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The Flea Theater

20 Thomas Street, New York, NY 10013, United States

Managed by: The Flea Theater

Theaters: The Sam, The Pete, The Siggy

ABOUT THE VENUE

The Flea's new home at 20 Thomas Street features three distinctly different theaters, all under 99 seats, each named for one of The Flea’s enduring inspirations. The Sam, for legendary agent Sam Cohn, a concert theater with 23’ ceilings. The Sam is equally suited to theater, music, and dance, with flexible seating of up to 120. The Pete, honoring seminal playwright A. R. Gurney. With 74 movable seats for music and dance concerts, readings, master classes, and hybrid performances, The Pete was designed to challenge the imagination while delighting the senses. And The Siggy, for actress and Flea co-founder Sigourney Weaver, a 50 seat theater with a raised stage and multiple entrances that make use of the building’s original 18th century arches. The Flea’s new facility will support the entire Off-Off-Broadway community while allowing us do more of what we do best: provide artistic opportunities, encourage artists to take risks, and make our audiences feel at home.

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The Sam

THE CONCERT THEATER, named in honor of legendary agent Sam Cohn, will be the biggest and most flexible of The Flea’s three new theaters, embracing the full range of performing arts. Elegant yet accessible, it is designed with the needs of today’s most innovative voices in theater, music and dance in mind — from acrobats to chamber music, from 19-character musicals like Elizabeth Swados’ Kaspar Hauser to one-person shows like Karen Finley’s The Return of the Chocolate-Smeared Woman.

Seating Capacity: 120

The Pete

THE GARDEN THEATER, which we are naming for seminal playwright A. R. Gurney, is ground-breaking design. Unique in all of New York City, it is an open, airy and eccentric performance space. Accessible and welcoming, it will showcase music and dance events as well as readings, workshops and hybrid performing arts performances. In its adaptability it will entice artists who crave thinking “outside the box,” and the adjacency of the garden and theater spaces open myriad possibilities for master classes, late-night series and artist retreats.

Seating Capacity: 99

The Siggy

THE BRICK THEATER for Flea founder — and continuing inspiration — Sigourney Weaver. Our smallest theater will become our underground space for ground-breaking performance, reflecting Ms. Weaver’s career and our founding credo of “raising a joyful hell in a small space.” The Siggy’s configuration with a raised stage and multiple entrances also makes use of the building’s original arches dating from the 18th century. The intimate scale of The Siggy is perfect for Bat productions and for young companies seeking to produce full-scale work without the burden of filling a large house.

Seating Capacity: 50

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