[NEOPAL]Opening This Weekend! Once Upon A Mattress at the Beck Center

Wed Apr 26 11:06:24 PDT 2006

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Opening This Weekend!

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Beck Center Youth Theater
Presents

Once Upon A Mattress

The "real" story behind The Princess and the Pea

April 28 - May 9

Mackey Main Stage

Music by Mary Rodgers ~ Lyrics by Marshall Barer

Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

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Cleveland, Ohio - The Beck Center for the Arts Youth Theater presents
Once Upon A Mattress, April 28 - May 9.  You won't want to miss this
fun-filled theater experience with memorable music by Mary Rodgers and
laughable lyrics by Marshall Barer.  A chance to be reintroduced to this
timeless tale written by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
and directed by Beck's own Associate Director of Theater Education, Dawn
Youngs.

Once Upon A Mattress, revived on Broadway in 1998 with Sarah Jessica
Parker, tells the "real" story of The Princess and the Pea.  Queen
Aggravain, has created an impossible royalty test for every princess who
has come to ask the hand of her son, Prince Dauntless the Drab.  She has
also decreed that no one in the kingdom may marry until her precious son
has found a bride.  While the knights and ladies of the kingdom are not
happy about this decree, Lady Larken and Sir Harry have a 'growing'
reason to be alarmed by it and set out to find a princess who can get
past the queen's scheme.  Enter Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, a
perfect match for Prince Dauntless and his overbearing mother. . . and,
well, after several misadventures and one very uncomfortable night of
counting sheep. . . they all live happily happily happily ever after.

            "Working with the students at the Beck Center has been very
rewarding." says Youngs, "We have a tremendous group of kids who not
only work hard at putting together the best production they can, but who
have also come together as a family to support one another and create an
atmosphere of love and acceptance.  It is great to see that the Beck
Youth Theater program still offers the feeling of home that I felt as
student here many years ago."

Cast members for Once Upon A Mattress are students from the Beck
Center's Theater Education program.  They have participated in the
Fundamentals of Theater class and other "core" theater classes for
children available at the Beck Center for the Arts.  In both
fundamentals and core classes, students explore basic acting skills
through improvisation and theater games, as well as develop singing and
acting techniques, and study method acting.  In addition, they are
introduced to theater appreciation and basic theater terminology.

Once Upon A Mattress opens April 28 and runs through May 9.  Show times
are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.  Tickets
are $10 for adults and $8 for children.  Discounted rates are available
for groups of 15 or more.  Weekday matinees are scheduled for Tuesdays,
May 2 and 9.  Tickets can be purchased through the Beck Center Box
Office at (216) 521-2540.  The Beck Center for the Arts is located just
ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in
Lakewood.

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Submitted by:

Fran Storch

Marketing Assistant

The Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, Ohio  44107

216-521-2540, ext. 244

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My office hours are M-W-F, 9-5.

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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Beck Center Youth Theater<br>
Presents<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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Upon A
Mattress<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

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color=3Dblack face=3DTahoma><span =
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>The “real” story =
behind<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> The Princess and the =
Pea<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>

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color=3Dblack face=3DTahoma><span =
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>April 28 – May =
9<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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color=3Dblack face=3DTahoma><span =
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Mackey Main =
Stage<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D3
face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Music
by Mary Rodgers ~ Lyrics by <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
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Barer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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size=3D3
face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Book
by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall =
Barer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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w:st=3D"on"><b><font
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bold'>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></b><font
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The <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the Arts Youth =
Theater
presents <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Once Upon A =
</span></i>Mattress,
April 28 – May 9.  You won’t want to miss this =
fun-filled
theater experience with memorable music by </span></font><font =
face=3DTahoma><span
style=3D'font-family:Tahoma'>Mary Rodgers and laughable lyrics by =
Marshall
Barer.  <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>A chance to =
be reintroduced
to this timeless tale </span></font>written by Jay Thompson, Marshall =
Barer and
Dean Fuller and <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>directed =
by
Beck’s own Associate Director of Theater Education, Dawn =
Youngs.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Once Upon A Mattress, revived on =
Broadway
in 1998 with Sarah Jessica Parker, tells the “real” story of =
The Princess and the Pea.  =
Queen
Aggravain, has created an impossible royalty test for every princess who =
has
come to ask the hand of her son, Prince Dauntless the Drab.  She =
has also
decreed that no one in the kingdom may marry until her precious son has =
found a
bride.  While the knights and ladies of the kingdom are not happy =
about
this decree, Lady Larken and Sir Harry have a ‘growing’ =
reason to
be alarmed by it and set out to find a princess who can get past the =
queen’s
scheme.  Enter Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, a perfect match =
for
Prince Dauntless and his overbearing mother. . . and, well, after =
several
misadventures and one very uncomfortable night of counting sheep. . . =
they all
live happily happily happily ever after.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><font size=3D3 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>          =

“Working with the students at the Beck Center has been very
rewarding.” says Youngs, “We have a tremendous group of kids =
who
not only work hard at putting together the best production they can, but =
who
have also come together as a family to support one another and create an
atmosphere of love and acceptance.  It is great to see that the =
Beck Youth
Theater program still offers the feeling of home that I felt as student =
here
many years ago.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D3
color=3Dblack face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Cast members for <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'>Once Upon A Mattress</span></i> are students from the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
Theater Education program.  They have participated in the =
Fundamentals of
Theater class and other “core” theater classes for children
available at the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the
Arts.  In both fundamentals and core classes, students explore =
basic
acting skills through improvisation and theater games, as well as =
develop
singing and acting techniques, and study method acting.  In =
addition, they
are introduced to theater appreciation and basic theater =
terminology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Once Upon A Mattress =
opens
April 28 and runs through May 9.  Show times are Fridays and =
Saturdays at
7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.  Tickets are $10 for adults and =
$8 for
children.  Discounted rates are available for groups of 15 or =
more. 
Weekday matinees are scheduled for Tuesdays, May 2 and 9.  Tickets =
can be
purchased through the Beck Center Box Office at (216) 521-2540.  =
The <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for the Arts is located just ten minutes west of downtown <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City>
at <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">17801 Detroit =
Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p>=

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<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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 w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2
  color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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  color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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 face=3DArial><span =
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244<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My office hours are M-W-F, =
9-5.<b><span
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