Debra Ehrhardt’s Jamaica, Farewell, described as a groundbreaking one-woman play full of “suspense, intrigue, seduction, humor, and manipulation,” is an autobiographical show about the author’s journey to the United States from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s; it is “a hilarious and touching story of how one young woman risked everything in order to fulfill her lifelong dream” of “starting over” in the United States.

The play debuted in Jamaica for one week in August, but ran for only five days at the Theatre Place, in New Kingston, and all six performances were sold out. After successful runs in England, Canada, and the United States, Bamboo Grove Productions has brought the play back to Jamaica; this time it will have a one-month run with 15 shows in Kingston, one show in Mandeville and two shows in Montego Bay.

Jamaica, Farewell’s new run begins on Wednesday, November 10, at the Theatre Place in New Kingston, with five performances a week for three weeks. It will be shown Wednesdays to Saturdays at 8:00pm and on Sundays at 7:00pm, ending on November 28. In Manchester it will show at the Cecil Charlton Auditorium on December 3. It will then close with two shows in Montego Bay on December 4 and 5 at the Fairfield Theatre.

This is Kingston-born, Debra Ehrhardt’s third one-woman show. Her first, Mango, Mango, received two NAACP awards. The second, Invisible Chairs, was produced by David Strasberg at West Hollywood’s Marilyn Monroe Theatre. It was subsequently optioned as a situation comedy by Fox Television. In January of 2010, Rita Wilson-Hanks, producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, optioned the movie rights to Jamaica, Farewell with a full US tour of the play to open spring 2011.

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