Teen Sketch Show To Debut Via Beck Center

LAKEWOOD, OH — The Teen Untitled Sketch Show will debut via the Beck Center on March 24.

The production — which will be streaming — is part of Beck's Youth Theater program. The play is being written by the student performers, a first in Beck history.

"The pandemic created an opportunity for students to take a turn in the writer’s chair to write “together” via Zoom, and craft the sketches they will be performing. The production will be filmed in-person, with all participants masked, and socially-distanced," Beck Center officials said.

The production will begin streaming March 24 and will remain available online through March 28. For more information on seeing the production visit beckcenter.org.

The Teen Untitled Sketch Show will be directed by Patrick Ciamacco, who has both performed in and directed previous Beck Center productions. Ciamacco is also artistic director and co-founder of Blank Canvas Theatre.

“This has been one of the roughest years… but theatre, and everyone involved in this show, help make each day a bit better. With the nature of our lives these days, artists are starved to create and collaborate. So we thought it would be fulfilling for the students to not only act in a piece... but also to create that piece from scratch. Putting all of their creative minds to work to create a truly original show," Ciamacco said.