[NEohioPAL] Beck Teen Theater presents Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA, Jan. 30-Feb. 8

[Fran Storch]

NEWS RELEASE

 

CONTACT:        Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or mtoms at beckcenter.org

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    January 21, 2009

 

Arcadia

Beck Center Teen Theater Presents Comedy by Tom Stoppard

 

Lakewood, OH-What happens when the lives of modern-day researchers
intersect with that of 19th Century poet and adventurer Lord Byron? A
ravishingly comedic mystery ensues! Beck Center Teen Theater presents
Arcadia, written by famed British playwright Tom Stoppard, in the Studio
Theater, January 30 through February 8. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. Sundays.

 

Nominated for three Tony Awards, Arcadia takes us back and forth in time
between 1809 and the present, as a writer, a literature professor, and a
post-graduate student in mathematical biology investigate a mysterious
chapter in the life of Lord Byron. The play examines the philosophical
questions of art, science, and history and how they intersect. Although
the characters' personalities and perspectives vary widely, their
stories come together in the end, and the mystery is solved. It's a
heady piece, but Stoppard relates the story with verbal wit and
sophisticated humor. 

 

Tom Stoppard has won numerous awards for his plays and screenplays,
including an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. A primary characteristic of
his work is its linguistic complexity including puns, jokes, innuendo,
and other wordplay. Many of his plays deal with philosophical issues and
feature multiple timelines.

 

Dan Kilbane, director of last season's The Laramie Project at Beck
Center, directs a cast of 12 talented students from Beck's Youth Theater
Education program. "What a privilege to direct one of the many great
plays by Tom Stoppard, a playwright who has been produced over and over
because, simply, he is a great writer." says Kilbane. "It's a joy to
work on his Arcadia with this group of teens, who love theater and are
excited about the adventurous themes Stoppard explores."  

 

Arcadia's student cast members have participated in core theater classes
at Beck Center, where they explore basic acting skills through
improvisation and theater games. They study method acting, as well as
develop singing and acting techniques, and are introduced to theater
appreciation and basic theater terminology.

 

Beck Center's production of Arcadia is produced through special
arrangement with Samuel French Inc. and is sponsored by Cox
Communications, Music is Elementary, Lakewoodbuzz.com, and the Ohio Arts
Council. Beck Center also gratefully acknowledges the citizens of
Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students (16 and under). An
additional $2 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase.
Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. To reserve
tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 ext. 10. For
group sales, contact Linda Hefner at ext. 29. Beck Center is located at
17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown
Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that
offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education
programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and
creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits
featuring local and regional artists.

 

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Missy S. Toms

Director of Marketing & External Affairs

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH 44107

mtoms at beckcenter.org

216.521.2540, ext. 22

 

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, "funny, salty, carnal and lyrical." --The New
York Times. January 30 - February 22. Purchase tickets today
<http://beckcenter.org/seats/marainey.htm> !

Enroll today for Winter/Spring 2009 Classes
<http://beckcenter.org/class/catalogWS09.pdf> . 

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