Fri 5/27-Sun 6/26
Fri 6/10
The Legend of Georgia McBride, currently onstage at the Beck Center for the Arts, centers on a washed-up Elvis impersonator who finds himself enmeshed in drag culture.
“I first met Matthew Lopez’s The Legend of Georgia McBride at the Denver Center Theatre Company when it was workshopped,” says director Eric Schmeidl. “I attended the premiere and was really touched by the compelling characters from the young Elvis impersonator, Casey, to his wife, Jo, and of course the unforgettable Miss Tracy Mills. And the drag performances included in the production were absolutely charming. I saw firsthand that the play can serve both as a celebration of identity and inclusion as it champions this wonderfully theatrical dramatic form of performance we call Drag.”
The show runs through Sunday June 26 in Beck’s Studio Theater, with shows Friday and Saturday @ 7:30pm and Sunday @ 2:30pm. Following the Friday June 10 performance there’ll be a post-show talk-back inside the Studio Theatre, with drag artist Dr. Lady J, who has a PhD from Case Western Reserve University with a thesis in the mainstreaming of drag in the 90s, leading a discussion about the history of drag in Cleveland.
For tickets to go beckcenter.org or call 216-521-2540 x10.