[NEohioPAL] Cesear's Forum opens TRYING this weekend at Kennedy's, PSQ

[Greg Cesear]

Cesear’s Forum opens Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING this weekend.

Cesear’s Forum will open Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING this weekend 

at Kennedy’s Down Under, PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio.  The semi-autobiographical 

play concerns former New Deal Attorney General, Judge Francis Biddle and his latest 

secretary (one of many), the twenty-five year old Sarah Schorr.  As he puts it, "we can't 

help but find each other extremely trying."  The dialog is both acerbic and engaging.  

Glenn Colerider, a company favorite and veteran actor, portrays the frail, cantankerous 

Biddle and Tricia Bestic the more reactive and efficient secretary (an adaptation of the 

Playwright herself who was, indeed, Biddle’s last secretary).  Tricia Bestic, in her 

Cesear’s Forum debut , is no stranger to PlayhouseSquare audiences where she appeared 

in Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Robert’s I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW 

CHANGE, Two “Musical Journeys;” Dorothy Marcic’s  RESPECT and Laurie Frey’s 

UNBEATABLE, and in the ninth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini’s musical revue 

parody, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.  Ms. Bestic is 

teaching and completing her MFA in acting at Kent State University,  where her onstage 

performances include Caryl Churchill’s CLOUD NINE and the Dale Wasserman stage 

adaptation of Ken Kesey’s ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST.   

The intersection of youth and age informs many of Joanna McClelland Glass’ plays.  

Biddle's awareness of declining health and demise are woven into the script but Ms. Glass 

includes her own, or rather, Sarah’s personal crises and ambitions in counter contrast.

Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING, Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm, Nov. 4th thru  Dec. 10th, Sunday 

Matinée, Nov. 20th at 3 pm.  All seats $15.  Performances at Kennedy’s Down Under, 

PlayhouseSquare, 1501 Euclid  Avenue, Cleveland.  Call 216-241-6000 or  

www.playhousesquare.org.               
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