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Audiences Love A Flea In Her Ear!
Come Watch
"A juggling act on a flying trapeze... precision and split-second timing"
- The Washington Post
Enjoy
"The exuberant comic ingenuity of the cast"
- The Washington Times
Laugh At
"Saucy one-liners, laugh out loud situational comedy, and hilarious slapstick that keeps everyone on their toes."
- Examiner.com
Revel In
"Mistaken identity, mad cap antics, slamming doors, sexual intrigue and infamous bouts of skirt chasing lust"
- DC Theatre Scene
Laughter runs rich and true throughout Constellation Theatre Company's frisky production of "A Flea in Her Ear."
--The Washington Times
"Many of the usual Constellation suspects are joined with other best and bright stars in the theater scene and oh, how they shine".
--DC Theatre Scene
"Brilliantly acted, beautifully dressed and exuberantly told, it's farce done very well."
- Metro Weekly
"A Flea in Her Ear is full of saucy one-liners, laugh out loud situational comedy, and hilarious slapstick that keeps
everyone on their toes."
--Examiner.com
A pair of missing suspenders is the catalyst for a wild trip to the Frisky Puss Hotel where Raymonde Chandebise has set a trap to catch her husband Victor with a lover. Fourteen hilarious characters share an ardent appetite for affection. This spinning vortex of comedy fuels a delicious romp around a revolving bed and the ultimate chase sequence.
Georges Feydeau is widely regarded as the unequivocal master of the French bedroom farce. His most celebrated work, A Flea in Her Ear, was written in 1907 at the height of La Belle Epoque when Picasso was creating Cubism and Einstein was developing The Theory of Relativity. This light, fluffy and amusing story is told through a brilliantly constructed plot and is played with breathtaking speed. Feydeau’s comedy is compassionate as well as ridiculously funny. The ordinary reality of the charming characters is turned upside down by extraordinary and outrageous circumstances. Misplaced jealousies, amorous entanglements and mistaken identities create confusion, excitement, extreme emotion and hilarious high jinks.
David Ives’ new version of this classic farce was first produced by Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2006 and received a notable production by Williamstown Theatre Festival in the summer of 2008. Ives, a graduate of Northwestern University and Yale School of Drama, is best known for his comedic one-act plays, six of which are often produced together as an evening called All In The Timing.
Feydeau and Ives make a delicious match as the physical comedy demanded by slamming doors, revolving beds and rollicking stage combat is matched with witty word play and clever banter. An improbable collection of speech impediments and foreign accents heightens the theme of miscomprehension. An absurd breakdown of communication leads to a growing sense of insanity that is finally put to rest with a delightful resolution. This endlessly entertaining tale of sex and romance may at times be naughty and risqué but in the end proves to be a celebration of honesty, fidelity and love.
Constellation’s production is set in the 1920’s in Paris. “The Roaring 20’s was a time of motion, change, decadence and pleasure. The flair and rhythm of the Jazz Age is well-suited to the script,” explains director Allison Arkell Stockman. A Flea in Her Ear is a delectable piece of good-humored libertinism and complete comic escapism. The audience travels to a frisky, flirtatious place and time for an effervescent experience that embraces the joy and silliness of the moment.
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Charlotte Akin (Olympia) was last seen as Female Netizen in Forum Theatre’s production of Dark Play. Local credits include Solas Nua: Coughlin; The Inkwell: Underground; Washington Shakespeare Company: Kafka’s Dick, Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Journeyman Theatre: Getting Out; Forum Theatre: Valparaiso; SCENA Theatre: The Insect Play, Silent Partners; The Keegan Theatre: Death of a Salesman, A Man For All Seasons, Sideman, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Studio Theatre 2ndStage: The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. Other favorites include co-productions with The Keegan & Fountainhead Theatre: Lie of the Mind, Buried Child, Betrayal, A Delicate Balance, Top Girls, An Ideal Husband, and Fit To Be Tied.
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Katie Atkinson (Raymonde) is thrilled to be working once again with Constellation Theatre Company after having been seen in Crazyface, Temptation, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and The Arabian Nights. Other local credits include Forum Theatre: Antigone, The Skriker; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Lady Windermere’s Fan; Journeymen Theater Ensemble: The Inspector General; Spooky Action Theater Company: The Marriage of Bette and Boo; Rorschach Theatre: Living Dead in Denmark, A Bright Room Called Day and Synetic Theater Blackout Series: My Way Little Girl. She has worked as an actor and teaching artist at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. Katie has a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University.
