<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">For the third consecutive year, Catskill’s
award-winning Bridge Street Theatre has scoured the country to find the very best
one-person shows around. And this March, the best of the best will be coming to
BST’s “Priscilla” Mainstage as part of “SoloFest 2025” – four successive
weekends of mesmerizing stories from some of the most brilliantly talented
actor/playwrights this country has to offer. In this year’s eclectic,
innovative, and diverse line-up, look for:</span></p>
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March 7 – 9: <b>BENT COMPASS.</b> Written
by Colin Sesek and Neil Brookshire; performed by Neil Brookshire; originally
directed by Phil Darius Wallace. One veteran’s gripping story of his journey
from raw recruit to combat medic and back to civilian life, and how the
experience of warfare forever altered the way he views the world.<br>
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March 14 – 16: <b>HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A
ONE-WOMAN SHOW!</b> Written by Mark Hampton and Kate Skinner; performed by Kate
Skinner; directed by Michael Edwards.</span></p>
<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">A hilarious and touching look at a middle-aged
widow’s disastrous attempts to dip her toe into the murky waters of the online-dating
pool. How do you begin to get on with your life once you’ve lost your true
soulmate?</span></p>
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March 21 – 23: <b>O TIME</b>. Written
and performed by David Zellnik; directed by Danilo Gambini. An investigation
into a young Brazillian artist’s mysterious death leads a young American
playwright on a profound journey of self-reflection. Based on actual events.</span></p>
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March 28 – 30: <b>GHOST DANCE: PORTRAIT
OF A MADMAN</b>. Written and performed by Erica Knight; directed by John Ahlin.
The tragic, tortured, exploited life of Hudson River School-inspired painter
Ralph Albert Blakelock is reclaimed in this world premiere, created and
performed by Blakelock’s own great-great-granddaughter!<br>
All four shows will be performed Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30pm and
Sundays at 2:00pm in Bridge Street’s intimate 84-seat “Priscilla” Mainstage,
located at 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill, NY. </span></p>
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Advanced tickets for individual shows in “SoloFest 2025” are priced at $27 ($29
at the door), but a Festival Pass for admission to all four plays can be
purchased for only $90 (Ticket prices for students ages 18 and under are only
$15 per show). Also available is a $200 SuperValue Pass, which will admit you
to all four SoloFest plays, plus all five productions in BST’s 2025 Mainstage
Season, and entitle you to additional discounts and special offers. For more
information and to reserve tickets in advance, visit the theatre’s website at <a href="http://bridgest.org/solofest-2025/">bridgest.org/solofest-2025/</a>
and follow the appropriate links to purchase individual tickets, the four-show
SoloFest Pass, or the nine-show SuperValue 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 2025!<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A Mini-Festival of Four One-Person 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">BENT COMPASS</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> by Colin
Sesek and Neil Brookshire (March 7-9)<br>
<b>HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW! </b>by Mark Hampton and Kate Skinner
(March 14-16)<br>
<b>O TIME </b>by David Zellnik (March 21-23)<br>
<b>GHOST DANCE: PORTRAIT OF A MADMAN </b>by Erica Knight (March 28-30)<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-2025/">https://bridgest.org/solofest-2025/</a> or at the door (on a space
available basis) one-half hour before each performance<br>
Online $27, at the door $29 </span></p>
<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">Four-Show Festival Pass available for only $90</span></p>
<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">All students ages 18 and under $15 per show<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.
Bridge Street Theatre’s entire 2025 Season is dedicated to the memory of Mary
E. Barrett, and sponsored by generous donations from Mary E. Barrett and Edwina
Thorn.</i></span></p></div>