[NEohioPAL] THURSDAY $10 Preview Night - Grey Gardens at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

Beck Center for the Arts

presents the

CLEVELAND PREMIERE

of

Grey Gardens

Book by Doug Wright

Music by Scott Frankel & Lyrics by Michael Korie

Directed by Victoria Bussert

 

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~

Thursday, February 26

at 8:00 pm

Studio Theater

 

Preview night admission is $10 at the door.  General admission seating.  Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain. 

 

What happens when American royalty falls? Beck Center presents the Cleveland premiere of Grey Gardens, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical, in the Studio Theater February 27 through March 29. Based on the 1975 cult-documentary of the same name, Grey Gardens is the hilarious yet heartbreaking story of Jackie Kennedy's delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter "Little" Edie. Show times are 8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance on Saturday, February 28.  Preview night on Thursday, February 26, is $10 with general admission seating.

 

Written by Doug Wright, with music by Cleveland native Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie, Grey Gardens explores the broken dreams of these two indomitable women who were once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social registry but became the subject of tabloid headlines that rocked the Kennedy clan in the early 1970s. The musical is set in two eras: in 1941 when the East Hampton estate was in its prime and more than 30 years later when it was reduced to squalor. 

 

The Beck Center production is directed by acclaimed musical director, Victoria Bussert and features Equity actor Maryann Nagel in the dual role of Edith Bouvier Beale (circa 1941 in Act One) and daughter "Little" Edie (circa 1973 in Act Two) and Lenne Snively as the aging Edith in Act Two. The strong supporting cast includes several of Bussert's students from the Baldwin-Wallace musical theatre program.

 

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. Tickets for this premiere production are selling fast - call today to reserve your seats!  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 Grey Gardens is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and is sponsored by 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)

 

Prologue - 1973

Edith Bouvier Beale....................Lenne Snively

"Little" Edie Beale....................Maryann Nagel*

 

Act I - 1941

Edith Bouvier Beale....................Maryann Nagel*

"Little" Edie Beale....................Jillian Kates Bumpas

George "Gould" Strong....................Patrick Janson*

Brooks, Sr. ....................Darryl Lewis

Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier....................Annie Kostell
Lee Bouvier....................Natalie Welch

Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. ....................Jonathan Walker White

J.V. "Major" Bouvier....................George Roth*

 

Act II - 1973

Edith Bouvier Beale....................Lenne Snively
"Little" Edie Beale....................Maryann Nagel*

Brooks, Jr. ....................Darryl Lewis

Jerry....................Jonathan Walker White

Norman Vincent Peale....................George Roth*

 

Ensemble....................Annie Kostell, Natalie Welch, Jillian Kates Bumpas, Patrick Janson*

 

Understudies

Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr./Jerry....................Chris Weible

"Little" Edie Beale (Act I)/Ensemble....................Sainty Reid

 

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

 

Production Staff

Artistic Director....................Scott Spence

Director....................Victoria Bussert**

Musical Director....................Jodie Ricci

Choreographer....................Martín Céspedes**

Stage Manager....................Cory F. Goddard

Assistant Musical Director....................Ryan Garrett

Production Designer....................Russ Borski

Sound Designer....................Stan Kozak

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

Technical Assistants....................Clint Felker, Nicholas Koesters

Dialect Coach....................Laura Perrotta

Wardrobe/Run Crew....................Deanna Cechowski

 

**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

 

Orchestra

Piano....................Jodie Ricci

Synthesizer....................Ryan Garrett

Reeds....................Karen Langenwalter

Percussion....................Bill Hart

 

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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