SoloFest 2025 One – Bent Compass

March 7 - 9, 2025
Friday & Saturday @ 7:30, Sunday @ 2:00

BENT COMPASS – written by Neil Brookshire and Colin Sesek, and performed by Neil Brookshire. Originally directed by Phil Darius Wallace. One of the most successful and popular shows we’ve ever brought to BST was Logan Black’s BOND: THE STORY OF A SOLDIER AND HIS DOG, performed back in 2015 right here in our Speakeasy. … Read more

SoloFest 2025 Two – Help! I’m Trapped in a One-Woman Show

March 14 - 16, 2025
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 7:30, SUNDAY @ 2:00

She’s a magnificent, late-middle-aged Broadway actor, alone in the world (as only a widow can be) after losing the husband who was the genuine love of her life. At age 70, Kate finds herself reluctantly dipping her toe into the online dating pool – the world of “man 87 seeks loving relationship with woman under 30.”

SoloFest 2025 Three – O Time

When his musical Yank! was produced in Rio, David found himself part of a passionate community of theatre makers—including the vibrant young producer, George. Two years later, George was dead. In O TIME, David returns to Brazil to reckon with his friend’s life and death, how musicals connect queer people around the globe… and with his own demons. Structured as an investigation combining documentary theatre with personal memoir, O TIME lives in the space between countries and cultures, language and translation, past and present. 

SoloFest 2025 Four – Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman

MARCH 28 - 30, 2025
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 7:30, SUNDAY @ 2:00

GHOST DANCE: PICTURE OF A MADMAN – written and performed by Erica Knight and directed by John Ahlin. In February of 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock’s haunting landscape, “Brook by Moonlight”, was sold at auction for $20,000, a record price for a painting by a living American artist. The sale made him famous, newspapers called him … Read more

SoloFest 2025

March 7 - March 30, 2025
Friday & Saturday @ 7:30, Sunday @ 2:00

Our Season gets under way in March with the third edition of our hugely popular SoloFest – four weekends, four thrilling and very different one-person shows. Tickets for individual shows are $27 online, $29 at the door and $15 for students. They are available below. Click HERE for an Feature Article about SoloFest by Jeff … Read more

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And here are just a few of the many other special events that will be happening at Bridge Street Theatre in 2025 A Bob Dylan Tribute Band Chill Out Go nuts A Community Classic

Polishing Shakespeare

April 17 - April 27, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

2025 Season Play One April 17 – 27
A dotcom billionaire with an agenda offers a cash-strapped regional theatre a huge chunk o’ change to ‘translate’ all of Shakespeare’s plays into ‘friendlier’ English.

Mary Jane

May 22 - June 1, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

A devastating portrayal of the day-to-day demands of caregiving, and a beautiful and moving tribute to the strength and resilience of the human spirit when fueled by unconditional love. Winner of the Obie and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play.

South: A Nautical Musical

July 24 - August 3, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

Avast, landlubbers! Climb aboard the ‘Worthy Vessel’ for this rollicking “nautical musical for grown-ups” with an original story, book, music, and lyrics by local songwriter Carmen Borgia. SOUTH unfolds in the year 1860, somewhere to the north of South America but south of North America. Afloat on turbulent seas and piloting the eternally sinking merchant … Read more

Red Like Fruit

October 2 - October 12, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

A searing, deeply introspective drama that explores trauma, memory, and the quiet, insidious ways in which women navigate violence in their lives. As emotionally gripping as it is intellectually provocative, RED LIKE FRUIT challenges audiences to reconsider the narratives we accept – and those we ignore. A haunting and unforgettable theatrical event.

On Golden Pond

November 13 - November 23, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

Ernest Thompson’s contemporary American classic is a heartwarming and poignant work of a family struggling with age, rage, regret, love withheld, love unspoken, disappointment and ultimately (if they’re lucky) forgiveness, acceptance, and renewal. For decades, Norman and Ethel Thayer have spent their summers in a rustic lakeside family cabin in Maine. But this year is … Read more