TAKING FLIGHT: SONGS OF HOPE

At the 2015 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
Paradise Factory Downstairs Theater
64 East 4th Street
NY NY

26, 27 June and 1, 6, 7 July2015

Created and performed by Sarah Jebian

Directed by Robb Hillman and David McMullin
Accompanied by David Libby

The mission of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is to help artists shine a light on the issues facing our society and support the organizations working to make a difference. I have now seen three productions at this festival. TAKING FLIGHT is the first one that fit that mission. The others two didn’t seem to match their chosen organization that their proceeds supported. It was as if they just randomly chose a charity that had nothing to do with the subject matter of their pieces.

TAKING FLIGHT is also the best show I’ve seen at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

Anchored in the lovely presence and gorgeous voice of Sarah Jebian, the excellent song choices were perfect for the journey she takes in TAKING FLIGHT. Each song goes a little deeper into Sarah’s life as we not only find out what is important to her, but are inspired by her. TAKING FLIGHT soars.

Donations will be collected after each show for Standing on the Side of Love, a non-profit organized by the Unitarian Universalist Organization with the goal of harnessing love’s power to challenge exclusion, oppression, and violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, race, religion, or any other identity. www.standingonthesideoflove.org.

- Jean Tait -