EVEN MAYBE TAMMY Opens 6/3 At The Flea

The Flea Theater (Jim Simpson, Artistic Director; Carol Ostrow, Producing Director) presents a Frances Black Production: Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus, conceived and directed by Christopher Bayes, written by Christopher Bayes and The Company, music by Alex Knox with Barret O’Brien, lyrics by Christopher Bayes and The Company, lighting design by Adrian Rooney, June 3-13 at The Flea Theater (41 White Street, New York, NY).

Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus is a riff on commedia dell arte conceived by director Christopher Bayes and students from the 2009 class of Yale School of Drama’s acting program. Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus erupts with nutty songs, madcap situations and all the rest of this ensemble’s downright silly and sweet imaginings.

The Company includes Eric Bryant*, Laura Esposito*, Carter Gill*, Sisi Aisha Johnson*, Alex Knox*, Teresa Avia Lim*, Christopher McFarland*, Barret O’Brien*, Luke Robertson*, Erica Sullivan*, and Alex Teicheira*.

*These actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus will be performed at The Flea Theater (41 White Street, New York, NY). The performance schedule is:

Wednesday, June 3 - 7pm

Thursday, June 4 - 9pm

Friday, June 5 - 9pm

Saturday, June 6 - 9pm

Monday, June 8 - 7pm

Tuesday, June 9 - 7pm

Wednesday, June 10 - 7pm

Thursday, June 11 - 7pm

Friday, June 12 - 7pm

Saturday, June 13 - 3pm & 7pm

General admission tickets are $18 and may be purchased at www.theflea.org, by calling 212.352.3101, or in person at The Flea Theater Box Office at 41 White Street one hour prior to performance.

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 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, A.R. Gurney's A Light Lunch, O Jerusalem, Screenplay, Mrs. Farnsworth and Post Mortem, Roger Rosenblatt's Ashley Montana Goes Ashore..., Elizabeth Swados' JABU, Talking Band's The Parrot, Karen Finley’s Return of the Chocolate Smeared Woman, Glyn O'Malley's A Heartbeat to Baghdad, Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat, Julian Sheppard’s Los Angeles, Adam Rapp’s Bingo with the Indians, Will Eno’s Oh, The Humanity and other exclamations, Dawn by Thomas Bradshaw and most recently Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used to It) by Itamar Moses. For more info, visit www.theflea.org.

Christopher Bayes began his theater career with Theatre de la Jeune Lune where he spent five years as an actor, director, composer, designer and artistic associate. From 1989 to 1995, Bayes was a member of The Acting Company at the Guthrie Theater for twenty productions over seven seasons. In 1993 produced his one-man show This Ridiculous Dreaming based on Heinrich Boll’s novel The Clown.

Directing: Juilliard, NYU’s Graduate Acting, NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing, Fordham, HERE, P.S. 122, Present Company Theatorium, Dixon Place. Regionally: Touchstone Theater, Brown, Intiman Theater, Court Theater, Trinity Rep, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Yale Rep. Movement Director and part of the Creative Team for The 39 Steps on Broadway. Upcoming, Bayes will direct The Servant of Two Masters at Yale Repertory Theatre in 2010. In 1999/2000, Bayes was a Fox Fellow.

Teaching: Cirque Du Soliel, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Public Theater, Juilliard, Actor's Center, Academy for Classical Acting, NYU’s Graduate Acting, Clinical Professor of Theater/Speech/ Dance at Brown, Director of Movement/ Physical Theater at Brown/Trinity Consortium. Currently Head of Physical Acting at The Yale School of Drama.

Please visit the following websites for more information about Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus at The Flea Theater: www.theflea.org.

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