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Joe Brack (Tournel / Fight Choreographer) is honored to be joining Constellation Theatre Company for his fourth show, after portraying Angel/Old Clown in Crazyface, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, and Orestes in The Oresteia. Some of Joe’s favorite roles include: Failbetter Productions: Crave (A); Raleigh Ensemble Players: Floating Rhoda… (Barn); LiveWire Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio); Actor’s Theatre of Washington: Never the Sinner (Richard Loeb); Forum Theatre: Marat/Sade (Patient/Voltaire); Washington Shakespeare Company: Peace (Havoc/DJ); Imagination Stage: Playing from the Heart (Colin), City Artistic Partnerships: The Santaland Diaries (David).
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Frank Britton (Ferraillon) happily returns to Constellation Theatre Company after appearing as Fistula in last season’s Temptation. His many area credits include Washington Shakespeare Company (Acting Company member): Camille: A Tearjerker, Hedda Gabler, Caligula, Death and the King’s Horseman, Red Noses; Arena Stage: Orpheus Descending; Round House Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; SCENA Theatre: The Balcony, Mother Courage and Her Children; Forum Theatre: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Helen Hayes Award nomination--Ensemble), Antigone, Everyman; Theater Alliance: Insurrection: Holding History (Helen Hayes Award nomination--Ensemble).
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Lewis Freeman (Baptiste) has previously performed with Constellation Theatre Company in The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Marriage of Figaro. In addition to his theatre work he has some 60 roles to his credit in opera and oratorio. His solo appearances have included the Washington National Opera, Washington Bach Consort, Cathedral Choral Society and Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia. Favorite opera roles include the title roles in Don Pasquale, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Sousa’s El Capitan and Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata. Upcoming engagements include Three Sisters with Constellation Theatre Company.
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Michael Glenn* (Chandebise / Poche) is proud to be in his first production with Constellation Theatre Company. A local actor for almost ten years, Michael has performed in more than forty productions in the Washington area. Favorite roles include Signature Theatre: Lieutenant of Inishmore (Brendan); Longacre Lea: The Hothouse (Gibbs) and Dumb Waiter (Ben); Washington Stage Guild: The Underpants (Theo) and A Skull in Connemara (Martin); ACTCo: Blood Knot (Morris), Cherry Red: Zombie Attack (Gary). Michael can next be seen as Teddy in the Kennedy Center’s Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe, and in Woolly Mammoth’s Clybourne Park. Michael dearly loves Sarah and the rutabaga.
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Gwen Grastorf (Eugenie) is delighted to be working on her fourth Constellation show, having appeared in The Arabian Nights, The Oresteia, and Temptation. Her other local credits include shows with Washington Shakespeare Company, Rorschach Theatre, Happenstance Theater, Bouncing Ball Productions, the Source Festival, the Capital Fringe Festival, the Beckett Centenary Festival, the Hatchery Festival, the Madcap Winter Carnival and eXtreme eXchange. Gwen would like to thank her family for their continued love and support.
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Heather Haney (Lucienne) is excited to return to Constellation Theatre Company after tangoing through last fall’s production of Temptation. She was most recently seen in Longacre Lea’s summer one-acts, Artist Descending a Staircase and The Oogatz Man and can be next seen in The Miser at Washington Shakespeare Company. She has worked with Rorschach Theatre, Spooky Action Theatre, Forum Theatre, Fountainhead Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and several other companies around town. Heather has a BA in Drama and Dance from Ithaca College. She is an Acting Company Member of Washington Shakespeare Company and a 2009-2010 Constellation Artistic Associate.
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Matt Hicks (Rugby) is extremely happy to be working with Constellation Theatre Company for the first time. Recent local credits include Journeymen Theater Ensemble: It’s Not Easy Being Green; Washington Shakespeare Company: Peace; The Source Festival: The Crucifixion of Moe and Ira; Mobtown Players: Born Normal. He recently received his MFA in Acting from The Catholic Univeristy of America and prior to that a BFA in Drama from Marshall University.
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Ashley Ivey (Dr. Finache) is proud to be an Associate Artist with Constellation Theatre Company. He has been seen in the Constellation productions of Crazyface, The Marriage of Figaro, Temptation, The Oresteia, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and A Dream Play. Other Credits: In Series: Berliner Kabarett, Petpourri; Catalyst Theatre: 1984, The Trial; Forum Theatre: Marat/Sade; Open Circle Theatre: Songs for a New World; Actors Theater of Washington: Never the Sinner, The Ruffian on the Stair, The Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Rocky Horror Show, SEXE! The Floorshow! Regional: Contemporary American Theatre Festival: Wilder, The Late Henry Moss, Thief River.
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Matthew McGloin (Camille) is excited to be working with CTC for the first time. His DC area credits include performances at the Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Imagination Stage, Olney Theatre, Adventure Theatre, and Synetic Theatre, as well as regional productions with the Virginia Shakespeare Festival and the Maryland Stage Company. Education: University of Maryland Baltimore County, BFA Theatre, Summa cum Laude. Upcoming shows include Kennedy Center: Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe and Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical; Imagination Stage: Peter and the Wolf.
