Passage Theatre's 7th Annual Solo Flights Festival Continues March 19 - March 22

7TH ANNUAL SOLO FLIGHTS FESTIVAL, Passage Theatre's popular festival of one-person shows
runs Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8pm Sundays 3pm. 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 19 - MARCH 22
Regular admission, $20; students, $10; seniors, 10% off
(609) 392-0766 or on-line at www.passagetheatre.org
All performances at the Mill Hill Playhouse
205 East Front Street, at the corner of Montgomery Street, Trenton

Thursday, March 19 at 8pm
You a Man Now?
Written and performed by Mo Beasley

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.

Friday, March 20 at 8pm
The Yellow Wallpaper
Adapted and performed by Michèle LaRue from the story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Directed by Warren Kliewer

A country idyll becomes a living nightmare when a well-meaning and misdirected husband propels his spirited wife to the brink of madness in this faithful dramatization of a story written in 1885...a story penned "to freeze your blood!" The Yellow Wallpaper continues to chill today's audience - feminists, historians, mystery- and horror-story enthusiasts alike - with its wit, suspense, and superlative style.

Saturday, March 21 at 8pm
This is Ragtime
Conceived and performed Terry Waldo

Virtuoso ragtime, stride, and blues pianist Terry Waldo is the perfect performer to bring the story of ragtime to the stage! A student and protégée of the late Eubie Blake, Waldo is also a vocalist and performer famous for his dry wit. This Is Ragtime includes tales of the great inventors of this music such as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Irving Berlin, and Eubie Blake, whose music ushered in the jazz age of the 20's.

Sunday, March 22 at 3pm
On The Way to Timbuktu
Written and performed by Petronia Paley
Directed by Talvin Wilkes

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.

"Paley brings captivating energy to her ideas about sex, race and culture. Her artistic imagination and depth of thought make her a playwright who deserves attention." - Variety

Photo Caption: On the Way to Timbuktustages the consequences of a single moment in The Life of a professor in Petronia Paley's one-woman show being performed at Passage Theatre on Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 p.m. For tickets, call (609) 392-0766 or order on-line at www.passagetheatre.org. Passage Theatre is located in Trenton's historic Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, at the corner of Montgomery Street in historic downtown Trenton.

Petronia Paley credits include the Broadway revival of On Golden Pond opposite James Earl Jones and in Death of a Salesmanwith Avery Brooks at Oberlin College. In addition to her numerous leading roles with The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Yale Repertory Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC, Ms. Paley is also a veteran of daytime television including Guiding Light and Another World. On the Way to Timbuktu is being presented as part of Passage's 7th Annual Solo Flights Festival, which continues through March 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) 392-0766or visit on-line 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.

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.

Passage Theatre Company is a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, ArtPride New Jersey, Theatre Communications Group, MTAACC (Metropolitan Trenton African-American Chamber of Commerce, GMCCC (Greater Mercer County Chamber of Commerce), and the newly formed Arts and Business Council of Greater Trenton.