Haran and More Featured in Solo Flights Festival March 5-29

Passage Theatre performs in the historic Mill Hill Playhouse an intimate 115-seat theater in the heart of downtown Trenton adjacent to the beautiful Mill Hill district. Security-guarded on-street parking is available on S. Montgomery St., Ernie Kovacs St., E. Front Street and in the Artworks parking lot.

To reserve tickets, please call (609) 392-0766 or visit online at www.passagetheatre.org

Tickets can also be purchased at the Passage Theatre Office: 219 East Hanover Street in Trenton, Monday through Friday from 12:00 pm -5:30 pm or at the box office, one hour before each performance at the Mill Hill Playhouse.

For over 20 years, Passage Theatre has developed and showcased new work by emerging and established playwrights. As a key participant in the revitalization of urban Trenton, Passage presents outstanding plays that celebrate experiences common to all and transcend culture and race.

7TH ANNUAL SOLO FLIGHTS FESTIVAL
Passage's popular festival of one-person shows,
music and dance returns.
March 5 - March 29
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8pm
Sundays 3pm

Salmonpeople
Written and performed by Peter Donaldson
Thursday, March 5 at 8pm
Friday, March 6 at 8pm
Part Robin Williams, part Garrison Keillor, Donaldson is known as the Johnny Appleseed of the Pacific Northwest. Funny, poignant and razor sharp, Salmonpeople, follows everyman Cyrus Jackson, who finds himself employed as a salmon taxi at the local dam. With inquisitive charm, one man's head-scratching, self-taught theories illuminate the disturbing history of the Pacific Northwest, the ultimate economics of Mother Nature, and the universal question of sustainable living in America. This is sly storytelling at its best. Presented in partnership with D&R Greenway, Isles, NJ Conservation Foundation, and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.

Mary Cleere Haran
with musical director/pianist Don Rebec
Saturday, March 7 at 8pm
Sunday, March 8 at 3pm
Mary Cleere Haran has been described as "one of the wittiest performers to ever interrupt a punch line with a song" (Don Heckman, LA Times). This new collection of stories and songs pays homage to such New Jersey-born song writers, friends and collaborators as Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. Mary recounts stories of her own love affair with New Jersey, living in Hoboken and Morristown in the 80s. Accompanied by pianist, musical director and composer in his own right, Don Rebec, Haran performs annually at Michael Feinstein's club in NYC and has made regular appearances at The Algonquin, the Carlyle Hotel and the Stars and Bars in the famed Rainbow Room.

On The Way to Timbuktu
Written and performed by Petronia Paley
Directed by Talvin Wilkes
Thursday, March 12 at 8pm
Sunday, March 22 at 3pm
Dr. "Slim" Selene Slater-Bernaud, teaches a class scrutinizing Shakespeare's sonnets. After years in a caring interracial marriage, she finds herself in love with a female student. Grappling with personal demons that threaten to destroy her, Slim's past and present collide as she confronts the poetry and politics of her heart, while on a journey through her mind. This beautifully acted drama won the 2008 Audelco award for best Solo Show and was nominated for best direction and original musical composition.

You a Man Now?
Written and performed by Mo Beasley
Friday, March 13 at 8pm
Thursday, March 19 at 8pm
Thrill to a spoken word-theatre experience that puts a whole new spin on the urban male coming of age story in NewMillenniumAmerica. Junie grapples with defining himself as a man while navigating his Ma's well intentioned abundance of love and his Uncle Rueben's "No Good Ideologies".

Accompanied on stage by Philadelphia DJ Razor Ramone spinning a sound track that includes Soul, Funk, and Golden Era Hip Hop of the1970sand 80's, Mo Beasley's flips between his cast of characters as fast as the beats. Additional music melds blues, hip hop, gospel, and rock & roll into a seamless family of quintessential all-American music that is composed and performed by the eclectic quartet, Universes.

Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Performed by Demetria Joyce Bailey
By Larry Parr
Saturday, March 14 at 8pm
Sunday, March 15 at 3pm
Ethel Waters, renowned blues singer and Oscar-nominated actress, was born in Chester and raised in Philadelphia. Join us as we follow her journey to stardom both on Broadway and in Hollywood. Hear unforgettable renditions of "Stormy Weather," "Black and Blue" and her signature song, "His Eye is on the Sparrow." Featuring Barrymore-nominated actress Demetria Joyce Bailey as Ethel Waters.

Accessibility
Passage Theatre is committed to ensuring that all individuals have access to the joy of the performing arts. Passage is dedicated to being a leader in the education and assistance of all organizations, working towards making our programs and services accessible to people with disabilities. For more information, please call (609) 392-0766.