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Friday 07 January 2011 |
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Costa
Rica's
Playa
Jacó New
Theatre
Presents
"Jamaica,
Farewell"
Debra
Ehrhardt's
Jamaica,
Farewell
- an
internationally
award
winning
play and
soon to
be
Hollywood
film -
will
open the
2011
season
for
Teatro
Jacé.
Performances
will be
held
Thursday
through
Sunday
nights
from Jan
27th
through
Feb.
6th,
2011.
Bar
opens at
6PM,
Dinner
is
served
at
6:30PM
and Show
begins
at
7:30PM.
Dinner &
Show
$45,
Show
alone
$20. No
drink
minimums.
Ehrhardt
also
stars in
the
one-woman
show,
which
has
recently
been
optioned
as a
film
project
by Rita
Wilson,
wife of
Tom
Hanks.
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."
At the
tender
age of
seven,
Kingston,
Jamaica
native,
Debra
Ehrhardt,
knew her
dream
was to
come to
America.
At 16
she
realized
her
dream.
After a
brief
sojourn
in
Miami,
she
headed
north to
New York
to study
acting.
While
honing
her
craft
she
concluded
that her
tropical
blood
would
never
get used
to the
east
coast
winters.
She
threw
away the
ice
scraper
and
moved
west.
Los
Angeles
has been
her home
base for
the past
twelve
years.
She
received
a 2007
Proclamation
from the
City of
New York
for her
"Outstanding
Contribution
to the
Jamaican
Community."
After a successful run Off-Broadway in the Spring of 2008 Jamaica Farewell
has been
touring
the
United
States,
Canada,
the
Caribbean
and
premiered
in the
UK at
the
Hackney
Empire,
London
in
October
2008. A
member
of the
Writer's
Guild of
America,
Ms.
Ehrhardt
is
currently
adapting
Jamaica
Farewell
for the
big
screen.
Rita
Wilson,
wife of
Tom
Hanks
and
producer
of My
Big Fat
Greek
Wedding,
optioned
the
stage
and
screen
rights
for
JAMAICA,
FAREWELL.
A full
US tour
of the
play
will
begin
next
Spring
in Los
Angeles,
directed
by Joel
Zwick,
director
of My
Big Fat
Greek
Wedding.
Teatro
Jacé is
a new
Costa
Rica
based
theatrical
production
company
dedicated
to
"bringing
the
world of
entertainment
to Jacé
Beach”.
Artistic
Director,
Darren
Lee Cole
has
produced
and
managed
shows
all over
the
world
for the
past 30
years.
He
currently
owns and
operates
the SoHo
Playhouse
in New
York
City.
For more
information
on
Teatro
Jaco and
Mr. Cole
visit
www.teatrojaco.com.
While
their
permanent
home is
under
construction,
Teatro
Jaco
makes
it's
premier
in the
roof top
theatre
at one
of the
Central
Pacific's
finest
boutique
hotels,
Canciones
del Mar.
Located
right on
the
beach
this
magnificent
bamboo
structure
provides
the
perfect
setting
for a
delightful
tropical
night’s
entertainment.
All
performances
at
Canciones
del Mar,
Calle
Bri Bri
Playa
del Jaco
tel:
(506)
2643
3272,
toll
free
from
U.S. &
Canada 1
(866)
978-5235.
E-mail:
[email protected];
Websites:
www.jamaicafarewelltheplay.com,
www.teatrojaco.com.
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