<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">March is Women’s History Month and, to
celebrate, Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre has programmed an amazing
all-female line-up for the 2024 edition of its popular “SoloFest”. Beginning
March 1st and continuing Fridays through Sundays for four successive weekends, the
award-winning theatre will present “SoloFest 2024” – a mini-Festival of four
original solo shows – on its “Priscilla” Mainstage with a new show featured each
week. And you can bet it’s not only women who’ll find plenty to love in these
eclectic, innovative, and diverse pieces:<br>
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March 1 – 3: <b>MIRELE LERNT ZICH
YIDDISH (Mirele Learns Yiddish)</b> Written and performed by Miryam Coppersmith
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She’s a one-woman cabal out to reclaim a rich cultural heritage nearly erased
by persecution and assimilation. Dancing, songs, improv, puppets (and a <i>bisl
</i>Yiddish) – it’s a Klezmer Dance Party! And you’re invited!<br>
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March 8 – 10: <b>TOP DRAWER</b>, a play
with music. Written and performed by Adelaide Mestre, with Doug Oberhamer at
the piano. Directed by Coco Cohn<br>
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>From pre-revolutionary Cuba to Manhattan’s Upper East Side and back again,
Adelaide Mestre spins an autobiographical tale of family, trauma, triumph, and
the search for a lost piano that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even…sing!<br>
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March 15 – 17: <b>THE GREAT DIVIDE</b>
written and performed by Amy Crossman. Directed by Scott Ebersold <br>
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Everything is fine! No, seriously, no
one’s got a drinking problem, and the panic attacks are just, no, they’re –
it’s fine, everything’s fine!! A tragicomic roller coaster ride through loving,
heartbreak, getting back up and going on.<br>
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March 22 – 24: <b>LONGING LASTS LONGER</b>
created and performed by Penny Arcade. Direction
and design by Steve Zehentner. Presented in collaboration with White Horse
Theater Company<br>
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Kick ass comedy with guts! In a time of global gentrification and historical
erasure, international performance legend Penny Arcade mixes poetics, comedy,
and rock and roll into what can only be called a cultural critique you can
dance to!<br>
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“Our first SoloFest last March was such a phenomenal success, we would have
been crazy not to bring it back again this year,” says John Sowle, Bridge
Street Theatre’s Artistic and Managing Director. “These four women have incredible
stories to tell and very different and entertaining ways of sharing them with
audiences.”<br>
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Tickets for individual shows in “SoloFest 2024” are priced at $25, but you can
purchase a Festival Pass for admission to all four plays for only $75 – that’s
four shows for the price of three! And Students ages 18 and under will be
admitted for only $10 per show. For more information and to reserve tickets in
advance, visit the theatre’s website at <a href="http://bridgest.org/solofest-2024/">bridgest.org/solofest-2024/</a> and follow
the appropriate links to purchase individual tickets or the four-show SoloFest
Pass.<br>
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Hilarious, touching, gripping, thought-provoking – Bridge Street Theatre’s “SoloFest”
promises four astonishing evenings (or afternoons) of storytelling at its best!
Head on over to 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill this March and discover just
how enthralling one person alone onstage can be!<br>
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<b>Performance Calendar: <br>
</b>Bridge Street Theatre presents<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SoloFest 2024!<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A Mini-Festival of Four One-Woman Shows<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">MIRELE LERNT ZICH YIDDISH</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (Mirele Learns Yiddish) by Miryam Coppersmith (March 1-3)<br>
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<b>TOP DRAWER </b>by Adelaide Mestre (March 8-10)<br>
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<b>THE GREAT DIVIDE </b>by Amy Crossman (March 15-17)<br>
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<b>LONGING LASTS LONGER </b>by Penny Arcade (March 22-24)<br>
Presented in collaboration with White Horse Theater Company<br>
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Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm, Sundays @ 2:00pm<br>
Bridge Street Theatre’s “Priscilla” Mainstage<br>
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY<br>
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<b>Tickets:<br>
</b>Festival Passes and tickets for individual shows available in advance
online at <a href="https://bridgest.org/solofest-2024/">https://bridgest.org/solofest-2024/</a> or at the door (on a space
available basis) one-half hour before each performance<br>
General Admission $25, $10 for Students and Children ages 18 and under <br>
Four-Show Festival Pass available for only $75<br>
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<i>Events at Bridge Street Theatre are supported in part by the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor of New York and the New
York State Legislature and by Public Funds from the Greene County Legislature.</i></span></p></div>