Double deal

Maren Langdon as Kay and Alex Herrald as Jerry, in “The Wundelsteipen.” Photos by Hunter Canning

Matt Barbot as Dave, Wilton Yeung as Charlie and Will Turner as Wyatt, in “A Letter from Omdurman.”

Bats give wing to Flea theater fest

A cast comprised of The Bats — The Flea Theater’s resident acting company — brings to life two world premieres, now playing in rotating repertory as part of the Flea’s New Play Festival. In each case, the playwright takes the audience on a trip through multiple narratives exploring situations both strange and surreal.

“The Wundelsteipen” runs through Wed., May 23; “A Letter from Omdurman,” through Sun., May 27. For tickets ($20), call 212-352-2101 or visit theflea.org (where you’ll also find a performance schedule). A Double Hitter pass for two shows is $30; Mimosa Matinees, Sat. & Sun. at noon, are $10 for a ticket & cocktail. At The Flea (41 White St., btw. Church & Broadway, three blocks south of Canal).

THE WUNDELSTEIPEN (AND OTHER DIFFICULT ROLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Nick Jones reimagines the story of Salome as a Disneyesque fairy tale starring a talking vulture and a scorpion. Elsewhere in the work, a slave is tasked with giving Caligula his morning rise and shine…and two adolescent brothers are visited by a sex fairy from the Internet.

A Letter from Omdurman

Jeffrey M. Jones uses true and invented stories to tell tales of three historical periods: the contemporary United States, OK Corral-era Tombstone, AZ and the Anglo-Sudanese War (which, as every schoolchild knows, ended in the defeat of the Mahdi Army at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.)

—Scott Stiffler