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Stephanie Roswell (Antoinette) is pleased to be working with Constellation Theatre Company for the first time. She received her Masters degree in Performance from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. London credits include Kensington Drama Company: The Visit and The Love of the Nightingale. Local credits include Solas Nua: The Mai, La Corbiere, Scenes from the Big Picture, The Drunkard, Trad¸ Portia Coughlan and Pumpgirl; SCENA Theatre: One for the Road; Forum Theatre: The Skriker; Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: The Front Page; Adirondack Productions: Three Times A Lady; Washington Shakespeare Company: All’s Well That Ends Well.
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Joseph Thornhill (Etienne) is back for round five with Constellation Theatre Company. Other CTC credits include Crazyface, The Marriage of Figaro, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Oresteia. Local credits include Washington Shakespeare Company: All’s Well That Ends Well; Roundhouse Theatre Bethesda: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (u/s); Vpstart [sic] Crowe Productions: An O’Henry Christmas; Adventure Theatre: Alexander Who’s Not Not Not…Going to Move; Bay Theatre Company: A Man of No Importance. Joseph has appeared in training/educational films for the National Labor Relations Board, Department of Education, and Marriott Hotels.
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John Tweel (Don Carlos) returns to Constellation Theatre Company after appearing in CrazyFace, Temptation and The Arabian Nights. John’s regional credits include: Cataylst Theater Company: Roundheads & Peakheads, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2006 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), The Elephant Man; Adventure Theatre: The Secret Garden; Solas Nua: Scenes from the Big Picture (2007 Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Ensemble); Olney Theater Center: 1776; Washington Shakespeare Company: A Walk Across the Rooftops, Marat/Sade; The American Century Theater: The Titans, Mister Roberts; and Signature Theatre: The Gospel According to Fishman.
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Allison Arkell Stockman (Director) is the Founding Artistic Director of Constellation Theatre Company and has directed their productions of A Dream Play, The Arabian Nights, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Oresteia, Temptation, The Marriage of Figaro and Crazyface. For the In Series, Allison has directed Combat and Redemption: An Opera Triptych, Fascinating Rhythm: The Roaring 20’s, Paper Moon, and Maytime Cabaret. DC directing credits include Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia: Nightingale; The Hatchery: The Disappearance of Janey Jones; Phoenix Theatre DC: The Blue Room; and Georgetown Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Patience. Allison has also directed shows at Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Hangar Theatre, Duke University and New York City venues HERE, Expanded Arts, The Actors Studio, Center Stage NY and Soho Rep. Locally, Allison has been an Assistant Director at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, USA & Italy Alba Music Festival and Summer Opera Theatre Company. Allison is the recipient of a Drama League Directing Fellowship and a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. She earned her BA from Princeton and an MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. She would like to thank the designers, the cast and crew for their creativity and her family and friends for their ongoing support.
A.J. Guban (Scenic and Lighting Designer) is a resident designer at Constellation Theatre Company, having designed the set and lights for Crazyface, The Marriage of Figaro, Temptation, The Oresteia, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Arabian Nights, and A Dream Play. He has designed for such companies as Opera Cleveland, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, Opera Vivente, The Maryland Opera Studio, The Kennedy Center, The Washington Ballet, Imagination Stage, Catholic University of America, Washington Shakespeare Company, The Huron Playhouse, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Postal Museum, among others. A.J. earned his MFA in Lighting Design at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Kendra Rai (Costume Designer) is a Costume Design MFA graduate of Pennsylvania State University, and now works as a regional designer and as a Draper at the Washington National Opera. Before moving to the East coast, Kendra worked in Seattle as a freelance costume designer and as Costume Shop Manager and in-house Designer at Taproot Theatre. Her work has been seen on both coasts now at Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Cockpit In The Court Theatre, Seattle Pacific University, Penn. State Theatre, CCBC, Pennsylvania State University, and Adventure Theatre. This is Kendra’s first time at Constellation Theatre Company and she is very excited to work with such talented and funny people! Thanks to her husband for all of his help and support.
Jesse Terrill (Composer) wrote original music for Constellation Theatre Company’s The Marriage of Figaro, and performed as the Director in Temptation. Recent composition credits include Forum Theatre: Angels in America and Marat Sade; Journeymen Theater: Life is a Dream; Solas Nua: The Drunkard; Shakespeare Theatre/Kennedy Center: As You Like It. Jesse is a company member of Forum Theatre.
Performance Calendar
EXTENDED through NOVEMBER 14th
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