Photo Flash: 'Jamaica, Farewell' at SoHo Playhouse

Darren Lee Cole presents the Off-Broadway premiere of NAACP Award-winning playwright and actor Debra Ehrhardt's Jamaica, Farewell, based on her true-life story, which opens Monday, March 3 at 7PM at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Van Dam Street).  Directed by Wallace Norman. Tickets are $20 during previews and $25-$40 for all other performances.  For tickets, group sales and special packages, please call (212) 691-1555 or visit www.sohoplayhouse.com.

A 2007 NYC Fringe Festival award-winner, Jamaica, Farewell returns to the SoHo Playhouse to receive its full Off-Broadway commercial production.  The show has been performed in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Toronto (January 2008).

"Jamaica, Farewell tells the story of Debra Ehrhardt's journey in which she escapes revolution-torn Jamaica in the 1970's.  Left to her own devices, she risked prison time, and even death in an attempt to pull off a daring and dangerous caper with the unwitting help of an infatuated American CIA agent to fulfill her lifelong dream of starting over in America," describe press notes.

The playing schedule for Jamaica, Farewell is as follows:  Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 3PM and 8PM and Sundays at 3PM and 7PM.  Tickets are $20 for previews and $25- $40 for all other performances. For tickets, group sales and special packages, please call (212) 691-1555 or visit www.sohoplayhouse.com

Photos by Aaron Epstein