[NEohioPAL] FINAL 2 WEEKENDS! Don't miss Holy Ghosts at Beck Center, thru Oct. 21

[Fran Storch]

FINAL 2 WEEKENDS!
 
Beck Center presents
Holy Ghosts
Now through October 21
In the Studio Theater
By Romulus Linney
Directed by Matthew Wright
 
For tickets call 216.521.2540
or online at www.beckcenter.org <http://www.beckcenter.org/> 
 
What the reviewers are saying about Holy Ghosts:
 
"Holy Ghosts...is one of the more satisfying straight plays I have seen in many a season...Credit director Matthew Wright's scintillating production and an amazing 15-person ensemble fro bringing such eccentric characters to throbbing life...They are funny, tragic, strange, and entirely real...mesmerizing performance (by) Nicholas Koesters...Thackaberry is all fire and brimstone...The rest of the ensemble is equally first-rate...will give you something to think about...this outstanding production."
~ Fran Heller, Cleveland Jewish News
 
"The play...probes the universal human need to believe......Director Matthew Wright has done an excellent job of developing clear characters... A. Neil Thackaberry straddled the line between fanatic and astute leader, with skill.  Rhoda Rosen was properly school marmish.  Curtis Young was effectively clueless...Only space restricts my listing each member of the cast as doing a very effective job." 
~ Roy Berko, the Times
 
"Although composed at the end of the '60s, Holy Ghosts - now on rambunctious display at the Beck Center - is newborn-fresh and refreshingly typical of the author's eclectic perspective...The play is filled with humor, but never at the expense of the characters...Standing out among the uniformly excellent performances are A. Neil Thackaberry...Darryl Lewis and Robert McCoy...Rhoda Rosen,...and particularly Laurel Johnson." 
~ James Damico, Free Times
 
 "...a believable scene of moral desperation only reconcilable by seeking refuge in a rather extreme faith...brilliantly played by Nicholas Koesters...Ultimately, this play can be enjoyed by a mature audience if individuals...allow themselves to be transported..."
~ Sarah Macho, Lakewood Sun-Post
 
Beck Center for the Arts presents Holy Ghosts, a dark comedy by award-winning playwright, Romulus Linney, Sept. 28 - Oct. 21 in the Studio Theater.  Directed by Matthew Wright, Holy Ghosts tells the story of a runaway wife, an abusive husband and a Southern Pentecostal sect whose members speak in tongues and practice snake handling as the ultimate test of their faith.
 
A young woman runs away to escape her mistake-of-a-marriage to a broken and thoughtless man.  She seeks refuge amongst the members of a fundamentalist religious group in the rural South.  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.
 
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.
 
 
 
Cast of Characters 
Nancy Shedman                            Laurel Johnson
Coleman Shedman                        Nicholas Koesters*
Rogers Canfield                             Michael Regnier
Oby Jr                                          Curtis Young
Virgil Tides                                   Kyle Downing
Orin Hart                                      Darryl Lewis
Howard Rudd                                Robert McCoy
Lorena Cosburg                             Lisa Siciliano
Mrs. Wall                                      Rhoda Rosen
Muriel Boggs                                 Joanna May Hunkins
Billy Boggs                                    .Josh Theilan
Reverend Obediah Buckhorn Sr.      Neil Thackaberry*
Carl Specter                                 David Bugher
Bonnie Bridge                                Maryann Elder
Cancer Man                                  Dan Bush
 
Production Staff 
Artistic Director                             Scott Spence
Director                                        Matthew Wright*
Stage Manager                             Emily Tinawi
Scenic Designer                            Richard Gould
Costume Designer                         Aimee Kluiber
Lighting Designer                           Jeremy K. Benjamin
Sound Designer                             Richard B. Ingraham
Movement Coach                           Martín Céspedes**
Vocal Coach                                  Douglas Collier
Technical Director                         Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistants                      Clint Felker, Chris Young
Light/Sound Board Operator           Emily Tinawi
Properties Manager                       Deanna R. Caudill
Props                                           Kate George
 
*Member of the Actors Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers
** Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
 
Posted by:
Fran Storch
Marketing Assistant
Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH  44107
(216) 521-2540, x244
 
 
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