FUSION presents
ONE FLEA SPARE
by Naomi Wallace
Directed by Laurie Thomas
Starring:
Jacqueline Reid, Arron Shiver, David Sinkus, Matthew Van Wettering and Jayce Ross
“A tough and transcendent piece of proper grown-up theatre.”
—The Guardian
The wealthy Snelgraves are shut up in their house. It’s 1665, and there’s a pandemic of sorts—the bubonic plague has descended upon London. The couple has only hours left of a 28-day quarantine when their home is mysteriously invaded by a sailor, Bunce and Morse, a young neighbor girl. With the arrival of these pesky newcomers, the Snelgraves' quarantine must begin all over again. As the shut-in days drag on, the boundaries that previously defined life are rewritten and abandoned. Sound familiar?
“[Naomi Wallace] speaks to, and for, the body as eloquently as any American writer since Walt Whitman.” —American Theatre
Naomi Wallace’s ONE FLEA SPARE made its New York premiere at The Public Theater in March of 1997 and won the OBIE Award for best play. She is also the recipient of a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (twice), and an Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Her raison d’ étre as a playwright is to “write as though the lives of others depend on it.” Uniquely, her plays are characterized by a fluidity of time. “I feel like the past and present—that there’s always an active kind of liquid relationship between the two. And, how in our lives the past at times can seem far more present and relevant or alive inside us...” The prescience of Wallace’s ONE FLEA SPARE, given our collective experience of the 2020 pandemic, is beyond uncanny as the play acts as an ultimatum, urgent and intense, for the present moment.
Performances will be Thursdays & Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM & 7 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM. Opening night features a pre-show reception with doors opening one hour prior to curtain. Additional performances will be at Taos Center for the Arts on Saturday, November 29, at 7 PM and Sunday, November 30, at 2 PM.
Performances will be held in 708, FUSION's newest venue.
Albuquerque Performances
Thursday, November 13th, 7 pm (6 pm reception)
Friday, November 14th, 7 pm
Saturday, November 15th, 2 pm
Saturday, November 15th, 7 pm
Sunday, November 16th, 3 pm
Thursday, November 20th, 7 pm
Friday, November 21st, 7 pm
Saturday, November 22nd, 2 pm
Saturday, November 22nd, 7 pm
Sunday, November 23rd, 3 pm
The lobby bar opens one hour prior to curtain. Doors open 30 minutes prior.
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For performances at the Taos Center for the Arts:
Saturday, November 29th, 7 pm
Sunday, November 30th, 2 pm
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General Admission: $40 / Seniors over 65: $35 / Students: $20
(+$10 for opening night reception)
FUSION | 708, 708 1st St. NW, Downtown ABQ
FREE parking on and adjacent to the campus.
PAY WHAT YOU WISH seating is available thanks to:
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FINE PRINT: Performances sell-out quickly. If there is a performance you would like to attend but is listed as SOLD OUT, please call the box office at: 505.766.9412. All seating is general admission "first come/first seated". Tickets are non-refundable. Late arrival (less than five minutes prior to curtain time) seating is at the discretion of the box office. Due to the intimacy of the venue, there will NOT be an appropriate interval to be seated. If you require ADA seating, please make note of that in the appropriate space below.
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