<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">An investigation into a young Brazillian
artist’s mysterious death leads an American playwright on a profound journey of
introspection in “O Time” being presented at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre March
21-23 as the third installment in BST’s SoloFest 2025. Written and performed by
David Zellnik (“Yank!”) and directed by Danilo Gambini, Associate Artistic
Director at Studio Theatre (“Ni Mi Madre”), “O Time” was</span> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">one of the top-selling shows in United Solo Festival’s 2024 line-up in
NYC last spring. This will be the play’s Regional Premiere.<br>
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When “Yank!”, David Zellnik’s musical about gays in the military during WWII,
became a huge hit in Brazil in 2017, David flew down to Rio and found himself
part of a passionate community of theatre makers that included George Luis, the
show’s vibrant 26-year-old producer. Two years later, George was dead – of a
mysterious “sudden bacterial infection”. David returns to Brazil to attend his
memorial, but the more he probes into George’s personal life, the more he’s
forced to wrestle with his own feelings and fears and to examine the real
source of his desire to understand George’s life and death. Part memoir, part
mystery – “O Time” explores the space between countries and cultures, language
and translation, past and present, truth and lies.<br>
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“Perhaps our favorite of any of the world premieres we’ve produced here at BST
is David Zellnik’s haunting ‘The Letters’, which we presented back in 2019,”
says Bridge Street Theatre co-founder Steven Patterson. “This new piece, based
on an actual experience from David’s own life, is easily as riveting as any
mystery. But, more than that, it’s a deeply personal reflection on friendship,
mortality, and cultural erasure. We’re so thrilled and honored to be sharing it
with our audiences in Catskill.”<br>
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“O Time” will be presented for three performances only – Friday March 21 and
Saturday March 22 at 7:30pm, and Sunday March 23 at 2:00pm – on Bridge Street
Theatre’s intimate “Priscilla” Mainstage, located at 44 West Bridge Street in
Catskill, NY. For more details and ticketing information, visit <a href="http://bridgest.org/solofest-2025-three/">bridgest.org/solofest-2025-three/</a>.
While visiting the website, don’t neglect to purchase tickets for the final production
in this year’s SoloFest – Erica Knight’s “Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman”,
the tragic story of painter Ralph Albert Blakelock, created and performed by
his own great-great-granddaughter! You’ll also find information on the
availability of a Season Pass good for admission to all five plays in Bridge Street
Theatre’s upcoming Mainstage Season for 2025 – Brian Dykstra’s “Polishing
Shakespeare”, Amy Herzog’s “Mary Jane”, Carmen Borgia’s “South: A Nautical
Musical”, Hannah Moscovitch’s “Red Like Fruit”, and Ernest Thompson’s “On
Golden Pond”<br>
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<a name="_Hlk142388615"><b>Performance Calendar:<br>
</b>Bridge Street Theatre presents<br>
SoloFest 2025 Show Three<br>
<b>O TIME<br>
</b>Written and Performed by David Zellnik<br>
Directed by Danilo Gambini<br>
Three Performances Only!<br>
Friday March 21 and Saturday March 22 at 7:30pm<br>
Sunday March 23 at 2:00pm<br>
Bridge Street Theatre’s “Priscilla” Mainstage<br>
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY<br>
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Tickets:<br>
</b>Online in advance: $27<br>
At the door: $29<br>
Ages 18 and under: $15<br>
</a><a href="https://bridgest.org/solofest-2025-three/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://bridgest.org/solofest-2025-three/</a><br>
2025 Regular Season Pass: $125<br>
</span><a href="https://bridgest.org/2025-season-pass/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://bridgest.org/2025-season-pass/</span></a><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bios:<br>
DAVID ZELLNIK</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <i>(Author, Performer)</i> is the author of
numerous plays and musicals. His work includes “Yank!” with composer Joseph
Zellnik (Off Broadway 2010: 7 Drama Desk nominations, Best Musical nominations
from the Outer Critics’ Circle and Lucille Lortel Foundation). It has received
productions in London’s West End, Rio de Janeiro (Winner of CENYM Best Musical
of Brazil, 2017), Brisbane, as well as Chicago, Columbus, Richmond, and
Louisville. Broadway Workshops directed by David Cromer. A Portuguese-language
graphic novelization (“Yank: Diario de Guerra”) will be on sale soon! His plays
include “The Letters” (World Premiere, Bridge Theatre 2019); “The Udmurts”
(Winner: Equity Library Theatre Competition 2015, semi-finalist O’Neill; World
Premiere, Defunkt Theatre Co, Portland, OR); “Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom” (New
Ensemble, Defunkt). <a href="http://www.davidzellnik.net">www.davidzellnik.net</a> <br>
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<b>DANILO GAMBINI</b> <i>(Director) </i>is a director of theater, musicals and
opera, the Associate Artistic Director at Studio Theatre, and a graduate of the
Yale School of Drama. Recent credits include “Ni Mi Madre” by Arturo Luís Soria
at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Obie Award Winner; Drama Desk Nomination,
Drama League Nomination, Outer Critics Nomination., NYT Critic’s Pick,
TheaterMania Editor’s Pick); and the new musical “Sabina”, by Willy Holtzman,
with music by Louise Beach and lyrics by Darrah Cloud, co-directed with
Daniella Topol at Portland Stage in Maine. Prior to Yale, Danilo worked as an
opera and musical theater director in Brazil. Directing credits include
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, “Ariadne Auf Naxos” by Strauss, Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene
Onegin”, and the rock-opera “Tommy” by Pete Townshend. Before Studio Theatre,
he was the Associate Artistic Director at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, as
well as part of the 20/21/22 Roundabout Director’s Group. </span><a href="https://www.danilogambini.com/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.danilogambini.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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 administered by CREATE Council on the Arts. Bridge Street Theatre’s
entire 2025 Season is dedicated to the memory of Mary E. Barrett. </span></i><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></p></div>