A World Premiere Comedy ~ T.I.D.Y.

[Jim O'Bryan]

Beck Center for the Arts
Presents
A World Premiere Comedy ~ T.I.D.Y.
By Award-winning Cleveland Playwright Eric Coble
November 18 – December 18, 2005


Lakewood, Ohio – Named “Cleveland’s Best Theatre Company� in 2002 and 2004 and “Best Controversial Show that Wasn’t� in 2005 by Scene Magazine, the Beck Center for the Arts proudly presents a world premiere comedy by award-winning Cleveland playwright Eric Coble.  T.I.D.Y., opening November 18 and running through December 18 in the intimate Studio Theater will be Coble’s first world premiere produced at the Beck Center.
T.I.D.Y. is a dark comedy about a woman whose quiet evening at home with her cat is interrupted by the discovery that she is at the heart of the global conspiracy to end all global conspiracies!
Directed by Roger Truesdell, T.I.D.Y. features Sarah Morton, Nicholas Koesters, Rhoda Rosen, Ali Hernan-Garrigan, Tracy Fields, and Kevin Joseph Kelly. "I am very happy to be back directing in Cleveland,� says Truesdell. “I have been a strong champion of this play. It is really funny with a strong moral message about personal and political responsibility. This is the fourth play of Eric's that I have directed and I have enjoyed working with him on this script immensely. I am very lucky to have this cast who I consider the very best."
Scripts written by Eric Coble, one of Cleveland’s most successful and widely produced playwrights, have been produced throughout the U.S. and internationally. Most recently, Cleveland audiences have enjoyed Coble’s Ten Minutes from Cleveland at Dobama, and Bright Ideas at the Cleveland Play House.  Coble’s awards include AT&T Onstage and National Theatre Conference Playwriting. He is a member of the Cleveland Play House Playwrights Unit. Coble writes for several nationally broadcast radio programs and has three screenplays in the labyrinth of Hollywood.
The Beck Center’s production of T.I.D.Y. is sponsored by 90.3 WCPN, Cleveland Scene Magazine, LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility, Lakewoodbuzz.com and is presented with the generous support of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors (65 and older) and $15 for students (22 and under with I.D.). Rush tickets for students (22 and under with I.D.) are offered for $10 each for Sunday matinees only, 30 minutes prior to curtain, based on availability. All individual ticket sales are subject to a $2 administrative fee per ticket applied at the time of ticket reservation. Discounted rates are available for groups. For tickets call 216.521.2540 or visit <http://www.beckcenter.org/>www.beckcenter.org. The Beck Center is located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.