[NEohioPAL] OPENING WEEKEND! Seminar at Beck Center

Fri May 30 12:48:01 PDT 2014

REGIONAL PREMIERE!

Beck Center for the Arts
presents

SEMINAR

by Theresa Rebeck

Directed by Donald Carrier

May 30 - June 29, 2014
Studio Theater
8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays
3 p.m. Sundays

To purchase tickets online with a credit card, click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER>.

To purchase tickets from the Beck Center Box Office after 10:00 am, call: 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Nominated as Best Play by the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League, Seminar is a new provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck. This play tells the story of four aspiring novelists who sign up for private writing lessons with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive while others flounder. Wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious in this biting comedy. The New York Times praised Seminar for its "big laughs," and described the play as "an authentic rush of pleasure!"

Seminar is directed by Donald Carrier, the Associate Director for the Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program. "Seminar is ostensibly a play about writers, but it is applicable to the lives of any creative person," remarked Carrier, whose career as an actor includes nine seasons at the Stratford Festival and three seasons at the Old Globe. "It captures the competitive aspect of artists at work in a comedic and profound way, and provides the audience with a window into the rigor and discipline involved in the creative process."

The cast of five talented area actors includes Scott Plate (Leonard) and Lara Knox (Kate) who appear courtesy of Actor's Equity Association. Plate, an award-winning actor, has appeared at Beck Center in collaboration with Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program in the critically-acclaimed productions of Spring Awakening and Next to Normal. Knox, a seven year company member with the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, holds numerous local and regional acting and teaching credits.

Tickets for Seminar are $29 for adults, $26 for seniors (65 and older), and $12 for students (with valid ID). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview Night on Thursday, May 29, 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 x10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Beck Center's production of Seminar is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council and the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, 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 for all ages and abilities, including Creative Arts Therapies for individuals with special needs, outreach education, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.

Cast of Characters (In Order of Appearance)

Douglas - Brian Gale
Martin - Andrew Gombas
Kate - Lara Knox*
Izzy - Aily Roper
Leonard - Scott Plate*

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

Production Staff

Artistic Director - Scott Spence
Director - Donald Carrier
Stage Manager - Becky Adams
Assistant Stage Manager - Cameron Cerny
Scenic Designer - Cameron Caley Michalak
Lighting Designer - Trad A Burns
Sound Designer - Cyrus O. Taylor
Technical Director - Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistant - Dan Folino
Wardrobe Mistress - Jenniver Sparano

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