Playwright/director Adam Rapp's Bingo with the Indians, currently at the Flea Theater, is filled with unpleasant characters, scatological language, and absurdist situations. These ingredients have served him well in previous works; but this time, despite some intense, finely acted moments Bingo never quite comes together.

Rapp's premise certainly seems ripe for comic exploration. A struggling New York City theater company travels to a small New Hampshire town in order to hold up a bingo game so that they can finance their latest theatrical project. The company's director, Dee (Jessica Pohly), used to live in the town, so she has the inside information necessary to pull off the caper. She's[...]