[NEohioPAL] THURSDAY $10 Preview Night - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

Beck Center for the Arts presents

Ma Rainey's

Black Bottom

by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

August Wilson

 

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~

Thursday, January 29

at 8:00 pm

Mackey Main Stage

 

Directed by

Sarah May

 

Musical Direction by

Edward E. Ridley, Jr.

 

Choreography by

Nathan A. Lilly

 

Preview night admission is $10 at the door.  General admission seating.
Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.  The show is
intended for a mature audience due to language and subject matter.

 

It's 1927 Chicago, and these blues musicians have a story to tell! The
Beck Center for the Arts presents Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on the Mackey Main Stage,
January 30 through February 22, 2009. The drama, featuring many of Ma
Rainey's great hit songs, examines timeless African American themes of
suffering, endurance, and the audacity of hope in Wilson's spellbinding
voice. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays

 

The often hilarious Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which takes place in a
recording studio, deals with racism in the music industry as a metaphor
for the hopes, frustrations, and shattered dreams of the African
American community of the 1920s. Band members, waiting for Rainey to
arrive at the studio, banter and brag, joke, and share some of the
devastating tales of hard times and prejudice they have suffered. As
tensions escalate, the action can turn on a dime from funny to tragic. 

 

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), and $17 for
students (22 and under with ID). An additional $3 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 or visit www.beckcenter.org
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . For group sales, contact Linda Hefner at
ext. 29.

 

Beck Center's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is produced through
special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. and is sponsored by National
City, The WAVE 107.3, Cleveland Scene, Cox Communications, the Ohio Arts
Council, and LakewoodBuzz.com. Beck Center also gratefully acknowledges
the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts
and Culture. 

 

Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown
Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.  Free, convenient on-site
parking is available.

 

To reserve tickets, call 216-521-2540 x10 or online at
www.beckcenter.org <http://www.beckcenter.org>  

 

Cast of Characters
(in order of appearance)

 

Sturdyvant....................Lawrence Seman

Irvin....................Michael Regnier

Cutler....................Larry Arrington-Bey
Toledo....................Anthony Elfonzia Nickerson-El

Slow Drag....................Robert J. Williams
Levee....................Michael May
Ma Rainey....................Angela Gillespie-Winborn*
Policeman....................Dennis Sullivan

Dussie Mae....................Deja M. Foster

Sylvester....................Nathan A. Lilly
 
* Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the
union of actors and stage managers.

 

 

Production Staff

Artistic Director/Fight Director....................Scott Spence

Director....................Sarah May

Music Director....................Edward E. Ridley, Jr.

Choreographer....................Nathan A. Lilly

Stage Manager....................Tod Huffman
Assistant Stage Manager....................Elisa Hanna

Scenic Designer....................Richard Gould

Costume Designer....................Aimee Kluiber

Lighting Designer....................Michael Boll

Sound Designer....................Richard B. Ingraham

Technical Director....................Joseph Carmola

Production Assistant....................Waymond Scott 

Light Board Operator....................Libby Burchmore

Props/Stage Crew....................Patrick Stoops

 

For complete cast and staff bios go to www.beckcenter.org and click on
Who's Who in the Company.

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a nonprofit 501(C)3 organization whose
mission is to offer the highest quality arts experience, performance and
education to all people and communities of the region.

 

Thank you for supporting the arts in our community!  

 

Posted by:

Fran Storch

Publications Manager

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH  44107

(216) 521-2540, x20

 

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