Meadowbrook Entertainment is thrilled to present the award-winning and internationally acclaimed, Jamaica Farewell written and performed by Debra Ehrhardt and directed by Joel Zwick. Based on her true life story, Ehrhardt’s Jamaica Farewell chronicles her escape from revolution-torn Jamaica in the 1970’s to fulfill her lifelong dream of going to America. The LA Times calls Jamaica Farewell “Winning!” The Chicago Tribune “Highly enjoyable!” The play is also being adapted for the big screen by a major Hollywood film producer. The current director is Joel Zwick, who also directed My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time.

When Debra Ehrhardt was an eighteen year old secretary in Kingston Jamaica, she and her passion for America bumped into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of oxtail soup on her lunch break. It was during the turbulent seventies of the Manley Era that she saw her chance. A pinhole of opportunity that she could squeeze through with the help of this love-struck American. She began a dangerous adventure that only the single minded passion of a teenage girl would chance. The boundary between bravery and foolishness blurred as she became more desperate. When she agreed to smuggle a million US dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami, the agent became her accomplice. Only he had no idea.

Due to popular demand, there will be an additional performance of Jamaica Farewell at the Al Green theatre at the Jewish Community Center at 750 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 2J2 on Saturday, September 8th at 5pm. Tickets are $35 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.