[NEohioPAL]Beck Center presents Holy Ghosts, Sept. 28 - Oct. 21 in the Studio Theater

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 12, 2007
For more information, call (216) 521-2540
Yvette A. Hanzel, ext. 225
Scott Spence, ext. 239
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Beck Center presents
Holy Ghosts
Sept. 28 - Oct. 21, 2007
Studio Theater
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Lakewood, Ohio - Beck Center for the Arts presents Holy Ghosts, a dark
comedy written by award-winning playwright, Romulus Linney, Sept. 28 -
Oct. 21, 2007 in the Studio Theater. Directed by Matthew Wright, Holy
Ghosts centers on a Southern Pentecostal religious sect whose members
speak in tongues and practice snake handling as the ultimate test of
their faith.=20
The play's central story involves a young woman's struggle to escape her
mistake-of-a-marriage to a broken and thoughtless man. She runs away
seeking refuge amongst the members of a fundamentalist religious group
in the rural South. The characters in Linney's play are poor,
uneducated, unemployed misfits who have nothing but their religion. The
play questions the true meaning of faith as the husband, looking to
retrieve his runaway wife by force, is - much to his own amazement -
converted to a true believer.=20
"Holy Ghosts examines universal questions that arise out of the human
condition." said director Matthew Wright "...and, like the human
condition, the play is extraordinarily funny, heartbreaking, ugly,
beautiful, tragic, joyous, and always changing." Holy Ghosts features
talented area actors Nicholas Koesters* as the hard-drinking husband,
Coleman Shedman and Neil Thackaberry* as the newly ordained "husband,"
the Reverend Obediah Buckhorn. The cast includes a mix of colorful
characters including a former Sunday school teacher who has been "fired"
by her Methodist employer after 37 years, a penniless couple with an
unwanted new baby and a "cancer man" who tries to deny his physical
illness. "This play is a great and joyous challenge for the actors, the
director and the audience." Wright further commented, "In these
difficult times when faith is hard to sustain, this play reminds us what
it means to be fully alive; it's a true celebration of the human
spirit."
Holy Ghosts is sponsored by COX Communications, FreeTimes and WCPN 90.3
ideastream. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays. Admission is $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, and $17 for
students (22 and under). Special group rates are available for groups
of 13 or more. Rush tickets for students (22 and under with I.D.) are
offered for $10 each on Sundays only, 30 minutes prior to curtain, based
on availability. To reserve tickets call the Beck Center box office at
216-521-2540 or online at www.beckcenter.org
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . Convenient on-site parking is free.
Beck Center is located just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland at
17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the
generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund
Foundation, the John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, the Eva
L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, the Abington Foundation, the Thomas
H. White Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council.
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*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association, the union of
actors and stage managers.
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></st1:State></st1:place><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> – =
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Beck</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
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style=3D'color:black'>Center</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><fo=
nt
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> for the Arts presents <i
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Holy Ghosts</span></i>, a dark comedy written by award-winning
playwright, Romulus Linney, Sept. 28 – </span></font><st1:date =
Month=3D"10"
Day=3D"21" Year=3D"2007"><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Oct. 21, 2007</span></font></st1:date><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> in the Studio Theater.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Directed by =
</span></font><st1:PersonName><font
 color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>Matthew =
Wright</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>, <i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style=3D'font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Holy =
Ghosts</span></i> centers
on a Southern Pentecostal religious sect whose members speak in tongues =
and
practice snake handling as the ultimate test of their faith. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

The play’s central story involves a young =
woman’s
struggle to escape her mistake-of-a-marriage to a broken and thoughtless =
man.  She runs away seeking refuge =
amongst the members
of a fundamentalist religious group in the rural South.  The characters in =
Linney’s play
are poor, uneducated, unemployed misfits who have nothing but their =
religion.  The play questions the true =
meaning of
faith as the husband, looking to retrieve his runaway wife by force, is =
–
much to his own amazement – converted to a true believer. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><i
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-fon=
t-style:
normal'>“Holy Ghosts</span></font></i> examines universal =
questions that
arise out of the human condition<font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>.”
said director </span></font><st1:PersonName><font color=3Dblack><span
 style=3D'color:black'>Matthew =
Wright</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> =
“</span></font>…and, like the
human condition, the play is extraordinarily funny, heartbreaking, ugly,
beautiful, tragic, joyous, and always changing.”<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Holy Ghosts</span></font></i><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>
features talented area actors Nicholas Koesters* as the hard-drinking =
husband,
Coleman Shedman and Neil Thackaberry* as the newly ordained
“husband,” the Reverend Obediah Buckhorn.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The cast includes a mix of =
colorful
characters including a former Sunday school teacher who has been
“fired” by her Methodist employer after 37 years, a =
penniless
couple with an unwanted new baby and a “cancer man” who =
tries to deny
his physical illness.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  =
</span>“</span></font>This
play is a great and joyous challenge for the actors, the director and =
the
audience.” <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>Wright =
further
commented, “</span></font>In these difficult times when faith is =
hard to
sustain, this play reminds us what it means to be fully alive; =
it’s a
true celebration of the human spirit.”<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><span
class=3Dapple-style-span><i style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font =
size=3D3
color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
200%;color:black;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Holy =
Ghosts </span></font></i><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>is sponsored by =
</span></font></span><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>COX Communications, FreeTimes =
and WCPN
90.3 ideastream.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Show =
times are </span></font><st1:time
Hour=3D"20" Minute=3D"0"><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>8 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> Fridays and Saturdays and =
</span></font><st1:time
Hour=3D"15" Minute=3D"0"><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>3 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> Sundays.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Admission is $28 for adults, =
$25 for
seniors, and $17 for students (22 and under).<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Special group rates are =
available for
groups of 13 or more.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Rush =
tickets
for students (22 and under with I.D.) are offered for $10 each on =
Sundays only,
30 minutes prior to curtain, based on availability.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>To reserve tickets call the =
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Beck</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> =
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Center</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><fo=
nt
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> box office at 216-521-2540 or =
online at <a
href=3D"http://www.beckcenter.org/"><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>www.beckcenter.org</span></font></a>.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Convenient on-site parking is =
free.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  =
</span></span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Beck</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> =
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Center</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><fo=
nt
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> is located just ten minutes =
west of
downtown </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font color=3Dblack><span
  =
style=3D'color:black'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font=

color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> at =
</span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
  color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>17801 Detroit =
Avenue</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> in =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
  color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>Lakewood</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

Programming at =
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><fo=
nt
color=3Dblack> for the Arts is made possible =
through
the generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund =
Foundation,
the John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, the Eva L. & =
Joseph M.
Bruening Foundation, the Abington Foundation, the Thomas H. White =
Foundation,
and the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><font size=3D3 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><font size=3D3 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
color:black'>*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association, =
the
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