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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center For The Arts Announces The Hilarious Comedy,
<i>Buyer & Cellar</i>, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kicking Off 2022-2023 Professional Theater Season
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lakewood, OH-</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is pleased to announce the hilarious production that will take you on a journey of celebrity
idolization, </span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/buyerandcellar"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Buyer & Cellar</span></i></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<i>
</i>This comedy was written by Jonathan Tolins and premiered in New York City in 2013. This production takes place September 9- October 9, 2022 in the Studio Theater in Lakewood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Direction is by
</span><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jamie-Koeth/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jamie Koeth</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, a professional actor, teacher, director, and musician for 30 years, and a proud
member of Actor’s Equity Association, and SAG/AFTRA. His directing credits include
<i>Les Miserables,</i> <i>Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Bat Boy, RENT</i> and <i>The Who’s Tommy,</i> among others. Jamie has taught acting at Cleveland Play House, Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University Siegal Life Long Learning, Beck Center for
the Arts, Stagecrafters Theatre, The Academy for the Performing Arts, Rochester Theatre League, and Seat of the Pants Productions, among others. He works full time at the Jamie Koeth Studio in Northeast Ohio where he instructs professional and aspiring professional
actors. Jamie holds an MFA in Acting from Kent State University where he was introduced to the Michael Chekhov Technique. He received his teaching certification in the Michael Chekhov Acting and Directing Techniques from the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium
where he is honored to serve on faculty. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this hilarious one-man comedy,
</span><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Scott-Esposito/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scott Esposito</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> plays six colorful characters. This includes our protagonist, Alex More,
an out of work actor hired to clerk Barbra Streisand’s real-life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">private shopping mall, and of course, Babs herself! Throughout this charming, fictional romp, Alex becomes Streisand’s fanboy, friend and confidant while learning that
<i>people really do</i> <i>indeed, need people</i>, even everyone’s favorite Funny Girl.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Individual tickets<span style="color:black;background:white"> are $38 (adults) each, $34 (for seniors 65 and older), $17 for students with valid ID, and $12 for children between five and 12
years of age, plus a </span>$3 service fee per ticket will be applied at time of purchase. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Preview performances are 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, with general admission
seating for $10. $10 Smart Seats® are available for each performance. For more information on the 2022-23 Professional Theater Season please visit
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">beckcenter.org.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Critics say of this production: “Frothy and hilarious, satisfyingly seasoned with treachery, bitchery, idolatry, and punctured celebrity hero-worship”-
<i>THE NEW YORKER</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Produced by special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All performances are at theaters inside Beck Center for the Arts located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For
more information visit </span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">beckcenter.org.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts is proud to be a part of Northeast Ohio’s professional theater landscape, operating under a letter of agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. We are a Small Professional
Theater (SPT) based on the number of seats, number of our performances, and the maximum weekly hours of work we provide to actors. We produce every show on our stages, by choosing the play, casting and rehearsing it, building the sets, props, and costumes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">directing and performing the live music, and designing lights and sound. We proudly utilize regional resources and talent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts also offers arts education for all ages, all skill levels, and all abilities with classes and lessons in music, dance, visual arts, and theater, as well as creative arts
therapies. Financial assistance is offered for qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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