The Flea supports and invests in experimental art by Black, brown, and queer artists. The Flea provides space, financial support, producing partnership, and other resources so that they may develop and share their vision in community with audiences.
The Flea is an established institution, newly transformed. Refounded in 2021, The Flea’s productions and programming creates a hub for culture, creativity, and community with a mission to support and invest in experimental art by Black, brown, and queer artists. Using our innovative production model where lead artists are producing collaborators in their work, we provide the necessary partnership and resources so that artists at any stage in their career or project can develop and share their vision in community with audiences. The Flea owns and operates a state-of-the-art, LEED-certified performance center in Tribeca that houses three distinct, intimate theaters designed to encourage creativity while supporting production economies of scale. Recent world premieres include BATHHOUSE.PPTX by Jesús I. Valles and HANG TIME by Zora Howard.