[NEohioPAL] $10 THURSDAY: Preview "Blue Leaves" at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

"A brilliant play...wacky...and outrageous."  - The New York Daily News

"A crazy mix of comedy and tragedy, truth and absurdity" - Broadway.com

Beck Center for the Arts
presents
Winner of the Obie Award for
BEST AMERICAN PLAY
The House of BLUe LeAVes
Written by John Guare / Directed by Russ Borski

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, March 21
8 pm / Mackey Main Stage

Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, March 21 and at Beck Center Customer Service 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.

Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 am, March 21.
Click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER> to purchase tickets with a credit card

or call Beck Center Customer Service after 10 am at 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Artie Shaughnessy is an aspiring songwriter who works as a zookeeper by day, performs in seedy lounges at night and lives in Queens with his schizophrenic wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of his mistress, Bunny. When an old school buddy, now a successful Hollywood movie director, arrives back in town, Artie plans to escape the life he despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

The House of Blue Leaves runs March 22 through April 21, 2013 on the Mackey Main Stage. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance on Sunday, March 31. Directed by Russ Borski, The House of Blue Leaves features Equity actors Robert Ellis as Artie and Juliette Regnier as his mentally ill wife, Bananas. "I am thrilled to direct this zany farce," remarked Borski, "that explores the dark side of the American dream, the humiliation of our dreams, and examines our collective obsession with celebrity and how we pin our hopes on lives distant from our own."

Complete cast list and production team listed below.


Tickets are $28 for adults and $25 for seniors (65 and older) with an additional $3 service fee per ticket applied at time of purchase. Student tickets are $15 with valid I.D. (includes service fee). Preview Night on Thursday, March 21 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center for the Arts is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.


Opening night patrons are invited to Marquee Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery. Guests may enjoy complimentary appetizers from Taco Tontos, free musical entertainment by Lounge Kitty and happy hour priced drinks; as well as a free gallery exhibits throughout Beck Center.


This production of The House of Blue Leaves is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. and is sponsored by VIP Restoration, the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and the Ohio Arts Council.



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

Cast of Characters (In Order of Appearance)
Artie Shaughnessy                                                        Robert Ellis*
Ronnie Shaughnessy                                                     Nicholas Chokan
Bunny Flingus                                                               Carla Petroski
Bananas Shaughnessy                                                  Juliette Regnier*
Corrinna Stroller                                                            Christine Fallon
Head Nun                                                                      Patricia Walocko
Second Nun                                                                  Hannah Storch
Little Nun                                                                      Tali Cornblath
Military Policeman                                                         Joey Dienes
The White Man/The Pope                                               Barry Friedman
Billy Einhorn                                                                  Todd Hancock**

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

Production Staff
Artistic Director                                                             Scott Spence
Director/Scenic Designer                                               Russ Borski
Stage Manager                                                              Becky Adams
Costume Designer                                                         Terry Pieritz
Lighting Designer/Technical Director                               Joseph Carmola
Sound Designer                                                            Carlton Guc
Technical Assistant                                                        Clint Felker
Musical Advisor                                                            Larry Goodpaster
Wardrobe Mistress                                                        Deanna Cechowski
Light Board Operator                                                     Jordan Kit
Sound Board Operator                                                  Sam Gantose


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