Chekhov's "The Bear" on Joe Bev Audio Theater, Tues., Sept. 3 at 8:30 am ET on Sound Stages Radio

NAPANOCH, N.Y. - Sept. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Tuesday, September 3 at 8:30 am ET on Sound Stages Radio will present The Joe Bev Audio Theater's production of "The Bear", the classic one-act play by Anton Chekhov.

Sound Stages Radio is airing two unique Joe Bev Audio Theater shows per week:
Tuesdays 8:30 am ET, repeat Wednesdays 2:30 pm ET and Fridays 1:30 pm Fridays, repeat Saturdays 5:00 pm, streamed at http://www.soundstagesradio.com.

The Joe Bev Audio Theater, a half-hour anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev), the veteran, award-winning actor, writer, producer, director.

Available from Blackstone Audio at http://www.waterlogg.com:

The Bear: A Classic One-Act Play
ORIGINAL
by Anton Chekhov
Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Cathi Tully, Bob Miller, William Duff-Griffin

The Bear, the classic one-act play by Anton Chekhov, produced, directed, and adapted by Joe Bevilacqua.

Written in 1900, The Bear is one of the great works of Anton Chekhov, about the strange beginnings of love between the recently widowed Mrs. Popov and Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov. In Russian the word for "bear" which has two meanings: an animal or a rather rude, clumsy, awkward man. The play is alternately titled The Boor.

The fine cast includes Cathi Tully, Bob Miller, and William Duff-Griffin.

"This is one of Chekhov's very short plays, an unquestionable comedy, as opposed to the author's full length dramas which he considered comedies, but which are certainly of a more serious ilk. The Bear condenses so much of human nature into this short, comical, bizarre, and ultimately triumphant act. Chekhov demonstrates how close (at times) is the relationship between anger and passion, and how strange and wonderful is the human condition." (Jack Coulehan, Annotated Nine Plays of Chekhov, Grosset & Dunlap)

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Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing audio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. Not content to hide behind his microphone, Bevilacqua will be seen acting in the upcoming feature films: "The Green Blade Rises" directed A.J. Edwards, "The Fly Room" directed by Alexis Gambis, "Cold in July" directed by Jim Mickle, and "Hits" directed by David Cross. Bevilacqua is the 2013 recipient of the Kean University Distinguished Alumni Award. His documentary "Lady Bird Johnson Legacy of a First Lady won the 2001 New York Festivals Award". He won a 2007 New York Festivals Awards for his "Tribute to Joe Barbera" which aired on NPR's All Things Considered. And his NPR Weekend Edition story "A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua" won the 2004 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Award. See more at: http://www.joebev.com.

Joe Bev also produces FOUR podcasts per week:

JAZZ-O-RAMA: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id611001393Â
CARTOON CARNIVAL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id624696898Â
COMEDY-O-RAMA: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id572142422Â
JOE BEV X: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id627773341