October 26th, 2022 – November 12th, 2022
In 17th-century London, a city ravaged by the Great Plague with bodies mounting, the home of wealthy aristocrat William Snelgrave and his invalid wife becomes the couple’s infirmary, until a pair of intruders break in demanding food and refuge. Resigned to quarantine together, this unlikely group sees the social paradigms that once defined their behavior begin to break down. Roles shift, boundaries are shattered, and passions erupt in Naomi Wallace’s gripping 1995 drama. Originally inspired by the intersecting themes between Daniel Dafoe’s Journal of the Plague Year and the L.A. race riots catalyzed by the police beating of Rodney King, Wallace blends past and present – starkly pertinent given today’s current climate with COVID-19 and lingering tensions after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent riots in 2020. One Flea Spare explores how different types of oppression intersect across our timelines, always condemning the excesses of capitalism and imperialism.
“I began to think about what happens when the containment of a presumed danger through the regimentation of space breaks down, such as when South Central L.A. began to ‘invade’ Beverly Hills…By writing about about a time other than our own, it’s possible for issues that have become locked in rhetoric, or dismissed as too overdetermined for the stage, to become visible anew.” — Naomi Wallace
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ONE FLEA SPARE
By Naomi Wallace | October 26th, 2022 – November 12th, 2022
PREVIEW Wednesday October 26th at 7:30pm (Pay What You Can)
PREVIEW Thursday October 27th at 7:30pm (Pay What You Can)
OPENING NIGHT Friday October 28th at 8:00pm
PERFORMANCE Saturday October 29th at 8:00pm
PERFORMANCE Monday October 31st at 7:30pm (Pay What You Can)
PERFORMANCE Thursday November 3rd at 7:30pm
PERFORMANCE Friday November 4th at 8:00pm
PERFORMANCE Saturday November 5th at 8:00pm
PERFORMANCE Monday November 7th at 7:30pm (Pay What You Can)
PERFORMANCE Thursday November 10th at 7:30pm
PERFORMANCE Friday November 11th at 8:00pm
CLOSING NIGHT Saturday November 12th at 8:00pm
CREATIVE TEAM
Director Carson McCain
Assistant Director Larsen Nichols
Producer/Production Manager Drew Wall
Stage Manager Katie Ibrahim*
Technical Director/Asst. Prod. Manager José Torres
Scenic Designer Cindy Ernst Godinez
Costume Designer Amanda Capshaw
Sound Designer John Flores
Lighting Designer Jacob Hughes
Fight/Violence Choreographer Kelsey Milbourn
COVID Safety Officer Kelly Kolff
Cast
William Snelgrave Gregory Lush*
Darcy Snelgrave Christie Vela*
Bunce Drew Wall*
Morse Monserrat Rodriguez
Kabe Carson Wright