The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves pre­sent­ed by Flash­back The­ater Co. will be per­formed between May 8–18, 2025.

Thurs­day, May 8 | 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Sat­ur­day, May 10 & Sun­day, May 11 | 2:30–4:30 p.m.

Fri­day, May 16 & Sat­ur­day, May 17 | 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Sun­day, May 18 from 2:30–4:30 p.m.

The pro­duc­tion is by John Guare and direct­ed by Jen­ny Cle­berg. Zookeep­er Artie Schaugh­nessy has his sights set on arro­gant aspi­ra­tions of Hol­ly­wood star­dom. On a hot sun­ny day in 1965, the day Pope Fran­cis Vl is vis­it­ing New York City, Artie and his girl­friend Bun­ny launch a plan to escape to Cal­i­for­nia by dis­pos­ing of Artie’s wife Bananas in a men­tal hos­pi­tal that has trees with blue leaves. But their plans are more than derailed as the day unwinds into chaos; lost nuns take refuge in Artie’s apart­ment, Artie’s son Rob­bie has gone AWOL, and his apart­ment becomes the site of a polit­i­cal bomb­ing. This out­ra­geous­ly bit­ing farce puts into per­spec­tive just how low some are will­ing to go for fame.