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The Flea Premieres Roger Rosenblatt's
ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
October 6 - November 19
The Flea Theater will present ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?, the newest play by acclaimed writer Roger Rosenblatt
beginning October 6th. Flea Artistic Director Jim Simpson directs this World
Premiere production. The cast of four stars Bebe Neuwirth (TV's Cheers, Tony
winner for Chicago and Sweet Charity), Jenn Harris (Modern Orthodox, Silence!
The Musical), Jeffrey DeMunn (Tony nominee for K2, The Price, Bent) and James
Waterston (Mark Lamos' production of As You Like It at The Public's Shakespeare
in the Park). Opening night is scheduled for October 20th.
ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR WHAT AM I DOING HERE? is a series
of piercingly funny vignettes about aging, angst, missed opportunities, New
York, new age, the next big thing and the last hurrah.
Roger Rosenblatt is the acclaimed author of essays, books and plays. William
Safire of the New York Times wrote that his work represents "some of the
most profound and stylish writing in America today." Vanity Fair said that
he "set new standards of thought and compassion" in journalism. His
pieces for Time magazine have won two George Polk Awards, awards from the Overseas
Press Club, the American Bar Association, and others. His television essays
for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS have won the Peabody and the Emmy. His
Time cover essay, "A Letter to the Year 2086," was chosen for the
time capsule placed inside the Statue of Liberty at its centennial. He is the
author of ten books, which have been published in 13 languages. They include
the national bestseller, Rules for Aging; three collections of essays; and Children
of War, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize and was a finalist for the
National Book Critics Circle Award. His first novel, Lapham Rising, will be
published in 2006 by Ecco Press/ HarperCollins. He has written four off-Broadway
plays including "Free Speech in America," which was cited by the New
York Times as one of the 10 Best Plays of 1991.
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 for outstanding achievement, Obie awards as well
as an Otto for political theater, The Flea has presented over 70 plays and numerous
dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996. Past productions
include Anne Nelson's The Guys, A.R. Gurney's O Jerusalem and Mrs. Farnsworth,
Kate Robin's The Light Outside, Talking Band's The Parrot, Karen Finley's The
Return of the Chocolate Smeared Woman and Glyn O'Malley's A Heartbeat to Baghdad.
ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
October 6 - November 17
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