{"id":46163,"date":"2025-11-14T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46163\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:44:31","slug":"arts-alive-the-cast-of-the-off-centrals-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46163\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Alive!: The cast of the Off-Central\u2019s \u2018Art\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is art, anyway?<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s in the eye of the beholder, then why are there discussions, disagreements and out-and-out arguments about what constitutes art? Shouldn\u2019t art mean different things to different people?<\/p>\n

Art is also the name of a dark and cannily verbose comedy by Yasmina Reza, the French playwright who also gave the world God of Carnage. The show opened Thursday at the Off-Central in St. Petersburg, where it will stay through Nov. 23.<\/p>\n

On this Arts Alive! podcast we welcome the entire cast of the Off-Central production, three women who portray three women who simply can\u2019t agree on an interpretation of art. One painting in particular.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the starting point, at any rate, for what transpires during the 90 rollercoaster minutes of Reza\u2019s play. Seline (Ami Salee), Margot (Vera Samuels) and Yvonne (Debbie Yones) are tightly-knit friends whose bonds come dangerously close to unraveling as they bicker, spar and spill their guts over the course of a single, alcohol-fueled night.<\/p>\n

Salee, Samuels and Yones have forged a friendship of their own, and in this interview they all talk about how they bonded in rehearsals, even as their characters were saying awful things to one another.<\/p>\n

Click on the arrow to listen to the conversation.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/media.stpetecatalyst.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arts-Alive-ART-cast-final.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

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