| Pulitzer Finalist Adam Rapp Premieres New Play |
"Bingo with the Indians"Tuesday-Saturday, October 25-December 22 at 9 pmDecember 2, 9 and 16 at 7 pm Admission: $20-30 The Flea 41 White Street (between Broadway and Church Streets) 212-352-3101 theflea.org  "Bingo with the Indians" makes its world premiere at The Flea in TriBeCa  Writer/director and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp during a rehearsal In "Bingo with the Indians," a disgruntled East Village theater company descends upon a small New England town with a plan to pay for their next production - heist the local bingo game. Flea Artistic Director Jim Simpson says, "We are delighted to welcome back to the Flea this valued contemporary playwright to direct the Bats in a play that couldn't be done anywhere else." Playwright and director Rapp agrees, "It's a play about a hungry, young downtown company being done by a hungry, young downtown company – that's perfect." The production stars The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea, with sets by John McDermott, lights by Miranda Hardy, costumes by Daphne Javitch and sound by Brandon Wolcott. Adam Rapp is a novelist, filmmaker, playwright and director. In 2006, he was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his play "Red Light Winter." His other plays include "American Sligo" now playing at Rattlestick, "Nocturne," "Blackbird," "Stone Cold Dead Serious," "Finer Noble Gases," "Essential Self Defense," and "Faster." His work has been presented in London, Edinburgh, and across the US. As a director, his production of "Blackbird" received two Drama Desk nominations. His production of "Red Light Winter" won the Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago and a Lucille Lortel Nomination for Best New Play and two Obie Awards in New York. His production of "Finer Noble Gases" at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival received a Fringe First Award. His latest novel, "The Year of Endless Sorrows," was published recently by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Rapp's films include "Winter Passing" and "Blackbird." The Flea Theater, under Artistic Director Jim Simpson and Producing Director Carol Ostrow, is one of New York's leading off-off-Broadway companies. Winner of a Special Drama Desk Award, Obie Awards and an Otto for political theater, The Flea has presented over 80 plays and numerous dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996. Past productions include Anne Nelson's "The Guys," four plays by A.R. Gurney ("Post Mortem," "O Jerusalem," "Screenplay," and "Mrs. Farnsworth"), Mac Wellman's "Cellophane and Two September," Elizabeth Swados' "Jabu," Karen Finley's "Return of the Chocolate Smeared Woman," Yussef El Guindi's "Back of the Throat," Joseph Goodrich's "Smoke and Mirrors," and Julian Sheppard's "Los Angeles." {mos_ri}
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