[NEohioPAL] One Weekend Only! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - world premiere adaptation at Beck Center, Oct. 26-28

[Fran Storch]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 24, 2007
For more Information, (216) 521-2540
Yvette Hanzel, extension 225
Dawn Youngs, extension 223
 
 
One Weekend Only!
Beck Center Youth Theater
presents
A world premiere adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novel
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
October 26-28, 2007
 
 
Lakewood, Ohio - For one weekend only, Beck Center for the Arts Youth
Theater presents a world premiere adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic
novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on the Mackey Main Stage,
October 26-28, 2007.  Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.  For tickets, call the Beck Center Box Office at
216-521-2540.  
Join Alice as she explores the wonderful world down the rabbit hole,
complete with the Mad Tea Party, the Cheshire Cat and all your favorite
characters.  This adaptation was commissioned for the Beck Center by
David M. White, acclaimed playwright and instructor.  The play was
written to be performed by children for children.  A cast of 41
children, ages 6 to 17, are involved in this production.  "I am having a
wonderful time working with these kids." says Director Dawn Youngs.
"They are all working very hard to put together a lovely show and the
result of their effort is a delightful romp through Wonderland, with
lots of laughs for all ages.  This show is fun for the whole family." 
            Cast members for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 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 have had introduction to theater appreciation and basic theater
terminology.
Tickets for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are $12 for adults and $10
for children (12 and under).  To reserve tickets, call the Beck Center
Box Office at 216-521-2540.  Convenient free on-site parking is
available.  Beck Center for the Arts is located just ten minutes west of
downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
Beck Center for the Arts is a comprehensive arts organization which
offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education
classes in dance, music, theater, and a visual arts, and art exhibits
featuring local and regional artists.
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About the Playwright
David White has a B.A. from New College, Sarasota, Florida; an M.A. from
the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and a Ph.D. from the University
of Missouri-Columbia.  His dissertation Developing Playwright(s)
provided perspectives into the process of new play development and
self-dramaturgy.  White was an instructor at the University of
Missouri-Columbia in the fields of playwriting and acting and has taught
solo performance at the National Theater Institute.  He has responded to
plays, presented papers and lectured at universities and regional
conferences around the country on the topics of playwriting, playwriting
as oral tradition, new play development, and dramaturgy.  In 2004, White
was appointed to the position of Literary Manager and Director of
Educational Outreach at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford,
Connecticut and worked there for three seasons developing new works by
student playwrights as well as internationally known playwrights at the
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Music Theater Conference and
Cabaret Conference.  He also worked as dramaturg on Freedom of Speech, a
one-woman show by Eliza Jane Schneider (from television's South Park)
and directed her latest show Sounds of Silence for the 2006 Ignite
Festival in New York City.  
As a playwright, White's play Trash has been produced at the University
of Missouri-Columbia (2002), The York Theater, New York City (2002) and
the New York International Fringe Festival (2005).  David's play Ain't
Nothin' Quick 'n Easy was developed at WordBRIDGE Playwrights Lab (2003)
received second place in the Mark Twain Comic Playwriting Awards at the
Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C.
(2004) and has been produced at the Greenbrier Valley Theater in
Lewisburg, West Virginia (2004), the University of Missouri-Columbia
(2004), University of Missouri-St. Louis (2004), and William Woods
University (2005).  His play Watersheds had a reading hosted by Epic
Repertory Theatre in New York City (2005).  Trash, Ain't Nothin' Quick
'n Easy, Watersheds, and Trailer form the beginning of a series of plays
about the citizens of the rural town of Last Chance.  
White is a founding member and playwright-in-residence of Generous
Company, a non-profit company focused on developing and producing works
for stage, film and online media in a supportive, collaborative,
generous environment.  With this company, he is working on several
interdisciplinary programs focused on developing the work of collegiate
writers and artists.
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