multi-composer work based on a libretto by A.M. Homes, directed by Alison Moritz and produced in partnership with Contemporaneous. Warka Vase is a new work by composer Rick Burkhardt and presented in collaboration with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).
New York Deaf Theatre
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New Camerata Opera
in The Theater
The Little Prince, based on the novella Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted Aviator whose sputtering plane strands him in the Sahara Desert, where he meets a mysterious, regal young boy, the little prince.
Hook and Eye Theater
Based on an episode in the Mahābhārata, Savitri by Gustav Holst was innovative in its day and still mesmerizes. This production will honor the Indian culture, which gave us this story, and feature singers of South Asian heritage. John Blow’s Venus and Adonis was originally a masque for the entertainment of King Charles II. The work was the first to have been written by a female librettist, Anne Finch, and tells the tale of Venus and the demise of her lover, Adonis.
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Elise Monte
in The Theater
Nut/Cracked – The Bang Group’s beloved, witty response to The Nutcracker has delighted audiences for more than 16 years. Nut/Cracked takes its inspiration from all corners of the dance canon, from tap riffs to en pointe ballet, by way of bubble wrap, disco and Chinese take-out noodles. In Nut/Cracked, choreographer David Parker finds beauty in the ridiculous, waltzing us through many incarnations of Tchaikovsky’s score, including versions by Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller, as well as the traditional orchestral suite. You’ll never watch The Nutcracker in quite the same way again!
Jody Oberfelder
Based on an episode in the Mahābhārata, Savitri by Gustav Holst was innovative in its day and still mesmerizes. This production will honor the Indian culture, which gave us this story, and feature singers of South Asian heritage. John Blow’s Venus and Adonis was originally a masque for the entertainment of King Charles II. The work was the first to have been written by a female librettist, Anne Finch, and tells the tale of Venus and the demise of her lover, Adonis.
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