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:
March 7 – 9: *BENT COMPASS.* 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.
March 14 – 16: *HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW!* Written by Mark Hampton and Kate Skinner; performed by Kate Skinner; directed by Michael Edwards.
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?
March 21 – 23: *O TIME*. 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.
March 28 – 30: *GHOST DANCE: PORTRAIT OF A MADMAN*. 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!
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.
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 bridgest.org/solofest-2025/ and follow the appropriate links to purchase individual tickets, the four-show SoloFest Pass, or the nine-show SuperValue Pass.
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!
*Performance Calendar: *Bridge Street Theatre presents
*SoloFest 2025! *A Mini-Festival of Four One-Person Shows:
*BENT COMPASS* by Colin Sesek and Neil Brookshire (March 7-9)
*HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW! *by Mark Hampton and Kate Skinner (March 14-16)
*O TIME *by David Zellnik (March 21-23)
*GHOST DANCE: PORTRAIT OF A MADMAN *by Erica Knight (March 28-30)
Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm, Sundays @ 2:00pm
Bridge Street Theatre?s ?Priscilla? Mainstage
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY
*Tickets: *Festival Passes and tickets for individual shows available in advance online at https://bridgest.org/solofest-2025/ or at the door (on a space available basis) one-half hour before each performance.
Online $27, at the door $29
Four-Show Festival Pass available for only $90
All students ages 18 and under $15 per show
*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.*
