Bridge Street Theatre Presents BOND: THE STORY OF A SOLDIER AND HIS DOG, Nov 6-15

Bridge Street Theatre is proud to present Logan (and Diego) in the East Coast premiere of BOND: the story of a soldier and his dog on the two weekends flanking Veteran's Day, November 6-8 and 13-15, in the BST Speakeasy. Performances on Fridays and Saturdays begin at 7:30pm, Sunday performances are at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15, $10 for students, seniors and veterans. Pre-sale tickets are available exclusively through BrownPaperTickets.com and remaining seats will be sold at the door on performance days on a space available basis.

And don't miss the opportunity to meet Logan and Diego personally at Bridge Street Theatre's Day-After-Veteran's-Day Stars & Stripes Italian Dinner Fundraiser. Enjoy entertainment, food (catered by Tatiana's Restaurant in Catskill), and fellowship while honoring our Veterans and supporting the work of Bridge Street Theatre and the Wounded Warrior Project. Thursday evening November 12 from 6:00 - 9:00pm. Tickets are $45 (advance reservations are required) and are also available at BrownPaperTickets.com. Both BOND and Stars & Stripes will take place at Bridge Street Theatre located at 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill, NY. For additional information on these and other upcoming events, visit the theater online at BridgeSt.org.

2006 was one of the bloodiest years in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Iraqi society fractured and eventually devolved into sectarian violence, Saddam Hussein was executed, and a young man with a yellow Lab at his side found himself right in the middle of it. In his award-winning one-man show ("Best of Kansas City Fringe Festival 2015" and pitch.com's "Best Original Play by a Local Playwright"), writer/performer Logan Black tells the story of his experiences as a Specialized Search Dog Handler, training and later working alongside his bomb-sniffing K-9 partner Diego in Al Anbar province. It's a true narrative of monotony, boredom, and daily searches of cars, streets, and buildings, interspersed with harrowing episodes when actual weapons caches were discovered, when approaching cars wouldn't obey commands to stop, and when their convoy was hit by an IED (improvised explosive device). The play then deals with their separation on their return to the States and Black's struggle to locate Diego after Diego has reached near-retirement age and both are suffering from PTSD.

Logan Black (playwright/performer) was a member of the Utah National Guard while he attended the acting conservatory at the University of Utah. During his senior year he was called to active duty and suspended his training. Five years later, after meeting Diego and serving in Iraq, Logan returned to undergraduate studies and completed his Bachelors in Fine Arts. He spent two years acting in Chicago and regional theaters before attending the University of Missouri at Kansas City to earn his Masters in Fine Arts in Acting and Directing. He is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Bridge Street Theatre is a new arts and performance space just two hours north of Manhattan and only forty-five minutes south of Albany in the Village of Catskill, NY. John Sowle and Steven Patterson purchased an old warehouse building near downtown Catskill in November of 2013 and are in the process of converting it into a year-round performing and visual arts complex. They have been presenting intimate theatre and cabaret performances in their "Speakeasy" and large scale art installations in their "Big Room" since April of 2014, and have recently begun to hold performances in the "Raw Space" which will eventually serve as the facility's Mainstage. BridgeSt.org

Tickets:

General Admission is $15, $10 for students, seniors and veterans

Advance tickets available at BrownPaperTickets.com

Remaining seats sold at the door on the day of performance (subject to availability)

For information, call Bridge Street Theatre at (518) 943-3818 or visit BridgeSt.org.

To request interviews and/or feature articles, or to reserve press tickets, email contact@bridgest.org or call BST's offices at 518-943-3894.

For more information on Bridge Street Theatre, visit their website at BridgeSt.org.

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